I fuckin love how it auto skips the sponsored bullshit. I have no idea how it knows even when it's seamlessly part of a video but it does. It's witchcraft and I love it!
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Sponsorblock is a browser add on and it’s crowdsourced, also try DeArrow for crowdsourced titles and thumbnails
I’m pretty sure it works off a user-submitted database? but I might be wrong.
It does.
I kind of need a whitelist of channels where I want to see the ads, like Jay Foreman.
Sponsor Block (the Firefox extension) gives you a ton of customizability. You don't have to have it auto skip, you can make it so a tiny bubble pops up asking if you want to skip or not. Or you can even just have it highlight it on the seek bar and nothing else.
Yes it's brilliant, and very useful especially if you want to browse a different timeline on a different account or just use it anonymously.
It's mind blowing how well built the settings are.
Just installed it, I've been crying about not having sponsorblock on my chromecast. Works a charm, thank you!
Awesome, I've been running SmartTube on a Sony Android TV for a bit. Works really well, almost seamless. Regular updates appear via the Telegram chat too. SmartTube coupled with YT Pro for phone is a perfect combination.
For the phone there is also ReVanced, but it's not as nice as SmartTube, but does the job to SponsorBlock.
I find YT Pro to be more polished. It uses MicroG and is closed source which can put some people off, but I've had nil issues.
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If any of y'all watch twitch this is like the SmartTube version of it
https://github.com/S0und/S0undTV
I’ve been searching for a good twitch app replacement for so long. Will definitely try this out thank you
I'd love to find something like this for the SamsungOS tvs, or at least a locally hosted alternative adblocker. I get 3-4 ads per 10 minute video now and it's endlessly frustrating.
Get an Android Box and run the apps you want to.
Been using since few days on my first gen fire stick. Feels like another world completely. No more bloated YouTube app and MUCH faster
The only feature missing is the streaming from the phone
You can cast videos from your phone, you just have to connect it somewhere in the settings (can't really check right now but I'm sure I've used it)
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I really like the app, but I wish it would let me load ads on creators I wanna support, I realize it's worth less then peanuts, but if it could allow only 30s ads or less that would be perfect for me
Sign up to their patreon or buy their merch. They'll get a bigger cut that way.
if only I had the funds to do so lol
Yeah understandable, good on ya for wanting to pay it back tho!
It’s not really possible because api requests don’t include ads AFAIK
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I've been using this app for years and sometimes it's almost super stable. Sometimes things don't load and an update or restart is required to fix it.
The only trouble I have is sometimes it can’t parse updates so I have to try again later
One idea for the language problem. It needs a little bit of tinkering. Grab the apk and alter the package name. Than you can install multiple instances side by side. You could install one instance for each language. Probably necessary to alter the app name as well so you can distinguish between the different versions.
I use this for years, it's great
ohh totally gonna try and get this installed on my friends tv!
I also installed https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=flar2.homebutton to be able to remap the YouTube button on the Chromecast remote to SmartTube.
I guess it's time to get the SmartTube icon on the remote too 😂
Has Remapper been updated to fix the volume control glitch? Last time I used Remapper the volume would be uncontrollable. Without it, pressing the volume up key would only go up 2-3 units on my tv. If I used the volume up button with Remapper running it would scroll all the way up to max volume with a single press...
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Thank you very much for this, finally managed to disable and rebind some remote buttons for apps that Ive already nuked off the TV. Works great with some workarounds.
Awesome! I'ma try this!
This is awesome, thanks!
Legend!
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I love finding and using other people’s wonderful creations.
I got an Apple TV, and found a SponsorBlock script i can run from my media server that polls the tv for what YouTube content I’m watching, and automatically skips ads for me. It’s so seamless, I don’t even realize it’s doing it most of the time.
I'd love to use it on my smartphone as well... problem is the interface was designed to react only to directional buttons, not to touch inputs. I wonder if somebody can manage to add the ability in the source code?
Newpipe is pretty effective for me on Android.
My only issue with Newpipe is that I can't sync my "watch later" list with Google's servers. That, and I can't reply to comments straight from the app. Otherwise I'd probably be using either that or Piped.
That makes sense, comments are an issue with NewPipe. Please open an issue on the NewPipe GitHub about that and the watch-later list.
The functionality will only get added if users ask for it. The idea for NewPipe in the beginning was a light-weight YouTube frontend with offline subscriptions ( i.e. no need to login ). Bits and bobs got added as and when user requests came in.
Revanced?
For the phone the easiest way is NewPipe with Sponsorblock https://github.com/polymorphicshade/NewPipe
One step above it , slightly more involved is ,YouTube-Revanced. The step by step walkthrough is in this thread, no command line stuff just follow the steps religiously. https://www.reddit.com/r/revancedapp/comments/xlcny9/_/
Currently using Revanced, I'm hoping to see a way to actually integrate my Google account with something else, in a similar manner to what SmartTube is somehow allowed to do.
What about Revanced?
I've been using it for a few months on my Nvidia Shield and the only two problems I have with it are the audio and video desync when skipping segments (rewinding one step resyncs it though) and the content on the Suggested Videos/Home page sucks, it doesn't seem to offer the same recommendations that the YouTube equivalent does.
Other than that, it's great to not have to manually skip the Sponsor segments.
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