iSponsorBlockTV brings SponsorBlock skipping to every YouTube TV app
ISponsorBlockTV: SponsorBlock client for all YouTube TV clients
A self-hosted app that pairs with your YouTube TV client and automatically skips sponsor segments and intros using the SponsorBlock API. It also mutes and hits "Skip Ad" the instant the button appears. It works across Apple TV, Samsung Tizen, LG WebOS, Android TV, Chromecast, Roku, Fire TV, Xbox, PlayStation, and even the Nintendo Switch. Setup needs network access to youtube.com, with auto discovery on the same LAN or a manual pairing code.
It can also auto mute and press the "Skip Ad" button the moment it becomes available on YouTube ads.
- franga2000
Clever hack! I didn't think the latency would be low enough for that, but I guess with some ad segments being upwards of a minute long these days, it's still worth it.
For anyone who can load APKs on their TV and wants a more integrated solution, this alternative client works wonderfully https://github.com/yuliskov/smarttube
It's at the level of polish where people didn't even realize it wasn't the official client for quite a while, until I turned on SponsorBlock that is.
- Grombobulous
I’ve been using this a long time and it works great, possibly even better than you’d imagine it to work. You can even configure which types of segments to skip (e.g., sponsorships versus self-promotion).
- ku1ik
I’ve been using it with Apple TV youtube app for several months and I can say it works very well. Very little configuration, and it does the job. Can’t go back. Highly recommended!
- makefu
Anyone is aware of software which does the same but for podcasts? I've had built a downloader by qwen38 (https://cgit.euer.krebsco.de/makefu/podfetch) which does so via multiple programmatic approaches (keywords, sponsorblock-ml, neuralblock) but actually i think crowdsourcing the solution is the best approach here.
- jareklupinski
putting this on the same machine as my pihole :)
how long until we can set up an Omni-Block Box?