Embedded ads

[bastimeyer]

What are embedded ads and what can be done?

See the current meta thread on Streamlink's issue tracker
streamlink/streamlink#4949

Read the embedded-ads section of Streamlink's Twitch plugin documentation
https://streamlink.github.io/latest/cli/plugins/twitch.html#embedded-ads

Ads filtering in Streamlink Twitch GUI

As a Streamlink Twitch GUI user, to activate Streamlink's ads filtering, all you have to do is to enable the "Skip advertisements embedded into streams" checkbox in the streaming settings menu.

The option is also available for individual channels in their respective channel settings menu, so you can override the global configuration.

This will filter out pre-roll and mid-roll ads and will pause the stream output during that time. If your player can't handle stream discontinuities when the stream output resumes after the ad break has ended, then try to upgrade or change your player. Using MPV is recommended.

Authentication for preventing embedded ads

Carefully read the Authentication section of Streamlink's Twitch plugin documentation
https://streamlink.github.io/latest/cli/plugins/twitch.html#authentication

This can't be automated via Streamlink Twitch GUI, because it uses a different API when logging in. The OAuth tokens generated by these two APIs are incompatible, and the one used by Twitch's website can't be used by applications like Streamlink Twitch GUI. There is no workaround. Either create a config file or update your existing one with the necessary authentication data, or add the parameter to the list of custom parameters in Streamlink Twitch GUI's streaming settings menu after you've enabled advanced settings.