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mint_tamas@lemmy.world 1 month agoPretty sure they just use timestamps from a crowdsourced database, just like sponsorblock.
Nope, it’s analyzing the sound to guess where the intro starts and ends. Turns out this is pretty simple to implement, but quite reliable. Source: worked for Plex
helenslunch@feddit.nl 1 month ago
That’s great, but it won’t work if each user receives a different file.
mint_tamas@lemmy.world 1 month ago
This is about intro detection in TV shows, not ad blocking. I’m not proposing this as a good way to block ads, just noting that this feature in Plex doesn’t use a database.