Reviews for DeArrow - Better Titles and Thumbnails on YouTube
DeArrow - Better Titles and Thumbnails on YouTube by Ajay (SponsorBlock)
Review by Firefox user 15923203
Rated 2 out of 5
by Firefox user 15923203, 2 years agoGreat idea, but it slows down way too much. Especially on watch history page. It consumes my entire bandwith looking at task managers networking tab, above 800 mbps
Developer response
posted 2 years agoEdit: The update I talked about is now released, so this should be fixed :)
Thanks!
So, there are two ways thumbnail generation works. One is via asking the server for one, and one is via downloading part of the video locally. Right now it tries both and stops when the first one loads.
Next update, I am going to change that behavior to always only use the server one, and only try local generation if the server hasn't responded in some time.
I also noticed a bug where sometimes local generation downloads the video multiple times, which might be amplifying the issue.
So, hopefully this issue will be fixed in the next update and you can try again then! thanks!
Thanks!
So, there are two ways thumbnail generation works. One is via asking the server for one, and one is via downloading part of the video locally. Right now it tries both and stops when the first one loads.
Next update, I am going to change that behavior to always only use the server one, and only try local generation if the server hasn't responded in some time.
I also noticed a bug where sometimes local generation downloads the video multiple times, which might be amplifying the issue.
So, hopefully this issue will be fixed in the next update and you can try again then! thanks!