• @helenslunch@feddit.nl
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    26 hours ago

    I wonder if a SponsorBlock-like extension with the ability to accept training data from users to help identify ads.

    That’s…how SponsorBlock works? The ads come at different entry and exit points for every user. Otherwise it wouldn’t be a problem for sponsorblock.

    The Plex server application has a feature which scrubs videos and identifies intros

    Pretty sure they just use timestamps from a crowdsourced database, just like sponsorblock.

    • @overcast5348@lemmy.world
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      25 hours ago

      The ads come at different entry and exit points for every user.

      They’re not referring to the YouTube ads, but the “let’s take a minute to talk about today’s sponsor nordvpn that I used on my trip to Antarctica.” This is a part of the video file itself, and it starts and ends at the same time for all users.

      • @helenslunch@feddit.nl
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        5 hours ago

        This is a part of the video file itself, and it starts and ends at the same time for all users.

        Except it doesn’t when a YouTube ad is injected in the middle. Then all timestamps after the ad are offset by the length of the ad. That’s not from me, that’s from SponsorBlock themselves in the OP.