play.tv3.lt

[Vartotojas1234]

http://play.tv3.lt/programos/detektyve-klara/847664?autostart=true

[uBlock-user]

FF is not part of supported setup and neither is GreaseMonkey.

[ale5000-git]

It does happen also on Chrome, but I'm not sure that the problem can be resolved since it say "Atsisiųskite mūsų nemokamą programėle, kad galėtumėte peržiūrėti šį video" (translation: "Download our free app to view this video").

EDIT: Apparently after watching the ads it allow to see the video witohut the app.

[uBlock-user]

It flat out says "Download our free app to view this video" so I haven't bothered to look any further.

[jspenguin2017]

@uBlock-user It doesn't say that when uBO is off.

[jspenguin2017]

Your setup is broken in every possible way, but it happens to be reproducible on the standard setup, so I assume you know what you are doing, but this is still a warning, don't post screenshots like that.

[uBlock-user]

@jspenguin2017 Do you browse with uBO off ? I don't. It does check for something, but there are no visible signs of detection. This appears more like broken.

[uBlock-user]

This is the only script that has signs of Anti adblock code - http://cdn.playstatic.mtgx.tv/static/js/main-w-avod-player/main-w-avod-player.js?v=3.52

So it's the embedded player.

[jspenguin2017]

@uBlock-user I don't neither, but I do when I need to test something.

[uBlock-user]

Well If I ever turn uBO off, my browser will be raped and I have experienced it first hand. Also websites behave very differently without the presence of any kind of network/content blocker, so I always keep it on.

[jspenguin2017]

@uBlock-user Yea, it can happen. Depending on the site. I know the way my browser work and I can distinguish baits from real prompts, so I can get out of malvertizing sites. I'm definitely not recommending you to do it, and I can fully understand your concerns, but to properly debug things, sometimes I have to do that.

[jspenguin2017]

I think I know how it works now:

It loads http://playapi.mtgx.tv/v3/videos/stream/847664, which contains the media file link: https://tv3-vod.data.lt/tv3vod/video/video/smil:/SMIL_ACQ/2017/2017_05/20364103/20364103.smil/playlist.m3u8.

Then it tries to load https://playapi.mtgx.tv/v3/adinfo?video=847664&adPlatform=FreeWheel&platform=html5&referer=&clientPlatform=pc, which contains the line "ab_allowed":false,, I bet if I flip it to true it would work... Except that I don't really have a way to change it.

[jspenguin2017]

Eh... I just found out that we failed pretty hard on this domain...

[jspenguin2017]

I don't think I can fix this one... I can find the source, just can't quite play that file. Maybe it is possible to fix with Violentproxy.

[uBlock-user]

failed pretty hard

How did we ? Did we miss something ?

and what's ViolentProxy exactly ?

[jspenguin2017]

https://github.com/jspenguin2017/uBlockProtector/issues/110#issuecomment-292396290 https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop/issues/8999 Looks like Brave browser didn't fix it yet...

[jspenguin2017]

@uBlock-user currently, we are fighting anti-adblock code with even more code, Violentproxy is an experiment where I will remove anti-adblock code directly instead of fighting them. Project page: https://github.com/Violentproxy/Violentproxy

[uBlock-user]

Easylist has some whitelisted filters for viafree if you want to try that - https://forums.lanik.us/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=32175&p=107099&hilit=viafree.se#p107099

[uBlock-user]

Yeah I saw that repo, but how are you using it via uBlockProtector Script ?

[jspenguin2017]

@uBlock-user I'll have a "Serverscript" that uses Violentengine API to patch requests and responses. I'll be a standalone solution system.

[jspenguin2017]

@uBlock-user Doesn't seem to work.

[uBlock-user]

Yeah consider them outdated, they were posted back in Nov 2016.

[uBlock-user]

So we will have to install VP separately as another script ?

[jspenguin2017]

@uBlock-user No, Violentproxy is going to be a server. It runs in Node.js, independent of the browser. You would also need to install a root certificate as I will have to re-sign certificates to inspect and replace content. I know it's probably not what most people want, it's just theory phase.

[uBlock-user]

@jspenguin2017 I'm okay, I like to keep an open mind to such new things.

[ghajini]

We can take help of @okiehsch or @gorhill to resolve these issues https://github.com/jspenguin2017/uBlockProtector/blob/master/Notes/No%20Solution.MD If you don't mind@jspenguin2017

[okiehsch]

Looks like the site uses brightcove and stream-stitching. I don't think there is a way, to circumvent the pre-roll ads. To watch the video the bare minimum exceptions are

@@||playapi.mtgx.tv/v3/adinfo$xmlhttprequest,domain=play.tv3.lt
@@||mssl.fwmrm.net/p/MTG_Brightcove_HTML5/AdManager.js$script,domain=play.tv3.lt
@@||fwmrm.net/ad$script,domain=play.tv3.lt

as far as I can see.

[jspenguin2017]

@okiehsch OK, thanks, I won't add anything that would allow ads in, if an user is desperate enough, he can use your workaround. I don't think the ads are baked into the stream on the server side, because you can't control the progress bar when ads are playing, so the player knows when it's ads and when it's not. If done right, I think it would be possible to patch this with some complex Userscript. But so far, I have no luck, I can grab the m3u8 playlist, but that's it, I couldn't find a way to use the playlist...

[uBlock-user]

@jspenguin2017 Why not replace the entire player then ?

[ale5000-git]

If the format is supported, maybe using the HTML5 Video tag.

[jspenguin2017]

@uBlock-user That's what I'm doing, but I can't parse the media file.

@ale5000-git I obviously already tried that...

[jspenguin2017]

Hi guys, I received help privately, and I have a fix for it now 😄

[ghajini]

Will it work on all listed no solution sites....That will be great

[jspenguin2017]

@ghajini Keep in mind that GeoLock will not be bypassed, only the anti-adblock.

[jspenguin2017]

These domains should be fixed: ["viafree.no", "viafree.dk", "viafree.se", "tvplay.skaties.lv", "play.tv3.lt", "tv3play.tv3.ee"]

[ghajini]

That's good....I can pass geolock with vpn.... Make your fix invisible to internet probably.?..😆

[jspenguin2017]

@ghajini The discussion is in one confidential issue in my GitLab repository, the code is still out there, it's still public. I think I can fix one more, but the last one is probably not going to work with the new technique.

[jspenguin2017]

Still works, closing.