• linearchaos@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    34
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    1 month ago

    If it doesn’t I will make something that records the entire f****** stream and removes the commercials out of it the old fashioned way If I have to. Not my first rodeo.

    • ironsoap@lemmy.one
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      26
      ·
      1 month ago

      Yt-DLP and it’s variation (Seal, YTDLnis, etc.), newpipe and it’s variation (Tubular, Newpipe Sponsorblock, etc) already allow you to do this without having to get manual.

      • linearchaos@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        19
        ·
        1 month ago

        And I use YTDLP now. At some point they will make it inoperable. I’m honestly surprised they haven’t sorted it out yet.

        • Life_inst_bad@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          9
          ·
          1 month ago

          “Seal downloader” from the Playstore and “Seal” from F-Droid are 2 very different apps. One is a a clone riddled with ads, the other one is FOSS goodness. You are free to guess which is which.

    • Fester@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      15
      ·
      1 month ago

      I will find text versions of everything I need to learn about and create my own video, and then watch it.

      • pivot_root@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        30
        ·
        1 month ago

        Video content never changes, but the order and content of ads do. Automated browser, record the video 2-3 times. Diff the frames and slice out the ones that don’t match between runs.

        • mesamune@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          1 month ago

          I remember back in the day, there was programs that would identify ads and remove them off on air programs. I would imagine something like that would be possible. Although at that point, just skipping the “platform” altogether might be a better solution.

      • rovingnothing29@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        12
        ·
        1 month ago

        My guess: Youtube-dl derivative then an ffmpeg script to detect black frames that usually sandwich commercials on TV and delete the video inside those frames.

      • linearchaos@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        10
        ·
        1 month ago

        Most likely, I just dedicate an old laptop, a 4k HDMI capture device, store off MP4 and feed it through comskip then take it h265 and store it off.

        If I don’t do anything tricky with the browser they can’t detect that I’m doing anything tricky at all.

        The only thing I’m a little concerned about is that they’re going to start doing advertising like broadcast TV did and put quarter screen commercials up for other shows in the middle of running shows.

      • Donjuanme@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        4
        arrow-down
        6
        ·
        1 month ago

        So you want someone to broadcast, and you’re willing to pay for it, but not willing to support the content creators in any way?

        • parpol@programming.dev
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          11
          arrow-down
          2
          ·
          1 month ago

          I would happily watch ads if they were non-intrusive and non-interrupting ads like side banners that don’t cause popups, or product placement inside videos.

          I would also pay for a platform where 100% of the money goes to paying for hosting and paying the creators.

          Neither of these things are happening, so yes, I would rather donate to support piracy.