Like, my main issue with ads is all the tracking they do. If they add non-targeted ads to the video file I downloaded, whatever, I’ll just fast forward through that part of the video.
I didnt even have to write me own script. I gave chatgpt a notepad with channel urls and just told it to write me code to load these urls one by one and download the
Last 2 videos. (Trust me you dont want to accidentally download a whole channel). Yt dlp can maintain a log of sort so videos aren’t downloaded more then once.
I run this script on a schedule and delete the video when i am done with it. Nice and clean. I can also recommend trying to run an invididious instance for general video browsing but mine took some twiddling to setup right.
What this? I cant hear you over my high definition yt-dlp content.
Where i am going I haven’t needed a google account in over a year.
What will happen when ads are injected in the video stream directly.
At that point i will either have to use an ai tool to scrub the filth out
Or
Consider if i really need whatever content is within it and touch some grass instead.
The same thing that happened with sponsored segments.
Look forward to the day they require eye tracking & answering questions about the ads they showed
Please drink a verification can.
Then those prompts will be skipped. Just like you can skip age verification with user scripts
Sponsored segments are fixed. Injected ads won’t be.
With yt-dlp? Skip them manually.
Like, my main issue with ads is all the tracking they do. If they add non-targeted ads to the video file I downloaded, whatever, I’ll just fast forward through that part of the video.
Hopefully the adblockers (or something similar) will process the video like comskip does when processing OTA programs.
Personally, I use Tubular on my phone ( Newpipe fork with sponsorBlock ), freetube on PC, and Smart tube on my android tv.
Point us towards salvation, Grand Master!
…where can i sign up…?
Are you familiar with Jellyfin?
https://jellyfin.org/
If you can set up a server of this then its as easy as making the library folder the output folder for yt-dlp
https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp
I didnt even have to write me own script. I gave chatgpt a notepad with channel urls and just told it to write me code to load these urls one by one and download the Last 2 videos. (Trust me you dont want to accidentally download a whole channel). Yt dlp can maintain a log of sort so videos aren’t downloaded more then once.
I run this script on a schedule and delete the video when i am done with it. Nice and clean. I can also recommend trying to run an invididious instance for general video browsing but mine took some twiddling to setup right.
https://invidious.io/
Also if someone else wants a prebuilt solution for this, I’ve heard good things about tube archivist
Cheers!