Comment on YouTube tests server-side ads to make your coveted blocker obsolete
some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 1 month ago
Aha! So this is how one snuck into a video I downloaded last night. Fuckers. At least with a locally downloaded file I can quickly skip ahead.
elbarto777@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Or even trim it.
roofuskit@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Way back in the day when I used SageTV to record live TV there were programs that would automatically identify commercials and skip them for you. Computers are way more powerful now so I doubt it will be long before there’s and app that automatically downloads your favorite YouTube channels and prescans the videos to skip the ads.
Chickenstalker@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I usee to wait by the VHS player and manually press pause while recording tv shows. In ironic retrospect, I find old 80s-90s commercials to be more kino than the tv shows I recorded.
I_Miss_Daniel@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Still using comskip.exe today although it seems to be having more trouble than it used to.