Low-res now has "Commercial Break in Progress" screen

[Dwedit]

It appears that using the "Low-Res" extension is now giving a "Commercial Break in Progress" screen when loading a stream, rather than the stream itself.

[dushipunda]

FYI this is not limited to the low-res script. Getting the same thing with vaft.

[Beet4]

Noticed the same for me this morning with the vaft script in Tampermonkey. Worked good until up to a few days ago when I noticed some streams stayed at 480p after the script ran. Had to manually change to source and then it worked. And today I just got the "Commercial Break in Progress". Seems like a new way to combat ad-blockers, and seems integrated into the stream itself so could be hard to overcome.

Is this the death of ad-blockers for Twitch? :(

[pixeltris]

Can confirm. Try changing this to 'pop_tart'

https://github.com/pixeltris/TwitchAdSolutions/blob/40c5f4b18fb46014c4b5d8e77b764627a8727491/low-res/low-res.user.js#L15

[StevensND]

Noticed the same for me this morning with the vaft script in Tampermonkey. Worked good until up to a few days ago when I noticed some streams stayed at 480p after the script ran. Had to manually change to source and then it worked. And today I just got the "Commercial Break in Progress". Seems like a new way to combat ad-blockers, and seems integrated into the stream itself so could be hard to overcome.

Is this the death of ad-blockers for Twitch? :(

Try using the uBlock Origin method instead.

[Beet4]

Noticed the same for me this morning with the vaft script in Tampermonkey. Worked good until up to a few days ago when I noticed some streams stayed at 480p after the script ran. Had to manually change to source and then it worked. And today I just got the "Commercial Break in Progress". Seems like a new way to combat ad-blockers, and seems integrated into the stream itself so could be hard to overcome. Is this the death of ad-blockers for Twitch? :(

Try using the uBlock Origin method instead.

I'm currently using AdGuard instead of uBlock so can verify if it's working in uBlock or not. That's why I am using the userscript.

[StevensND]

Noticed the same for me this morning with the vaft script in Tampermonkey. Worked good until up to a few days ago when I noticed some streams stayed at 480p after the script ran. Had to manually change to source and then it worked. And today I just got the "Commercial Break in Progress". Seems like a new way to combat ad-blockers, and seems integrated into the stream itself so could be hard to overcome. Is this the death of ad-blockers for Twitch? :(

Try using the uBlock Origin method instead.

I'm currently using AdGuard instead of uBlock so can verify if it's working in uBlock or not. That's why I am using the userscript.

I'm using uBlock and 0 problems for now. Also I check if there's "pop_tart" and "thunderdome" in the script.

Link that I'm using:

https://github.com/pixeltris/TwitchAdSolutions/raw/0fd419cc94bd86be8c787813c0928b65b789abaa/vaft/vaft-ublock-origin.js

And the raw:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pixeltris/TwitchAdSolutions/0fd419cc94bd86be8c787813c0928b65b789abaa/vaft/vaft-ublock-origin.js

[Dwedit]

Tried editing the script, replacing all "thunderdome" with "pop_tart", but that just resulted in some streams having actual ads.

[pixeltris]

~~So this appears to be an issue where you apply it as a userscript and have a default install of ublock origin.~~

~~ublock origin is applying a modification to the device id. When this is combined with the low res tweak it results in the commercial break screen.~~

~~Please add twitch.tv#@#+js(twitch-videoad) to your ublock origin filters to disable it. Or kindly ask someone like @gwarser to remove it from the default install as it no longer does anything useful anyway.~~

[Beet4]

So this appears to be an issue where you apply it as a userscript and have a default install of ublock origin.

ublock origin is apply a modification to the device id. When this is combined with the low res tweak it results in the commercial break screen.

Please add twitch.tv#@#+js(twitch-videoad) to your ublock origin filters to disable it. Or kindly ask someone like @gwarser to remove it from the default install as it no longer does anything useful anyway.

