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They can switch to HLS and dynamically insert ad segments randomly in the video duration. Of course it costs them to build such a system, but if the adblockers
by CrendKing 3y ago
They can switch to HLS and dynamically insert ad segments randomly in the video duration. Of course it costs them to build such a system, but if the adblockers are already costing them money to begin with...
- toomuchtodo 3y agoYou could detect transitions and strip the ads client side with ffmpeg. Bonus points if you advertise the output in the torrent DHT using the YouTube id as the torrent identifier.
- warkdarrior 3y agoEasy to create per-user ad insertions.
- toomuchtodo 3y agoAlso easy to fetch more than one stream to fingerprint content vs ads for trimming. Admittedly whack a mole and cat & mouse.