Twitch.tv issue with ads

[Sebi85]

Hi there!
I really hope you can help me out, maybe I'm totally stupid, but Adguard for Windows "breaks" any livestream with ads on twitch.tv.

Here are more details: Some of the people I started to watch regularly, are used to hammer on the "play ads" button every 10-20 minutes, since Twitch has cut their profits, and in the same process asked them to run more ads as "a great compensation."

So I thought I install the Windows version of AdGuard, however what happens is the following:
As soon as the ads would start to play, the streams starts "buffering" with the moving circle in the middle - for infinity (yes, I waited over 10 minutes for it to come back).
When I reload the page, I don't see the video but a purple screen, telling me that a commercial break is in progress.

So I did some research and found some old posts with some relation to the AdGuard Extra plugin/script. And yes, it's active (by default). When I deactivate it, all ads on Twitch.tv come through and obviously the streams are working "normal".

Is there anything I'm missing or doing wrong? Or is AdGuard simply no longer able to work it's magic on Twitch.tv?

 

[H3lper]

Hi. Reinstall that extra plugin\script by clicking on gear at AdGuard Extensions module. Will it work?

 

[Sebi85]

No, it doesn't

 

[Boo Berry]

There's a couple open Github issues for Twitch ads.

twitch.tv · Issue #383 · AdguardTeam/AdGuardExtra

AdguardTeam/AdguardFilters#135122 AdguardTeam/AdguardFilters#135722 , especially this AdguardTeam/AdguardFilters#135122 (comment) (pre-roll before stream). To reproduce this, you should use a Europ...

github.com

www.twitch.tv · Issue #136050 · AdguardTeam/AdguardFilters

Issue URL (Annoyance) https://www.twitch.tv/exsl95 Screenshots Screenshot 1 System configuration Information value AdGuard product: AdGuard for Windows v7.11.3 Browser: Chrome AdGuard driver: WFP S...

github.com

The first link is probably the most relevant to this, and it looks like it's something that needs to be fixed with the AdGuard Extra extension (userscript). I would suggest keep manually checking for filter updates until a AdGuard Extra update is pushed, then retest this.

 

[daniellemill]

I had a similar problem, I restarted my computer and everything worked for me!!

 

[localhost]

I frequent twitch quite often, and I cannot replicate this issue on neither Desktop nor Smartphone, so it could be a regional thing of Twitch trying new ads methods.

 

[konarsky]

@Sebi85 Install the extension vaft or video-swap-new from TwitchAdSolutions. The script can also be added to a web browser. It may work.

 

[BillyDoster]

There was a similar situation, I just restarted the computer and the plugin! And everything worked for me!

 

[asilva]

@Sebi85 Install the extension vaft or video-swap-new from TwitchAdSolutions. The script can also be added to a web browser. It may work.

Thanks for this post. Any experience adding vaft or video-swap-new to iOS device through the Adguard app to block ads on the Twitch app?

 

[Boo Berry]

As far as I know, AG for iOS doesn't support userscripts (extensions).

 

[asilva]

As far as I know, AG for iOS doesn't support userscripts (extensions).

I see. Thanks for the response.