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Easiest way to bookmark YouTube ads? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

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cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/5599576

Does a Firefox equivalent to TubeSift Bookmarker exist?

I did a brief search of Firefox extensions, but couldn't find anything. Most of the ad-related YouTube extensions seemed devoted to blocking ads, rather than archiving and cataloguing them.

My current workflow is as follows:

Right-click on the video player, select "Copy debug info"

Alt+Tab to a text editor

Ctrl+V the debug info into text editor

Ctrl+F for "addocid"

Ctrl+C the advertisment video id

Alt+Tab back to browser

Ctrl+N to open new browser window

Type "youtu.be/"

Ctrl+V the video id

Wait a fraction of a second for the URL to redirect from youtu.be/[video_id] to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[video_id]&feature=youtu.be to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[video_id]

Ctrl+D to bookmark the video

Ctrl+W to close the browser window

I can usually do this in under 15 seconds, but I would like to find a faster (or completely automatic) method. Does anyone have any recommendations?

P.S. As for why I want to do this, I like to have the option of rewatching or referencing an interesting or funny ad at a later date. Most ads are unlisted videos, which makes them nigh impossible to look up.

Update: I partially automated my workflow using AutoHotKey.

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[–] Metal_Zealot@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I really have to ask... To what end? Are you building a collection of ads that you feel will be lost media?

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Are you building a collection of ads that you feel will be lost media?

Yeah, more or less. Every YouTube pre-roll advertisement is also just a regular video on the platform, but often the video is often unlisted. I've had a couple cases where I thought "I remember a funny ad about that" or "I remember a unique cut of this movie trailer" once the ad is no longer running, and I haven't been able to find them. A way to autosave every pre-roll ad would give me the option of looking them up later.