The discussion centers on ISponsorBlockTV as a solution for skipping in-video ads, with users contrasting its effectiveness against dynamic podcast advertising and debating the ethical implications of bypassing creator revenue. Participants also highlight technical limitations, such as the tool's incompatibility with mobile platforms and confusion regarding its scope versus the official YouTube TV service.
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iSponsorBlockTV
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dmunozv04 / iSponsorBlockTV
iSponsorBlockTV
SponsorBlock client for all YouTube for TV clients.
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SponsorBlock client for all YouTube for TV clients.
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Sponsor Ads can be blocked on the Apple TV YouTube app using iSponsorBlockTV on a home server: https://github.com/dmunozv04/iSponsorBlockTV
In An ad-free Android TVThis is how I use SponserBlock with YouTube on my Apple TV:
https://github.com/dmunozv04/iSponsorBlockTV
>iSponsorBlockTV is a self-hosted application that connects to your YouTube TV app and automatically skips segments in YouTube videos using the SponsorBlock API.
In TiVo to charge money for skipping commercials in your own recordingsObviously…
https://github.com/dmunozv04/iSponsorBlockTV
In Twitch: "Hey, come back! This commercial break can't play while you're away."No, but SponsorBlock[0] is fantastic for that. I even have it setup on my home server[1] so it skips sponsor segments on my Apple TV, which is where we watch most of our YouTube.
[0] https://sponsor.ajay.app/
[1] https://github.com/dmunozv04/iSponsorBlockTV
In uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shortshttps://github.com/dmunozv04/iSponsorBlockTV should get you started. In HA, it will available in the Settings > Add-ons / Add-on store. If you don't have home assistant, you can always run it on an rpi or in docker on a system on your network.
https://medium.com/@lumenyx/isponsorblocktv-on-a-raspberry-p...
In How I block all online adsThe article links to iSponsorBlockTV: https://github.com/dmunozv04/iSponsorBlockTV
This doesn't change the UI as such, but it auto-mutes ads, and auto-skips once the skip option is available. It's a bit of a funny thing to setup, but it works great once setup.
In How I block all online adsI have an Apple TV and I’ve been running iSponsorBlockTV [1] on my Synology box for a while. It auto-skips the sponsored segments and with Youtube premium, it gives me a clean, ad-free setup.
I can’t stand those in-video intros or sponsored promos, where I’m suddenly pitched a random VPN or productivity app.
[1]. https://github.com/dmunozv04/iSponsorBlockTV
In How I block all online adsI've been using this for a while. It's certainly better than nothing, but there are limitations. Most notably for me, automatic muting doesn't work when HomePods are the default output[1]
[1] https://github.com/dmunozv04/iSponsorBlockTV/issues/60#issue...
In Someone at YouTube Needs Glasses: The Prophecy Has Been FulfilledAt least for SponsorBlock you can run iSponsorBlockTV[1] on another computer on the same network - in addition to skipping sponsored segments, it also mutes YouTube’s own ads and auto-skips them as soon as it can.
[1] https://github.com/dmunozv04/iSponsorBlockTV
In Someone at YouTube Needs Glasses: The Prophecy Has Been FulfilledHave you looked at https://github.com/dmunozv04/iSponsorBlockTV ?
In YouTube addresses lower view counts which seem to be caused by ad blockersiSponsorBlockTV v2.4.0: SponsorBlock for TVs and game consoles
1 points · Open discussionJust switched to Apple TV 4k and life without SmartTube is rough. https://github.com/dmunozv04/iSponsorBlockTV helps with some of it, but the official interface is just straight trash compared to what SmartTube has accomplished.
In YouTube Premium Lite: Ad-Free Viewing for $7.99/MonthPihole wont work. The easiest solution is to sideload SmartTube onto an android/firestick device. If you a lil more effort but to have it work across many connected devices, the way to go it iSponsorBlockTV
https://github.com/yuliskov/SmartTube
https://github.com/dmunozv04/iSponsorBlockTV
In More users are watching YouTube on TV than mobileAlso extra useful: iSponsorBlockTV. You run it in on a server and you can set it up with the YouTube app on all your commercial streaming boxes that don't support browser extensions.
https://github.com/dmunozv04/iSponsorBlockTV
In SponsorBlock – skip sponsor segments on YouTubeDirect link to the repo from the article: https://github.com/dmunozv04/iSponsorBlockTV
In Skipping YouTube Sponsored Ads, Even on Apple TV (iSponsorBlockTV)Showing the 15 most recent of 20 sources. Enable JavaScript to search and browse every indexed mention.