diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/video/display.coffee b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/video/display.coffee
index 6587f05899..a170075b68 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/video/display.coffee
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/video/display.coffee
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ class @Video
   constructor: (element) ->
     @el = $(element).find('.video')
     @id = @el.attr('id').replace(/video_/, '')
+    @start = @el.data('start')
+    @end = @el.data('end')
     @caption_data_dir = @el.data('caption-data-dir')
     @show_captions = @el.data('show-captions') == "true"
     window.player = null
diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/video/display/video_player.coffee b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/video/display/video_player.coffee
index 9e5288b8a2..ec52d15874 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/video/display/video_player.coffee
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/video/display/video_player.coffee
@@ -36,17 +36,21 @@ class @VideoPlayer extends Subview
       @volumeControl = new VideoVolumeControl el: @$('.secondary-controls')
     @speedControl = new VideoSpeedControl el: @$('.secondary-controls'), speeds: @video.speeds, currentSpeed: @currentSpeed()
     @progressSlider = new VideoProgressSlider el: @$('.slider')
-    @debugger_1
+    @playerVars =
+      controls: 0
+      wmode: 'transparent'
+      rel: 0
+      showinfo: 0
+      enablejsapi: 1
+      modestbranding: 1
+    if @video.start
+      @playerVars.start = @video.start
+    if @video.end
+      # work in AS3, not HMLT5. but iframe use AS3
+      @playerVars.end = @video.end
+
     @player = new YT.Player @video.id,
-      playerVars:
-        controls: 0
-        wmode: 'transparent'
-        rel: 0
-        showinfo: 0
-        enablejsapi: 1
-        modestbranding: 1
-        start: 10
-        end: 20
+      playerVars: @playerVars
       videoId: @video.youtubeId()
       events:
         onReady: @onReady
diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/video_module.py b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/video_module.py
index 9a22950ca8..801e70fd06 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/video_module.py
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/video_module.py
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ from pkg_resources import resource_string, resource_listdir
 from xmodule.x_module import XModule
 from xmodule.raw_module import RawDescriptor
 
+import datetime
+import time
+
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
@@ -33,6 +36,7 @@ class VideoModule(XModule):
         self.show_captions = xmltree.get('show_captions', 'true')
         self.source = self._get_source(xmltree)
         self.track = self._get_track(xmltree)
+        self.start_time, self.end_time = self._get_timeframe(xmltree)
 
         if instance_state is not None:
             state = json.loads(instance_state)
@@ -42,11 +46,11 @@ class VideoModule(XModule):
     def _get_source(self, xmltree):
         # find the first valid source
         return self._get_first_external(xmltree, 'source')
-        
+
     def _get_track(self, xmltree):
         # find the first valid track
         return self._get_first_external(xmltree, 'track')
-        
+
     def _get_first_external(self, xmltree, tag):
         """
         Will return the first valid element
@@ -61,6 +65,23 @@ class VideoModule(XModule):
                 break
         return result
 
+    def _get_timeframe(self, xmltree):
+        """ Converts 'from' and 'to' parameters in video tag to seconds.
+        If there are no parameters, returns empty string. """
+
+        def parse_time(s):
+            """Converts s in '12:34:45' format to seconds. If s is
+            None, returns empty string"""
+            if s is None:
+                return ''
+            else:
+                x = time.strptime(s, '%H:%M:%S')
+                return datetime.timedelta(hours=x.tm_hour,
+                                      minutes=x.tm_min,
+                                      seconds=x.tm_sec).total_seconds()
+
+        return parse_time(xmltree.get('from')), parse_time(xmltree.get('to'))
+
     def handle_ajax(self, dispatch, get):
         '''
         Handle ajax calls to this video.
@@ -98,11 +119,13 @@ class VideoModule(XModule):
             'id': self.location.html_id(),
             'position': self.position,
             'source': self.source,
-            'track' : self.track,
+            'track': self.track,
             'display_name': self.display_name,
             # TODO (cpennington): This won't work when we move to data that isn't on the filesystem
             'data_dir': self.metadata['data_dir'],
-            'show_captions': self.show_captions
+            'show_captions': self.show_captions,
+            'start': self.start_time,
+            'end': self.end_time
         })
 
 
diff --git a/lms/templates/video.html b/lms/templates/video.html
index 5c041d5c70..6e45a91c31 100644
--- a/lms/templates/video.html
+++ b/lms/templates/video.html
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
   <h2> ${display_name} </h2>
 % endif
 
-<div id="video_${id}" class="video" data-streams="${streams}" data-caption-data-dir="${data_dir}" data-show-captions="${show_captions}">
+<div id="video_${id}" class="video" data-streams="${streams}"
+data-caption-data-dir="${data_dir}" data-show-captions="${show_captions}"
+data-start="${start}" data-end="${end}">
   <div class="tc-wrapper">
     <article class="video-wrapper">
       <section class="video-player">