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Sponsorblock already exists as infrastructure to slice out ads embedded into the video streams themselves. Of course, the sponsor segments weren't put there by
by Retr0id 3y ago
Sponsorblock already exists as infrastructure to slice out ads embedded into the video streams themselves. Of course, the sponsor segments weren't put there by youtube, but the same (or similar) solutions would apply if they were.
It's much easier for anything non-live.
- WaxProlix 3y agoThe ads don't always have to be injected into the exact same parts of a video, and YT can also choose not to stream any more bits until it thinks something's been "watched".
- bentcorner 3y agoSponsorblock would be easy to work around if ad-breaks were randomly selected. Whenever you upload a video YT could process the video and "search" for good ad-break locations, at display time client bits get pushed ads randomly, making time-code blocking useless. They could even upsell to content creators by giving them the means to dynamically replace sponsors in old videos using the same tech, maybe with some knobs and switches for content creators to select where sponsor breaks occur.
- kzhe 3y agoI guess something could detect if the frame shown is a frame from the video and if not skip
- allanwind 3y agoMaybe someone could use train a AI for something useful like skipping advertisement? Switching from time to content id, i.e. like they use for copyright strikes, would work even better than status quo.
- xnx 3y agoSponsorblock tagged videos would serve as excellent training data for an ad-detecting AI.
- hot_gril 3y agoSponsorblock only works because YT allows you to skip anywhere in a video.