Anyone use SponsorBlock addon? Easily skip YouTube video sponsors. When you visit a YouTube video, the extension will check the database for reported sponsors and automatically skip known sponsors. There's no UI to setup Firefox profiles. Disabled other Firefox Addons (uBlock Origin, Enhancer for Youtube, GreaseMonkey) and restarted Firefox. Reset SponsorBlock config to Disabled, restarted Firefox, then set SponsorBlock config back to desired settings.
Sponsorblock Firefox Extension
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- Since there's no way to build a signed XPI automatically from the latest Git commit, I've created a new package, firefox-extension-sponsorblock, which uses the same method as firefox-extension-bitwarden. I installed firefox to test it and it seems to work fine. This package will be abandoned.
- SponsorBlock is an open-source crowdsourced browser extension and open API for skipping sponsor segments in YouTube videos. Users submit when a sponsor happens from the extension, and the extension automatically skips sponsors it knows about. It also supports skipping other categories, such as intros, outros and reminders to subscribe.
| Developer(s) | Ajay Ramachandran |
|---|---|
| Initial release | July 12, 2019; 21 months ago[1] |
| Stable release | |
| Repository | |
| Written in | TypeScript |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Type | Browser extension |
| License | GPLv3 |
| Website | sponsor.ajay.app |
SponsorBlock is a free and open-sourcebrowser extension designed to skip (block) sponsorship segments in YouTube videos. The extension relies on a user-submitted database to identify sponsorships in videos. Extension users can submit segments in videos, and vote on segments others have submitted.[2] The extension is a recommended extension on Firefox.[3] As of March 24, 2021, the extension has over 70k downloads on Firefox and over 100k downloads on Google Chrome.[4][5] Initially, SponsorBlock could only be used to submit and skip sponsorship segments, but support for multiple categories was added in June 2020.[6]
Usage[edit]
Extension users can submit timestamps for segments in videos, and choose a category for them. By default, segments are automatically skipped by the extension. When a segment is skipped, a small pop-up appears for a few seconds to allow the user to vote on the segment, or to 'unskip' it. The extension tracks per-user statistics about the number of segments submitted and skipped.[7] As of March 24, 2021, SponsorBlock has saved over 137 years of people's time.[8]
Reception[edit]
SponsorBlock was mentioned on the Linus Tech Tips podcast The WAN Show on January 31, 2020.[9]
The extension was featured on Mozilla's Extension Spotlight on July 21, 2020. The extension is a recommended extension on Firefox, and as of April 7, 2021 is the highest-rated recommended extension listed.[3][10]
References[edit]
- ^'Initial Release'. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
- ^'SponsorBlock für YouTube - Add-on für Google Chrome'. CHIP (in German). CHIP Digital GmbH. Archived from the original on August 12, 2020. Retrieved December 6, 2020.
- ^ ab'Extension Spotlight: SponsorBlock for YouTube'. The Firefox Frontier. Mozilla. July 21, 2020. Retrieved December 6, 2020.
- ^'SponsorBlock for YouTube - Skip Sponsorships'. chrome web store. Archived from the original on December 11, 2020. Retrieved December 6, 2020.
- ^'SponsorBlock - Skip Sponsorships on YouTube'. Firefox Browser Add-ons. Mozilla. Retrieved December 6, 2020.
- ^'Categories - SponsorBlock'. blog.ajay.app. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
- ^Brinkmann, Martin (January 3, 2020). 'Skip sponsor messages in YouTube videos with SponsorBlock'. ghacks.net. Softonic. Archived from the original on March 24, 2021. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
- ^'Stats'. sponsor.ajay.app. Archived from the original on December 28, 2020. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
- ^'Is This The Worst Rated Game EVER? - WAN Show Jan 31, 2020'. Linus Tech Tips. YouTube. January 31, 2020. Archived from the original on March 24, 2021. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
If a viewer skips an integrated sponsor spot or uses a browser extension like SponsorBlock—never heard of that— be hurting a channel just as much as adblock, or it impossible for a sponsor to know?
- ^'Recommended extensions'. Firefox Browser Add-ons. Mozilla. Archived from the original on April 7, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
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I'm not sure if this is the correct place to ask this nor am I sure that this isn't just one of my many installed extensions being wonky -- but is there a way to keep the volume meter at the same level across tabs? More specifically, I peruse the old.reddit.com/r/livestreamfail website and I open each thread in a new tab with the option to block the audio and video from autoplaying enabled and the volume meter is always set at 0% on every embedded clip. I wish the behavior of the video player to leave the volume slider at the percentage from the last time I manipulated the volume slider from a previous clip, that way I don't need to touch the volume slider whenever I start playing the new video. Is this the behavior of the twitch video player or is there a config setting I can change to achieve the desired behavior? Shouldn't blocking video inherently block audio too? Why does autoplay option always set the volume to 0%?
Sponsorblock Firefox
I'm on updated OpenSuse Tumbleweed with Firefox version 83.0
Sponsorblock Firefox Login
My firefox extensions include: Facebook Container, GNOME Shell integration, Reddit Enhancement Suite, SponsorBlock for Youtube, uBlock Origin and Weather