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Re:The next version of Safari will let users block ads on iP... by moonchrome on Wednesday June 10, 2015 @08:15PM (#9696567)
>If YouTube did transcode pre-roll ads, we'd have an auto-skipper.

Don't respond to user seek commands until the add is done playing - at that point best they can do is block output and wait - which ends up a similar experience to just watching the ad for classic 2-10 min video youtube browsing or songs - for longer content buffering could work.

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Re:The next version of Safari will let users block ads on iP... by qu4z-2 on Wednesday June 10, 2015 @09:48PM (#9696961)
For me personally the change between "30s pre-feature ad" to "30s pre-feature darkness/silence" is more important than the change from there to "start playing straight away". I don't mind waiting, but I don't want things fighting over my attention.
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Re:The next version of Safari will let users block ads on iP... by wtallis on Wednesday June 10, 2015 @10:31PM (#9697119)
Yeah, but is it really worth it for the server to keep track of when the ad should be done playing and refuse to deliver the rest of the stream until then? Because trying to do that in Javascript is a losing game.
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