• weirdo_from_space
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    10 months ago

    It would be really cool to be able to download YouTube videos withour the sponsorship segments, I wonder if there is a way to do his already?

    • Euphoma@lemmy.ml
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      10 months ago

      yt-dlp has a command-line option to download videos while using sponsor block.

      yt-dlp https://youtube... --sponsorblock-remove all
      
    • JigglySackles@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      Like the ads surrounding the video and breaking the video up or the spots in the video where the creator hawks their latest wares?

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        10 months ago

        Honestly, I’m ok with at least giving channel ad reads a shot. Those aren’t based on my watch history/search history and the channel owner actually gets a good cut. Almost nobody can make a living with google ads.

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      10 months ago

      I swore I’ve seen a FOSS project that did that. An ad segment detector basically