iSponsorBlockTV

Privacy & Ad-blocking

SponsorBlock client for all YouTube TV clients.

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Python Latest v2.9.0 · 25d ago Security brief →

Features

Automatically skips sponsor and intro segments in YouTube TV videos
Auto‑mutes and presses "Skip Ad" for YouTube ads
Supports device discovery via SSDP or manual YouTube TV code entry

Recent releases

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v2.9.0 New feature 25d

Notable features

Auto discovery pairing now supports a broader range of devices
Added Chrome Cast discovery for older models lacking the regular auto‑pairing protocol

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This release improves auto discovery pairing, making it work with more devices and adds chrome cast discovery (for older chrome casts that don't support the regular auto pairing protocol).

What's Changed

Improve pairing by @dmunozv04 in https://github.com/dmunozv04/iSponsorBlockTV/pull/438
Bump rich from 14.3.4 to 15.0.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/dmunozv04/iSponsorBlockTV/pull/447
Bump textual from 8.2.3 to 8.2.5 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/dmunozv04/iSponsorBlockTV/pull/456

Full Changelog: https://github.com/dmunozv04/iSponsorBlockTV/compare/v2.8.1...v2.9.0

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v2.8.1 Breaking risk 1mo

Breaking changes

YouTube screen IDs changed from 26‑character format to 64‑hex‑digit format, invalidating existing pairings and requiring re‑pairing.

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Warning

YouTube has changed the screen ID format from 26 characters to 64 hex digits. Since the 15th April 2026 YouTube apps have started generating new IDs and revoking the old ones, breaking a paired iSponsorBlockTV.
The solution is simple, pairing the device again will (most likely) fix this.
Read more info on #450 and https://github.com/dmunozv04/iSponsorBlockTV/wiki/new-screen-ID-format

What's Changed

Bump aiohttp from 3.12.15 to 3.13.5 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/dmunozv04/iSponsorBlockTV/pull/440
Bump rich from 14.3.3 to 14.3.4 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/dmunozv04/iSponsorBlockTV/pull/444
Bump xmltodict from 0.15.1 to 1.0.4 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/dmunozv04/iSponsorBlockTV/pull/425
Bump softprops/action-gh-release from 2 to 3 in the all group by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/dmunozv04/iSponsorBlockTV/pull/449
Add warning for deprecated screen ID format by @dmunozv04 in https://github.com/dmunozv04/iSponsorBlockTV/pull/455
v2.8.0 not published on PyPI

Full Changelog: https://github.com/dmunozv04/iSponsorBlockTV/compare/v2.7.0...v2.8.1

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v2.8.0 Breaking risk 1mo

Breaking changes

YouTube screen IDs changed from 26‑character strings to 64‑hex‑digit values; existing pairings are broken and must be re‑paired.

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Warning

What's Changed

Bump aiohttp from 3.12.15 to 3.13.5 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/dmunozv04/iSponsorBlockTV/pull/440
Bump rich from 14.3.3 to 14.3.4 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/dmunozv04/iSponsorBlockTV/pull/444
Bump xmltodict from 0.15.1 to 1.0.4 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/dmunozv04/iSponsorBlockTV/pull/425
Bump softprops/action-gh-release from 2 to 3 in the all group by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/dmunozv04/iSponsorBlockTV/pull/449
Add warning for deprecated screen ID format by @dmunozv04 in https://github.com/dmunozv04/iSponsorBlockTV/pull/455

Full Changelog: https://github.com/dmunozv04/iSponsorBlockTV/compare/v2.7.0...v2.8.0

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v2.7.0 New feature 1mo

Setup messages improved to respect empty skip categories with clearer warnings.

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v2.6.0 New feature 9mo

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