yellonox / youtube-unblock

Remove the "block" element on Y-Tub

YouTube UnBlock

Status: This project is fully(ish) functional as of 1/21/2024. (bugs bugs bugs. Can't catch-em-all)

❓ Is this blocker getting in the way?

🩹 Look no further, as here is a bandaid

The script DeBlock finds and removes the roadblock and embeds a better frame in place of YouTube videos. You are still on the official YouTube™️ webpage with full access to comments, likes, (borked playlists), and recommendations.

Note: I did not create any of the Sources nor do I have any affiliations with them. I only embed them into "youtube.com".

🚫 Ad-Blocker Recommendation

This script does not block ads, it only removes the block. I recommend uBlock Origin and Decentraleyes.

If you have the resources, I highly recommend AdGuard!

📂 GitHub Install

1. Install Tampermonkey, Greasemonkey or any other user script manager.
2. Open the script: "YouTube-DeBlock.user.js"
3. Click the "Raw" button at the top right of the page, this should prompt the user script install page.

🍴 Greasy Fork Install

1. Install Tampermonkey, Greasemonkey or any other user script manager.
2. Click install on the Greasy Fork webpage: YouTube DeBlock

✅ Pros

• No Blockers
• No Ads (Up to your uBlock)
• Access to:
  • Likes
  • Comments
  • Recommendations
• Stay on YouTube
• Full-Screen (YouTube Embed Only)
• Track Watch History (YouTube Embed Only)

❌ Cons

• Some Bugs
• Playlists are broken (I am unable to fix currently ☹️)
• Timestamps do not work.

🥫 Exceptions

This script will not run if a block is not detected. Meaning, if the script does not find a block, none of the script functions will do anything.

🏠 Custom Sources

• YouTube™ [Embed] - An official embed of the video.
• yout-ube.com - 3rd party, but some videos are age-restricted.
• NEW: piped.kavin.rocks - Currently page embed (no theater mode).
• NEW: subscriptions.gir.st - Currently page embed (no theater mode).
• Bugs, oh-no! nsfwyoutube.com - Fix might be coming soon (maybe)

Some sources allow playback of age-restricted videos and blocked content.

Recommend Some More to Issues

📐 User Settings

There is a User Customization section at the start of the script. Features:

• Toggle Theater Button Visibility: disableTheaterToggle
• Toggle Reload Button Visibility: disableReloadToggle
• Toggle Options Menu Visibility: disableOptionsMenu
• Change Active Language: language

🫂 Language Options / Opciones de Idioma

Read More: https://github.com/YelloNox/YouTube-UnBlock/blob/main/language.md

To change your preferred language for the script, edit the language variable at the start of the script.

Language Options / Opciones de Idioma:

• en - English / Inglés
• de - German / Alemán
• es - Spanish / Español
• fr - French / Francés
• it - Italian / Italiano
• jp - Japanese / Japonés
• ko - Korean / Coreano
• nl - Dutch / Holandés
• pl - Polish / Polaco
• pt - Portuguese / Portugués
• ru - Russian / Ruso
• ar - Arabic / Árabe
• zh - Chinese (Mandarin) / Chino (Mandarín)
• hi - Hindi / Hindi
• sv - Swedish / Sueco
• no - Norwegian / Noruego
• da - Danish / Danés
• cs - Czech / Checo
• hu - Hungarian / Húngaro
• tr - Turkish / Turco

Note: These translations have been generated by AI or Google Translate, and there may be inaccuracies.

✈️ Plans?

• Theater Mode Toggle
• Fix Bug: Frame loads multiple times! Add the check to each runtime.
• Fix Bug: Frame loads multiple ... Again...
• Add multi-language support (aka, translations with Google Translate (or ai))
• So... Playlists are broken :O. YouTube thinks the videos fail to load, then skips them, repeatedly, forever... fix?
• Setting saved to local storage (for something... sometime... idk...)

💔 Issues?

If there are any issues, or you have a suggestion, please feel free to open an issue. I appreciate the feedback!

Other Locations

You can currently find the script in:

• GitHub Repository
• Greasy Fork

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Making YouTube Great Again^TIM

youtube-unblock's Issues

No Comments

I am currently working to replace the video on YouTube with an embedded video from "yout-ube.com". This will allow you to browse comments and recommendations. Though, I am unsure if it will add to your watch history.

DeBlock: The video plays in the background.

This issue is known and will be fixed soon.

Timestamps Not Working

          Just tested it and it works properly now! Also, there was a similar issue with URLs that have a timestamp in them (like youtube.com/watch?v=[video ID]&t=100s, for example), but this fix took care of that, too. I'm also not seeing anything else broken as a result of the update. Thanks!

Originally posted by @derrickrossignol in #4 (comment)

Playlists

When trying to play a video from a playlist (with a url like youtube.com/watch?v=[video ID]&list=[playlist ID]&index=1 ), it doesn't work. The frame created by UnBlock shows the error message, "An error occurred. Please try again later. (Playback ID: [ID])." The page just automatically moves from one playlist video to the next, unable to play any of them.

Correct topic for Github YouTube-dl download blocking issues

Hi. I'm new here and I strongly suspect I have posted this in the wrong topic. If so, I hope you will be kind enough to direct me to the proper one. I have used YouTube-DL intensively at times in the past, but I tend to use it a lot, then not touch it for months, or longer. I now wanted to get the latest version for Windows, so I first did an internet search, and discovered the controversy over Github taking it down at one point. It appeared from those searches that Github had ultimately relented, and that YouTube-dl was freely available on Github once more. So I tried to download the windows exe file, from this page:
https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl

file link:
https://yt-dl.org/latest/youtube-dl.exe

and was shown this error message:
Access denied
Due to a ruling of the Hamburg Regional Court, access to this website is blocked.
Zugriff gesperrt
Aufgrund eines Urteils des Landgerichts Hamburg ist der Zugriff auf diese Website gesperrt.

• Did I misunderstand the outcome of the protests against Github for blocking YouTube-dl?
• Did GitHub relent and later reinstate the block?
• Or is the lock on that exe file possibly a legacy of the rescinded block that was never corrected?
• Any suggestions for me to get the latest version installed on my Windows box?

Thank you in advance for any assistance you can provide.

Grima S

when using yout-ube video plays multiple times in the same page

when i use yout-ube option, the audio starts multiple times and play at the same time out of sync

Custom Sources to add

Give me some