Re:SponsorBlock – Skip over sponsorship segments on YouTube
by Mindwipe on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @05:20AM
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Ultimately there's only one inevitable consequence of this - YouTube will move to using Widevine on all YouTube streams to stop it happening.
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Re:SponsorBlock – Skip over sponsorship segments on YouTube
by ajayyy on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @06:42PM
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SponsorBlock would work fine with Widevine. In fact, I am planning on expanding it to some other sites that have DRM.
Re:SponsorBlock – Skip over sponsorship segments on YouTube
by Nextgrid on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @05:22AM
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As far as I understand Widewine "protects" (quotes because piracy websites are proof of the contrary) the video content but wouldn't prevent the player being controlled to skip past ads.
Re:SponsorBlock – Skip over sponsorship segments on YouTube
by spockz on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @04:53PM
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Well technically you could only send the data to be buffered up until the sponsored content and only continue sending the stream after the content was supposed to be finished. Or a bit earlier to ensure smooth playback. If the sponsored content is blocked at least the player will not be able to continue until the time for the content or ad has passed.
I can imagine people on a radio would be fine to have sound muted automatically during ads. But how many will wait for a video to continue after 30s of nothingness?