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[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (2 children)

there is a plugin I bought, it's community driven where you can tag sections of the video as ad, sponsored, etc, and auto skip it. it's really nice, was like $5. will post when I find the link, but even if ads are server side, this plugin will skip. someone has to bite the bullet though and tag time stamps unfortunately.

found it, called dearrow, also changed clikcbait thumbnails and titles are editable by community.

https://dearrow.ajay.app/

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

That assumes every ad is exactly the same (or at least the same length) and at the same spot for every user.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

yeah, I realized it after posting. I don't see ads, I use it to block sponsored stuff and forgot about injected ads. still a great plugin.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Pre roll and post roll ads would be pretty easy to detect since the length of the actual video is fixed. Mid roll ads though will need something more clever.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

dearrow sponsorblock will not work anymore

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I know, I realized after I posted. but still a cool plugin.