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Re:Many major websites are taking silent anti-ad-blocking me... by Washuu on Thursday December 28, 2017 @10:36PM (#16027303)
TV scene pirates use machine learning to automatically cut advertisement breaks from ripped shows before they get uploaded.
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Re:Many major websites are taking silent anti-ad-blocking me... by briffle on Friday December 29, 2017 @01:15AM (#16027958)
The newest version of Plex DVR software can cut commercials out of your recorded video too
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Re:Many major websites are taking silent anti-ad-blocking me... by dawnerd on Friday December 29, 2017 @05:30AM (#16028739)
Only because they’re using comskip. Don’t give Plex credit for simply setting a post process script. It’s also not very reliable as you need to tweak the settings per channel/show and so on.
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