When clock completes its countdown, start the video!
import time import sys import webbrowser def countdown(secs): while secs: mx, sx = divmod(secs, 60) timeformat = '{:02d}:{:02d}\r'.format(mx, sx) print timeformat, sys.stdout.flush() time.sleep(1) secs -= 1 countdown(2 * 3 * 2) webbrowser.open("http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ")