SponsorBlock client for all YouTube TV clients. reddit / selfhosted ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thekrautboy · 2023-10-14 04:16 ... and for AndroidTV simply use [SmartTube](https://github.com/yuliskov/SmartTubeNext) as YT app. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1A655A9CEC05B28E04 · 2023-10-14 04:59 This is a bit different. Its not for skipping ads but those sponsor segments. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thekrautboy · 2023-10-14 05:13 I know. But SmartTube has SponsorBlock builtin too. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- techma2019 · 2023-10-14 05:24 Not sure why you're being downvoted, it is built-in and works well. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- poeticmichael · 2023-10-14 05:28 SmartTube is strictly Android, whereas this is cross platform and devices which makes it easier and better for a lot of users. As you know, not everyone is an Android user. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- _ImALeaf · 2023-10-14 05:37 Yeah, and that's why he said specifically for AndroidTV ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ThePixlPirate · 2023-10-14 05:49 Now if we could get something that blocks ALL YouTube ads on an Apple TV, I’d be ecstatic! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thekrautboy · 2023-10-14 06:09 > SmartTube is strictly Android Thanks i know that, which is why i wrote "... and for AndroidTV" > whereas this is cross platform and devices which makes it easier and better for a lot of users. No its not fully cross-platform: https://github.com/dmunozv04/iSponsorBlockTV#compatibility It doesnt appear to work for Android TV, also not a whole bunch of other platforms. Which is why i mentioned SmartTube for AndroidTV. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- adriadam10 · 2023-10-14 07:31 LOL it works well ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Itzz-Donkey · 2023-10-14 07:54 You can sideload uyou+ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ThePixlPirate · 2023-10-14 07:55 On the Apple TV? I thought it was strictly iPhone/iPad?! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- GLaDOSDan · 2023-10-14 09:46 > It doesnt appear to work for Android TV, also not a whole bunch of other platforms. I think you're confusing "doesn't work" with "isn't tested yet". This does indeed work with Android TV. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thekrautboy · 2023-10-14 09:51 Im just going by what their page says. If you know that it works for Android TV then why not let them know so they can update the page? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- GLaDOSDan · 2023-10-14 09:58 The page says "Not tested" not "Doesn't appear to work", but I digress. Anyway, there's already a PR open. https://github.com/dmunozv04/iSponsorBlockTV/pull/63 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thekrautboy · 2023-10-14 09:59 Good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LegendEater · 2023-10-14 11:03 Running on LG WebOS now and it's perfect ---------------------------------------------------------------------- tristan-k · 2023-10-14 11:46 How do I use this on an AppleTV? Do I need a third party client? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CharlesCSchnieder · 2023-10-14 11:47 I'm a little confused what this is / how it works ---------------------------------------------------------------------- _Scorpoon_ · 2023-10-14 12:07 It blocks Youtube Ads, Intros, Outros or any form of interaction segments (push the like button) in a yt video. I also looked through the git page and the website but didn't find a answer how it really works. I also would know that ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CharlesCSchnieder · 2023-10-14 12:14 Okay so it's an "app" on my server that I can open on any device and watch through that? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- _Scorpoon_ · 2023-10-14 12:14 It has to run on a computer or server elsewhere, this repo is just for this computer then. You have to download a separate app from an appstore. I think its called the same ---------------------------------------------------------------------- _Scorpoon_ · 2023-10-14 12:15 The apps are separately, this is just the code who handles the calls to their api ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CharlesCSchnieder · 2023-10-14 12:17 Hmm, okay so how does this differ from something like smarttubenext like someone else mentioned? Or is it the same ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thetman0 · 2023-10-14 12:28 Yattee is the best I’ve found. https://github.com/yattee/yattee I self host invidious and everything works great on my iOS devices. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- _Scorpoon_ · 2023-10-14 12:40 I literally know exactly the same amount of it like you. Google mentioned that smarttube also has the sponsorblock api integrated. So i guess they should work both relatively the same? xD ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CharlesCSchnieder · 2023-10-14 12:40 Okay, good to know. Thanks! