YouTube in-video Ads

[Oxwil]

So anyone figure out how to block that? I was thinking if the server that supplied the ads could be blocked, then the ads won't appear. What do you think?

[Erunno]

Can you provide a link where a video ad is actually played before the content?

[Oxwil]

Don't you watch YouTube videos? The ads appear at the bottom the videos, they are word ads.

[Ares2]

I haven't seen them either, but that doesn't mean anything. An example video where you get the ads would be great. Maybe Youtube is testing something (although I think US users are usually first when it comes to such things).

[Oxwil]

I am not in US, look at my location. Anyway, maybe ABP already blocks it becoz I only noticed them while my mom say YT videos on IE.

[Ares2]

I am not in US, look at my location.

I know. That's why I wrote "although".

Anyway, maybe ABP already blocks it becoz I only noticed them while my mom say YT videos on IE.

So why did you think they are not blocked with ABP?^^

[Oxwil]

So why did you think they are not blocked with ABP?^^

Because the video appeared ON the video, not some regular frames. A word ad appears just above the controls of the video.

[fanboy]

try this,

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*/yt/swf/ad-*$domain=youtube.com,object_subrequest

[Oxwil]

WHOA! You already found the solution!

Hopefully, Ares2 will have it added to EasyList, unless there's already a filter rule which covers this?

[MonztA]

There is already a filter like this in EasyList:

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.ytimg.com/yt/swf/ad-*.swf

[Ares2]

Yep, that's already in EasyList since December 3rd, 2008.

[Oxwil]

Well I guess issue resolved!