[firefox] [extension] Video thumbnails do not unblur again - Follow up

[THEtomaso]

What happened?

Reference:
#164 (comment)

I've researched this further now..

As I'm sure you know; everyone aren't served the same changes to YouTube simultaneously.
It depends on your regional location, amongst other things.

For me (who's located in Norway), the thumnails are blurred when using Age Restriction Bypass for YouTube v2.5.4.
Going back to v2.5.3 fixes the issue!

Platform

Extension

Version

v2.5.3 / v2.5.4

What browser are you on?

Other (mention below with version)

Browser version

LibreWolf v108.0.1-1 (x64) (Tracking Protection = Standard)

Link to the video

No response

Screenshots or Videos

No response

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[drunkwinter]

Is there any way you could get me the image url of these blurred thumbnails? Right mouse click on the thumbnail and copy image address should do.

[THEtomaso]

Sure, here you go..

Example:

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=avgn

Using Age Restriction Bypass for YouTube v2.5.3:

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Using Age Restriction Bypass for YouTube v2.5.4:

Example image above (with the problematic parameter):

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/c8e9CJgFcYY/hq720.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEiCOgCEMoBSFXyq4qpAxQIARUAAIhCGAFwAcABBu0BZmbmQQ==&rs=AOn4CLBN1FZiSl2dnBWqOtpdwilD3jO4Pg

[drunkwinter]

Alright, apparently this is some other issue than just thumbnails that needs to be fixed. As a workaround you can temporarily use the userscript version.

[THEtomaso]

As a workaround you can temporarily use the userscript version.

No need.
The extension v2.5.3 works just fine, like I pointed out. :)

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EDIT:
Alternatively, this also works for me, in uBlock Origin:
||ytimg.com^$removeparam=sqp
..but I'm uncertain as to whether or not it might cause any side effects.

[drunkwinter]

As a workaround you can temporarily use the userscript version.

No need. The extension v2.5.3 works just fine, like I pointed out. :)

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EDIT: Alternatively, this also works for me, in uBlock Origin: ||ytimg.com^$removeparam=sqp ..but I'm uncertain as to whether or not it might cause any side effects.

Nope that is kind of what we do. But the only downside doing it this way is performance. By removing the sqp parameter for all images, you cause all thumbnails to load at the highest resolution and possibly twice (not sure). We only remove the sqp parameter if the length is a specific size, meaning it's blurred.

[drunkwinter]

Also version 2.5.3 does not detect all blurred thumbnails.

[THEtomaso]

OK, I'm sure you'll be able to come up with a proper fix. :)

[drunkwinter]

@zerodytrash Needs release.

[THEtomaso]

Needs release.

Perhaps even a fork, it would seem..

[drunkwinter]

Things have changed a little. The extension got removed by Mozilla, because it was apparently violating their rules. I’m going to close this when there is a good way to do a manually install and a new release including the fix has been published.

[THEtomaso]

Yeah, I noticed that.
I've switched to the user script version for now, and it works just fine! :)

[drunkwinter]

Fix for the thumbnail issue landed in 2.5.5.

Will have a look at a better way to do a manual install, when I got some time. (#182)