Skip sponsored YouTube segments on local Cast devices
Skip sponsored YouTube segments on local Cast devices.
When run, this program will watch all Google Cast devices on the LAN.
If a Cast device begins playing a YouTube video, sponsored segments are fetched from the SponsorBlock API.
When the device reaches a sponsored segment, CastSponsorSkip will quickly seek to the end of the segment.
CastSponsorSkip will also mute YouTube ads and automatically hit the skip button when it becomes available.
All flags can be set using environment variables.
To use an env, capitalize all characters, replace - with _, and prefix with CSS_.
For example, --paused-interval=1m would become CSS_PAUSED_INTERVAL=1m.
castsponsorskip [flags]
--action-types strings SponsorBlock action types to handle. Shorter segments that overlap with content can be muted instead of skipped. (default [skip,mute])
-c, --categories strings Comma-separated list of SponsorBlock categories to skip (default [sponsor])
--completion string Output command-line completion code for the specified shell. Can be 'bash', 'zsh', 'fish', or 'powershell'.
--discover-interval duration Interval to restart the DNS discovery client (default 5m0s)
-h, --help help for castsponsorskip
--log-level string Log level (debug, info, warn, error) (default "info")
--mute-ads Mutes the device while an ad is playing (default true)
-i, --network-interface string Network interface to use for multicast dns discovery. (default all interfaces)
--paused-interval duration Interval to scan paused devices (default 1m0s)
--playing-interval duration Interval to scan playing devices (default 500ms)
--skip-delay duration Delay skipping the start of a segment
-v, --version version for castsponsorskip
--youtube-api-key string YouTube API key for fallback video identification (required on some Chromecast devices).