I do not have uBlock installed, only AdGuard. I use the vaft script in Tampermonkey and I am seeing the commercial break screen for 5-10 seconds then it jumps to the 480p stream until the ad has run.

[pixeltris]

It's possible that AdGuard also applies something similar. When the device id isn't altered low-res / vaft work for me, but when it is modified I always get the commercial screen.

Also please refrain from quoting entire messages.

[pedromoraesh]

I'm using AdGuard, and added a filter to uBlock but twitch keep showing commercial break :/

[curya]

This is happening with the vaft script too.

[DubCity7274]

Same issue when using the vaft script in ublock origin.

[StevensND]

Due to feedback saying that it's not working using uBlock Origin + Vaft option: I've been testing it today (08/20/2022) around 20 mins and 0 problems. Everything working fine for me despite some bugs (overlay saying 1080p60 quality when it was 480p and 480p all the time during first test). Here's my test: https://youtu.be/uo6lKejL41s. Gofile option: https://gofile.io/d/uGhM0v

At the end of the video I show you my settings + what I'm using: uBlock Origin v1.43.0 + Vaft Option + Ungoogled Chromium v104.0.5112.102.

My vaft option it's ublock (permalink).

I'm from Spain so I don't know if this is an ad-country issue or not. I tried to test it watching Spanish LoL streams then English + Valorant as you can see.

[TheKins]

Applying the uBlock Origin Vaft script just gives me ads, even after a browser restart. Using the Vaft Userscript gives me a blurry low-res commercial break screen. Notify-Swap Userscript seems to work alright for the moment.

EDIT: In Australia, if that matters.

[pixeltris]

My bad it does seem like they are doing some A/B testing and some people will always see that screen regardless of filters. This will most likely come out of A/B testing soon, so yea that will most likely sign the end for the current solutions which utilize low-res streams. But proxies are still viable.

[Aryytt]

Is there a working solution now? If so where can I find it.

[Dwedit]

The Android App "Twire" can play twitch videos without ads for now.

[EatingCarBatteries]

Yeah does anyone have any solutions yet this is driving me nuts

[Aryytt]

I'm using ttv lol but it's very finicky. It works, but can stop anytime.

[iznawh]

been using purple ads blocker its using a proxy so its kinda delayed, but it works

[michaelchany]

been using purple ads blocker its using a proxy so its kinda delayed, but it works

Purple Ads Blocker (Firefox version) initially worked, but today it wasn't loading streams at all. It didn't give me any kind of error either, just wouldn't load. The problem went away when I disabled Purple Ads Blocker.

[TheKins]

Notify-Strip and Notify-Swap have been updated. Notify-Strip seems to be working fine for me. See where that takes you.

[StevensND]

Notify-Strip and Notify-Swap have been updated. Notify-Strip seems to be working fine for me. See where that takes you.

I start to getting the problem today with vaft option. Going to try this.

[Beet4]

Notify-Strip and Notify-Swap have been updated. Notify-Strip seems to be working fine for me. See where that takes you.

Updated Notify-strip to 1.14 but still get the commercial break screen.

[StevensND]

Notify-Strip and Notify-Swap have been updated. Notify-Strip seems to be working fine for me. See where that takes you.

I start to getting the problem today with vaft option. Going to try this.

Update: I've been using notify-strip ublock (permalink) and it seems to be fix.

[JoJoPhantom]

Notify-Strip ublock (permalink) works for me, coming from vaft perma

[iznawh]

Notify-Strip ublock (permalink) works for me, coming from vaft perma

dont know why the ublock version doesnt work for me, but the userscript works lol

[gwarser]

Maybe you need to add back twitch.tv##+js(twitch-videoad) to My filters?

[iznawh]

Maybe you need to add back twitch.tv##+js(twitch-videoad) to My filters?

already have that lol...its all good as long as its working one way or another doesnt really matter