• mint_tamas@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    Pretty sure they just use timestamps from a crowdsourced database, just like sponsorblock.

    Nope, it’s analyzing the sound to guess where the intro starts and ends. Turns out this is pretty simple to implement, but quite reliable. Source: worked for Plex

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      2 years ago

      That’s great, but it won’t work if each user receives a different file.

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        2 years ago

        This is about intro detection in TV shows, not ad blocking. I’m not proposing this as a good way to block ads, just noting that this feature in Plex doesn’t use a database.