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- _Scorpoon_ · 2023-10-14 12:41 The only thing i'm worried about is that he saves the ip in a hashed form which can only be decrypted with a salt. This DB is not public so i don't know what exactly happens with it ---------------------------------------------------------------------- IsThisNameGoodEnough · 2023-10-14 12:47 Looks very similar to CastSponsorSkip which works great: https://github.com/gabe565/CastSponsorSkip ---------------------------------------------------------------------- _Scorpoon_ · 2023-10-14 12:49 Also uses the same API in the backend. Who knows what the differences are between them xD ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Jason_S_88 · 2023-10-14 12:58 Looks like it is always connected to the media player, it is aware of when a YouTube video is started (this uses the same features that let say your cellphone pause the video even though someone else started the video). It then looks up the video against a crowd sourced database and identifies and skips all the flagged sections of the video ---------------------------------------------------------------------- angrykid8 · 2023-10-14 13:20 Can someone give me an idiots guide to install this on a raspberry pi please? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- billyvnilly · 2023-10-14 13:37 It's crowdsourced ---------------------------------------------------------------------- iavael · 2023-10-14 14:05 Not elsewhere, but on the same network. It uses SSDP to discover YouTube player on neighbour devices and then uses their API to control playback ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Nico_is_not_a_god · 2023-10-14 14:21 This runs on your network and remote controls your locked-down apps. If you use the Google Cast protocol, for example, that won't work with SmartTubeNext on an Android TV device. Running this on your home network means that your guest's *stock iphone* using the *stock Youtube app* to cast to a *stock chromecast* will benefit from sponsorblock and auto-mute YouTube ads and skip them as soon as possible. And your guest doesn't need to configure or know anything, it's just "magic" as far as they're concerned. Of course if you do have the tech knowledge and hardware to support it, using a full custom client like STN is better - completely blocking ads is better than muting and skipping after 5 seconds. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- parski · 2023-10-14 14:23 This is great! I've been trying Yattee but it hasn't been 100% great. If only there was something like this but for iOS. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- dmunozv04 · 2023-10-14 14:37 > Also uses the same API in the backend. Who knows what the differences are between them xD AFAIK CastSponsorSkip doesn’t work for Apple TV or consoles ---------------------------------------------------------------------- dmunozv04 · 2023-10-14 14:39 1:[Install docker](https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/) 2: Run the docker commands shown on the [wiki](https://github.com/dmun ozv04/iSponsorBlockTV/wiki/Installation#setup), replacing `/PATH_TO_YOUR_DATA_DIR` by an empty directory of your choice 3: profit? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- dmunozv04 · 2023-10-14 14:40 You can run it on a remote server, it only uses SSDP to perform automatic discovery. It also allows entering a TV code that can be found on YouTube, and works across the internet ---------------------------------------------------------------------- whatthetoken · 2023-10-14 15:16 Have had this on FF and when the video is tagged, it works flawlessly ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rocketsx12 · 2023-10-14 15:17 Working fine on Nvidia Shield TV here ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Kir-01 · 2023-10-14 15:27 If that's true, it's amazing. I have to try it! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CactusBoyScout · 2023-10-14 15:30 I finally just did the whole "VPN into Argentina and pay $1.50 for Premium" trick. Worth it, honestly. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CharlesCSchnieder · 2023-10-14 15:47 that's awesome, thank you for the explaination ---------------------------------------------------------------------- sevlonbhoi1 · 2023-10-14 15:56 I use smarttube but it should be great if this works on Google TV's default YouTube app because smarttube doesn't support casting and Google tv's default YouTube app is very well integrated with the os. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- My_Name_Is_Not_Mark · 2023-10-14 15:56 I'm confused, does this block ads at the router level? Do I need a companion app on my androidtv, or can I use the official youtube app, and sponsorblock will block the ads on that if I am on the same network? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- zeta_cartel_CFO · 2023-10-14 16:09 Doesn't Yatte just play the video in another player? I second Invidious though. Its great. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yummax · 2023-10-14 16:17 it can install in machine A with docker mode,then connect with official YouTube APP in machine B, machine A and machine B must in same WiFi or network ---------------------------------------------------------------------- dmunozv04 · 2023-10-14 16:21 Since V2, machines don't have to be on the same network. It now works accross the internet ---------------------------------------------------------------------- xzaz · 2023-10-14 17:35 So this only blocks in video ads or also the main ads? