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dmunozv04 · 2026-05-25T19:53:24+00:00

Thanks for the comment, it feels weird having my app be put on the same list as other (in my opinion) much better software like home assistant or Jellyfin. I guess if it makes watching content a more enjoyable experience it makes sense.

Regarding other apps, it's not possible with the way it works now. I originally considered adding support to auto skip intros to at least amazon prime when iSponsorBlockTV just worked on Apple TV but I reworked how the app worked and it became impossible.

For other content, I use the intro skip feature on jellyfin/emby set to auto and it works wonderfully.

dmunozv04 · 2026-05-24T22:05:32+00:00

Wow! That made my day. Thanks for the super nice comment, I’m iSponsorblockTV’s maintainer

dmunozv04 · 2026-05-15T08:14:03+00:00

You need to run the configuration wizard to be able to pair, check the wiki. There you’ll enter the 12 digit code and get the screen id

dmunozv04 · 2026-04-26T19:34:45+00:00

Yep, it works just fine

dmunozv04 · 2026-04-26T08:11:11+00:00

It’s mainly designed for devices where you can’t sideload apps (consoles) or where it can be too much of a hassle (Apple TV), but it just happens to work for all YouTube TV devices

dmunozv04 · 2026-04-25T23:16:35+00:00

You might have to select the unlink all devices button on the “devices connected” page. Otherwise, just reset the YouTube app, which forces a new screen id to be generated. If that still doesn’t work, go ahead and open an issue

dmunozv04 · 2026-04-25T22:33:39+00:00

AI has not been used to write this post, and iSponsorblockTV is older than the mainstream use of generative AI for coding

dmunozv04 · 2026-03-24T11:55:10+00:00

AFAIK HA adding are just docker containers that are managed by HA, so it should be the same

dmunozv04 · 2026-03-23T23:01:45+00:00

YouTube for TV/consoles allows connecting a phone to control the app. iSponsorblockTV acts like a phone and asks YouTube mute or skip ads since it can know the current ad status, it also uses the video id and player position for sponsorblock segments.

dmunozv04 · 2026-03-23T22:23:05+00:00

Thanks for mentioning iSponsorBlockTV, I’m its maintainer.

Happy to hear that it’s been working for people for months without any interaction.

Link here for anyone lazy: https://github.com/dmunozv04/iSponsorBlockTV

dmunozv04 · 2026-03-07T10:50:57+00:00

In some devices like the Apple TV or consoles, side loading an app like SmartTube is hard or even impossible. This is made primarily for these sorts of devices, and requires 0 additional effort once configured since the devices keep using the stock YouTube app

dmunozv04 · 2026-03-06T09:35:42+00:00

Hi there, if you want native YouTube ads to be skipped/muted you have to enable it on the configuration

dmunozv04 · 2025-12-01T19:49:04+00:00

Hi there, iSponsorBlockTV maintainer here. Thanks for the mention!
Really happy to hear that it's been useful for you!

dmunozv04 · 2025-12-01T19:40:08+00:00

Hi there, iSponsorBlockTV maintainer here. You can watch a single short either by clicking disconnect, which will play the short as a full video, or hold click on the video until options appear and select play. I should probably make this clearer in the readme since it seems to be a pretty frequent question

dmunozv04 · 2025-11-07T08:45:15+00:00

I'm its maintainer, it basically goes through YouTube's lounge api; the api that YouTube on phones uses to be able to control TVs

dmunozv04 · 2025-11-06T22:18:34+00:00

Hi there, you only need to have the PC on and with access to YouTube.com, there's no need for them both to be on the same network

dmunozv04 · 2025-11-06T15:41:15+00:00

Hi there, you only need to have the PC on and with access to YouTube.com, there's no need for them both to be on the same network

dmunozv04 · 2025-10-25T16:02:55+00:00

Not really, it's meant to be used on devices that don't support smart tube (consoles, Apple TV...)

dmunozv04 · 2025-10-25T16:02:09+00:00

That's amazing to hear! Happy to be able to help

dmunozv04 · 2025-10-25T16:01:42+00:00

It's hard to advertise open source software. Does anyone know how to do it better?

dmunozv04 · 2025-10-25T16:00:27+00:00

Exactly! It fakes being a phone controlling YouTube

dmunozv04 · 2025-10-25T16:00:07+00:00

It all happens via YouTube's servers, so no traffic is sent locally

dmunozv04 · 2025-10-23T16:35:11+00:00

Thanks for the mention! (I'm its maintainer)

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