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I'm pretty sure pihole doesn't block YouTube ads, they seem to be served server side but I could be wrong

by SteveNuts 3y ago

heavyset_go 3y ago
This is the case.
mikenew 3y ago
Yeah I set up a pihole a while back and abandoned it because I couldn't get it to block YouTube ads.
nabakin 3y ago
You're 100% correct. PiHole is a DNS adblocker so, essentially, it's only able to block whole domains. My understanding is Google puts YouTube ads behind the YouTube domain so if the PiHole blocked YouTube ads, it would block the entire YouTube website which defeats the purpose.
- FoxBJK 3y ago
  It's been awhile since I looked, but when I did a few years ago they had hundreds of subdomains for their videos (both regular and ads) and would rotate what they're used for all the time. That's why its basically impossible for PiHole to anything.
thaumasiotes 3y ago
Youtube-dl (well, yt-dlp, the non-dead version) will ignore the ads.
- philistine 3y ago
  yeah but how do you setup a one-stop-shop solution to download the new videos from channels you follow?
  - fshr 3y ago
    I'd recommend a Python script on a cron/task scheduler job.
  - erinnh 3y ago
    Personally, I use Tubearchivist. There are others though. https://github.com/tubearchivist/tubearchivist https://github.com/tubearchivist/tubearchivist
    - jamaicahest 3y ago
      > For minimal system requirements, the Tube Archivist stack needs around 2GB of available memory for a small testing setup and around 4GB of available memory for a mid to large sized installation. Minimal with dual core with 4 threads, better quad core plus. This project requires docker. Ensure it is installed and running on your system. What the hell. Is this an entire OS?
      - erinnh 3y ago
        Its an archive solution. So it uses redis and elastic search in the backend. It definitely isnt lightweight, but I like its interface the best out of all solutions.
        MichaelZuo 3y ago
        How can a 'small testing setup' for an 'archive solution' be double the size of Windows 8.1...
  - burnerburnito 3y ago
    Consider freetube for a braindead simple mechanism. Alternatively, I believe MPV can suit your needs with some more elbow grease.
  - _h9mb 3y ago
    I add all videos that I want to watch to a playlist and then run a script on my machine to download the videos. It will only download each video once as it keep tracks of downloaded videos through the file downloaded.txt so you can delete/move them freely. You can also add the script to a systemd timer or cron so to automate it. This is the script: https://github.com/danisztls/yt-assistant https://github.com/danisztls/yt-assistant. AFAIK the same can be done with a single line yt-dlp command and you can do the same to download all videos from a channel.
philsnow 3y ago
Paramount+ on apple tv just crashes immediately for me (before even the profile picker) when I have the apple tv using my pi-hole as its dns server. It’s not even the biggest reason why PP is my least favorite streaming platform, since I have a workaround (cast from phone, which for some reason works).
- thiht 3y ago
  I’m amazed some people would even consider subscribing to Paramount+… why? It’s yet another streaming platform ; arriving way too late in the game, and they don’t even have an interesting catalog. They just seem dead on arriving.
  - philsnow 3y ago
    Trek. That's it.
    - aydyn 3y ago
      Piracy. It's way simpler.
  - basch 3y ago
    Viacom has a huge back catalog. Nickelodeon. Great alternative to Disney+ if the kids chews through it. It’s also just CBS All Access renamed, it’s not really late at all. It’s been around for a decade.

I'm pretty sure pihole doesn't block YouTube ads, they seem to be served server side but I could be wrong

heavyset_go 3y ago

This is the case.

mikenew 3y ago

Yeah I set up a pihole a while back and abandoned it because I couldn't get it to block YouTube ads.

nabakin 3y ago

You're 100% correct. PiHole is a DNS adblocker so, essentially, it's only able to block whole domains. My understanding is Google puts YouTube ads behind the YouTube domain so if the PiHole blocked YouTube ads, it would block the entire YouTube website which defeats the purpose.

FoxBJK 3y ago
It's been awhile since I looked, but when I did a few years ago they had hundreds of subdomains for their videos (both regular and ads) and would rotate what they're used for all the time. That's why its basically impossible for PiHole to anything.

thaumasiotes 3y ago

Youtube-dl (well, yt-dlp, the non-dead version) will ignore the ads.

philistine 3y ago
yeah but how do you setup a one-stop-shop solution to download the new videos from channels you follow?
- fshr 3y ago
  I'd recommend a Python script on a cron/task scheduler job.
- erinnh 3y ago
  Personally, I use Tubearchivist. There are others though. https://github.com/tubearchivist/tubearchivist https://github.com/tubearchivist/tubearchivist
  - jamaicahest 3y ago
    > For minimal system requirements, the Tube Archivist stack needs around 2GB of available memory for a small testing setup and around 4GB of available memory for a mid to large sized installation. Minimal with dual core with 4 threads, better quad core plus. This project requires docker. Ensure it is installed and running on your system. What the hell. Is this an entire OS?
    - erinnh 3y ago
      Its an archive solution. So it uses redis and elastic search in the backend. It definitely isnt lightweight, but I like its interface the best out of all solutions.
      - MichaelZuo 3y ago
        How can a 'small testing setup' for an 'archive solution' be double the size of Windows 8.1...
- burnerburnito 3y ago
  Consider freetube for a braindead simple mechanism. Alternatively, I believe MPV can suit your needs with some more elbow grease.
- _h9mb 3y ago
  I add all videos that I want to watch to a playlist and then run a script on my machine to download the videos. It will only download each video once as it keep tracks of downloaded videos through the file downloaded.txt so you can delete/move them freely. You can also add the script to a systemd timer or cron so to automate it. This is the script: https://github.com/danisztls/yt-assistant https://github.com/danisztls/yt-assistant. AFAIK the same can be done with a single line yt-dlp command and you can do the same to download all videos from a channel.

philsnow 3y ago

Paramount+ on apple tv just crashes immediately for me (before even the profile picker) when I have the apple tv using my pi-hole as its dns server. It’s not even the biggest reason why PP is my least favorite streaming platform, since I have a workaround (cast from phone, which for some reason works).

thiht 3y ago
I’m amazed some people would even consider subscribing to Paramount+… why? It’s yet another streaming platform ; arriving way too late in the game, and they don’t even have an interesting catalog. They just seem dead on arriving.
- philsnow 3y ago
  Trek. That's it.
  - aydyn 3y ago
    Piracy. It's way simpler.
- basch 3y ago
  Viacom has a huge back catalog. Nickelodeon. Great alternative to Disney+ if the kids chews through it. It’s also just CBS All Access renamed, it’s not really late at all. It’s been around for a decade.