So lately, several big streamers have been using SureStream, the new ad system that is supposedly unblockable (for now). ABP, uBlock Origin, etc... don't do shit against it.
The only workaround right now is to turn the HTML5 player off and revert to Flash, which puts you back on the old ad system, but it's only a matter of time before they remove Flash support entirely. And some people report that the HTML5 player sometimes immediately toggles back on, so they can't use this exploit.
And yet some other people seem to have their adblockers working while others don't, while using the same filters, on the HTML5 player. I'm one of those lucky few, but I don't know for how long.
The problem is that this ad system seems to be broken to all hell, playing either too many ads or ads at random times. Or it's intentional and Twitch is denying full access to content unless you pay up for Twitch Prime. Just go to any big channel and you'll have people complaining about missing key parts of the stream because of ads that are clearly not commercial breaks.
People actually wouldn't mind the ads if they were as they'd advertised. But they're loud as shit, are prone to freezing the stream (after which you get more ads if you refresh) and basically turn Twitch into a free to play experience.
Jack Wood
i don't see any ads though
Dominic Cook
>watching nerds, dudebros and whores "playing" games stop
Owen Long
youtube-dl doesn't have this problem
James Cooper
This, fuck off
Leo Sanchez
>Using Twitch Fuck off back to Sup Forums
Lucas Smith
Use Livestream + Chatty. It's way better.
Gavin Butler
I have Amazon Prime so I don't see Twitch ads. Easy.
Thomas Sullivan
Started using livestreamer with its third party twitch gui + vlc, since flash would make even my i7 go supernova. Literally never saw a single ad since then. Only issue is vlc crashes if some other software takes over fullscreen (kinda annoying since I dual monitor), but running them windowed borderless/fullscreen windowed fixes the issue. Also dat 1% cpu usage
>vlc
Yeah yeah I know. But it's the only one that doesn't shit the bed with livestreamer
Adam Perry
mpv works fine with Livestreamer.
Anthony Smith
>mpv >working fine >ever
Jace Harris
Facecams and eceleb shit killed game streaming anyway, so you might as well just stop watching twitch at all.
Jaxon Reyes
...
James Young
I might try that (with Streamlink instead of Livestreamer though, it's an updated fork) since even the HTML5 player seems to use way too many resources.
Oddly enough, the older HTML5 player when it was still in beta didn't use that much, but the version now uses almost as much as Flash.
Really considering using Streamlink + Livestreamer GUI + VLC full time.
Owen Smith
Not familiar with streamlink, but personally now I only use the twitch website to watch the occasional saved recording (for now at least. The moment livestreamer supports these I'll ditch the website entirely)
Josiah Reyes
I may be retarded, but Livestreamer doesn't work for me anymore, it gives a "400 Client Error: Bad Request" What am I doing wrong?
Colton James
Not him, but I pretty much use mpv exclusively with livestreamer because it's simple and lightweight, and I never had problems.
Ryan Edwards
Livestreamer? I had that happen, but with the gui. It's a known issue, since twitch modified the api, and it's the reason now the gui requires a twitch account login. Make sure it's updated and you're logged in (from the gui, search its menus for the link, not at home and I can't remember the exact button)
Xavier Cruz
>twitch get a load of this cuck
Julian Brooks
I've never seen an ad on Twitch w/ uBO, even to this day. SureStream is a fucking meme.
Jackson Morales
i get them but only rarely. i don't really get it. it's always twitch ads (amazon coins or twitch 'features').
Bentley Hall
yeah I solved it. Just needed to put a line in Livestreamer config file
Noah Flores
I don't get why some have none and others loads.
imaqtpie spams ads and I've seen people there with uBO complain about getting 7 ads in a row.
Jaxon Rogers
Funny you say that. I'm watching him right now and all he does is spam fucking ads all day.
Alexander Long
Yep, he's a greedy bastard, especially since Twitch is giving people 50% more ad revenue for a while. He clearly needs more money with the millions he's already making a year.
I'm glad that (so far) I haven't seen a single one of those shitty ads.
Aiden Lopez
Never saw the appeal of memesters honestly. Then again I prefer more chill streams, these days have been watching either random people running xcom or civ, or modmaking.
Kevin Howard
Streamlink is livestreamer with bugfixes and more supported sites. it uses all the same commands at the moment. livestreamer hasn't been updated in a year.
