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SponsorBlock is a crowdsourced extension to skip sponsor segments in YouTube videos.

News: https://sponsor.ajay.app/news

Created by https://ajay.app

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2024-06-13 05:47:29

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YouTube Server-side ad injection FAQ
https://gist.github.com/ajayyy/f7b1807e13731c25cef4c2c057d022bc#file-faq-md

2024-06-12 20:21:45

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@npub1px0…ezpa unknown, but there is a separate experiment they are running which requires signing in to view videos which is affecting those frontends

2024-06-12 19:43:29

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@npub1hqz…6ldy they'll have some mangled code to do a conversion between the timestamps in there somewhere to do those things

2024-06-12 16:03:37

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@npub1jvr…8tkt yes, but video length can also change because the uploader can cut parts of it (or uncut)

2024-06-12 13:47:06

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@npub1azl…atd2 how does that benefit the shareholders?

2024-06-12 12:35:03

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@npub1dyq…yuqn the ui needs to change to include ad links, so the data for when ads happen should still be retrievable _somewhere_ in the page. Then just a bit of math

2024-06-12 12:19:19

YouTube is currently experimenting with server-side ad injection. This means that the ad is being added directly into the video stream.
This breaks sponsorblock since now all timestamps are offset by the ad times.
For now, I set up the server to detect when someone is submitting from a browser with this happening and rejecting the submission to prevent the database from getting filled with incorrect submissions.

2024-05-31 16:44:39

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@npub16qa…8k4v apparently there's a new a/b test layout that causes issues. Maybe you got that one

2024-05-31 16:42:12

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@npub16qa…8k4v seems to be working in my end

2024-03-27 20:55:19

https://9to5google.com/2024/03/27/youtube-jump-ahead-experimental-feature/
> a premium only feature that combines user watch behavior data and AI to help identify the next best point a viewer typically wants to skip ahead to
I wonder if by "user-behavior" they mean people having an extension auto skip for them ;)

2023-10-15 01:43:15

Stop using random anti-adblock fixes you find on the internet, these are almost always out of date and interfere with the actual anti-adblock features in uBlock Origin. YouTube is changing their anti-adblock code multiple times per day.
Simply do the following:
1. Use uBlock Origin and no other adblocker. This includes disabling adblocking in "Enhancer for YouTube", and any built in browser blocker
2. Purge caches and update filters
3. Reload the tab
More info: https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/issues/19976

2023-10-02 20:12:43

Firefox Beta for Android now allows you to install extensions, without doing any custom collection nonsense.
Just visit the Firefox add-ons store like normal :)
This should also be available on stable Firefox for Android in December
https://addons.mozilla.org/addon/sponsorblock
https://addons.mozilla.org/addon/dearrow

2023-06-10 18:44:58

My new extension is finally publicly released. Still some bugs, but it will get better over time.
DeArrow is a browser extension for improving titles and thumbnails on YouTube. It works via crowdsourced submissions and title formatting.
Titles can be any arbitrary text. Thumbnails are screenshots from specific timestamps in the video.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/dearrow/
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/dearrow-better-titles-and/enamippconapkdmgfgjchkhakpfinmaj
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/110/520/916/244/905/970/original/9908f444b4e78a31.png
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