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thetman0 · 2023-10-14 19:01 Yattee is basically an invidious or piped client. So yes it is YouTube in another app. You have to manually export your subscriptions and import them into invidious. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thekrautboy · 2023-10-14 19:38 Yeah could be. Just fyi, Google TV =/= Android TV. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- kmisterk · 2023-10-14 19:43 Thank you for your share! For future reference, we ask that you create a text post with the link to the blog in the body of the text, and a few sentences on why it's relevant to the community. We look forward to future content. Cheers, /r/selfhosted ---------------------------------------------------------------------- jlnbln · 2023-10-14 20:23 This is amazing! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- eroc1990 · 2023-10-14 20:28 And for Chromecasts there's [CastSponsorSkip](https://github.com/gabe565/CastSponsorSkip), which is super lightweight. Running it on a 1 core 1GB RAM VM without issue. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Lalaz4lyf · 2023-10-14 21:06 Been looking for anything to help with YouTube on Roku. Hopefully this will be the ticket. Will throw it up on my server later today. If anyone has any other suggestion for Roku devices, please send them my way. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- MRobi83 · 2023-10-14 21:36 So it'll block the ads when casting, but will it block the ads when they're just watching a YT video on their phone or in a browser? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- janaxhell · 2023-10-14 21:51 Doesn't work for me, tried on 2 different devices, a native Philips Android TV and a NanoPi R6C Android TV. Both were seen and connected via code, but I keep seeing ads. Force-closed YT+cleared cache in both cases, but they still show ads. Is it possible that this only works with US ads? It's not a big deal for me, I already use StartTube, but if this worked, why not some redundancy. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rocketsx12 · 2023-10-14 22:22 In doesn't block ads, so makes sense that it's not blocking ads ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Nico_is_not_a_god · 2023-10-14 22:25 No, because your phone and/or browser isn't controllable by other devices on your network using the Google Home API. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- janaxhell · 2023-10-14 22:26 From the github: `It connects to the device, watches its activity and skips any sponsor segment using the SponsorBlock API.` **It can also skip/mute YouTube ads**`.` ---------------------------------------------------------------------- JustALurker-0 · 2023-10-14 22:31 Worked for me! Pretty cool. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rocketsx12 · 2023-10-14 23:10 Right? It skips skippable ads / when the skip button becomes enabled. It doesn't stop the ad from showing. If muting isn't working maybe it's a bug or you didn't configure it properly. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ThePixlPirate · 2023-10-15 00:08 But what if you don’t subscribe to any channels? Can you still search for videos? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thetman0 · 2023-10-15 00:10 Yes. It does not have a recommendation algorithm though so it’s search or trending only. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ThePixlPirate · 2023-10-15 00:27 Ok I’ll have to check it out…I don’t use recommended or trending at all and only search for what I want to watch anyway. Thanks. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- jonayo23 · 2023-10-15 01:05 Yes it does, you just need to do it using the cast code instead I cast to smart tube from revancee using this method, zero issues so far ---------------------------------------------------------------------- weendigo666 · 2023-10-15 08:55 Can't wait to deploy it on my Mikrotik router alongside Adguard Home! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Scoth42 · 2023-10-15 09:15 Tried this with my Rokus and it worked easily and fantastically. It's like magic. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- dmunozv04 · 2023-10-15 21:48 If something is not working with iSponsorBlockTV, please open an issue on GitHub so we can debug it ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ThePixlPirate · 2023-10-16 14:00 Any possibility to get this added to Unraid? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Tone866 · 2023-10-16 18:03 Cool shit! Didn‘t know this is possible on smart tvs ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dementor128 · 2023-12-06 08:43 Have you tried this on Mikrotik? Does it work? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- weendigo666 · 2023-12-28 09:47 Didn't have enough time as it needs some extra steps: \- config has to be generated on another machine as I don't know how to get into interactive shell of the container on the router itself \- RouterOS currently supports just 1 remote registry, I'm already using docker hub for AdGuardHome and this one is on github. May try to switch it momentarily though...