Kayden Hall
I don't blame the guy. He admitted in an interview he made 2 million last year. Definitely going to be more this year. At least he isn't a flaming fucking faggot like nightblue and other streamers. He knows the twitch community are all brain dead retards and chooses to exploit them.
Colton Jenkins
Thanks, I'll keep it in mind. But for now I have no need to fix what isn't broken.
Liam Scott
imaqtpie:
- Loads of subs - Loads of donations - Runs many ads, since he regularly has close to 30k viewers this is more than pocket change - Makes sure to run them so they will at times block content, to make more people sub or get Twitch Prime (both of which give him money) - Most of chat is super envious/jealous that he's living the life they all wish they could (money, own house, gf, etc...) yet they keep giving him money - Probably spends most of his time off-stream laughing at how stupid people are to give him his lifestyle
Grayson Smith
No one cares
Lincoln Roberts
>twitch
Hunter Roberts
You can really tell who the /r9k/ members are in this thread. Go back to your containment board now.
Jaxon Adams
100% true. Like I said. He knows what he's doing.
Jaxson Roberts
>anything i don't like is r9k cancer Thanks for the (You) anyway.
Aaron Powell
What's really irritating is that Twitch is well aware of the issues (load ads, ads that freeze the stream, too many ads, ads playing at random), yet the only answer they give is to get Twitch Prime.
They have no intention of fixing any of the "bugs", it's all just a money-grab.
Anthony Murphy
If you want watching whores, just go to pornhub. If you want play games, play games. If you want watch something, watch Matthias Wandel on youtube.
Owen Diaz
>2017-38 days >not having Amazing Prime, and by extension, Twitch Prime
Ryan Foster
its not twitch. i been seeing ads on youtube too. i have ublock origins and a host file that blocks ads
Kevin Garcia
You know if this thing "SureStream" is successful, it will go mainstream and it'll be everywhere. So I don't see why are you being ignorant.
Jaxson Anderson
what % of your paycheck do you guys donate to your favorite streamers every month?
I myself donate about 16% ($400)
Gabriel Phillips
Wtf I hate twitch now
Eli Sanders
$0
Big streamers don't need it and small streamers aren't partnered. Not even using my free prime sub.
Juan Cox
There are plenty of smaller streamers (100-200 average views) that are partnered and make hardly any money off ads.
They like getting subs, donations or cheers the most and barely run ads because it only literally makes them pennies. A smaller streamer I watch has lately been making hundreds of dollars off cheers that he never did before.
Christian Anderson
>You know if this thing "SureStream" is successful, it will go mainstream and it'll be everywhere. this
Juan Campbell
And if it does go mainstream, this means you won't get full content without paying to go ad-free.
Have fun watching anything in the future, on any video site, without having key parts chopped out and replaced by ads.
Blake Clark
>You know if this thing "SureStream" is successful, it will go mainstream and it'll be everywhere. If "everywhere" starts using it then smart people will dedicate time to making a workaround.
Cooper Clark
Same
We wuz Prime kangz
Julian Edwards
just connect your amazon prime account with your twitch account and you won't see any ads. problem solved
Matthew Rivera
>paying to watch someone else play games
Lincoln Bailey
>twitch
Kayden Murphy
that's why everyone has to drop twitch and set a precedent that integrating ads kills the business
Leo Baker
>Implying that most of the NEETs watching actually have Amazon Prime
David Turner
The problem is the new system overwrites the stream with ads. There's no blocking it with filter lists, or any other way. Some people have said that even via Livestreamer you will still get ads.
Anyone on the HTML5 player that claim their ad block works is wrong, SureStream just hasn't rolled out to their region yet, so they're still on the old system even with HTML5. The old Flash player still uses the old ad system no matter the region, but it's only a matter of time before that's phased out.
The only workaround I can think of is for ad blockers to somehow spoof the user having a Prime account, so that they get skipped for SureStream. But I really doubt the legality of something like that. So it looks like Twitch wins, and soon this cancer will spread to YouTube and every single video source on the internet. RIP ad blockers, at least when it comes to video.
Sebastian Ward
>watch Matthias Wandel on youtube. true youtube kino
however i disagree with you. i dont think there is anything wrong watching a tournament, or a professional player explaining what he does while playing.