Recover the meeting identity
Assembly TV's request page asks for the meeting date, start time, end time and a brief description. It accepts either actual time of day or a timestamp within a video, provided the reference is clear. Begin by finding the dated Plenary or committee recording rather than relying on a short social-media excerpt.
For a worked example, a community group wants the ministerial statement and the first question about an education issue. Record the statement's official topic, the meeting date and whether the event is Plenary or a named committee. Add the source recording URL, then listen around the transition between the statement and questions before selecting boundaries.
Label the timing system
Write 'elapsed in linked video' beside player positions, or 'meeting clock time' beside actual times. If both are known, include both. A number such as 14:20 can otherwise be interpreted as fourteen minutes into a recording or twenty past two in the afternoon.
Describe the intended content in one plain sentence: the statement's introduction through the end of the first response to the named question. That description gives the request a meaning beyond the numbers. The Assembly notes that supplied clips may include a few extra seconds at either end, so judge the result by whether it contains the intended exchange rather than an exact duration alone.
Plan for delivery and text support
The official page says requests are processed according to team capacity and cannot be guaranteed for the same day. It also states that the service supplies a video clip without subtitle files or a subtitling service. A presentation requiring captions therefore needs its own preparation and permission assessment.
Keep the brief as a draft until you have checked the current copyright guidance and the destination of the request. Once a clip is supplied through the official process, compare its opening and closing against the brief, retain the meeting link and check the sound before the event at which it will be shown. A request acknowledgement alone would not establish that the final file meets the viewing requirement.
The education example is ready to request when another reader can identify the ministerial statement and the first question without guessing which clock the numbers use. Re-read the brief as that reader: the date names the meeting, the link names the recording, the timing labels locate it and the description explains why those boundaries were chosen.
Questions about this guide
Can a player timestamp be used instead of clock time?
Yes. The Assembly explicitly accepts either, and asks for enough information to identify the section.
Will the request service add subtitles?
Its published page says it provides the clip only and does not supply subtitle files or a subtitling service.