• Aniki@feddit.orgOP
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    use mpv https://youtube.com/watch?v=video_id

    you need yt-dlp for it and some obscure config file maybe. just search for it.

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      3 days ago

      That skips the youtube ads, but it will still have the sponsored segments that the uploaders put in their videos unless you install the SponsorBlock script for mpv.

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        I think you can get yt-dlp to integrate Sponsorblock as well but I’ve never tried setting it up myself

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          Yes, you can use the --sponsorblock-mark parameter to add chapter marks around the segments and the --sponsorblock-remove parameter to cut the segments out of the video. I would suggest adding them to the config file for yt-dlp so you don’t have to add the parameters and all of the categories to the command every time.

          Mpv doesn’t use the download function of yt-dlp, so those options won’t work with mpv. You have to install the script for that.

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        oh interesting! i’ve just never come across a sponsored segment i guess, or i skip them so subconsciously that i don’t even notice them.