Firefox @lemmy.world threelonmusketeers @sh.itjust.works 1 yr. ago

Easiest way to bookmark YouTube ads?

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?

Update: I partially automated my workflow using AutoHotKey.

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But why?
- I often see interesting or funny ads that I want to rewatch or reference later. Most ads are unlisted videos, which makes them nigh impossible to look up.
  
  Ah, interesting.
You have a plethora of entertaining videos on youtube... but you like to watch ads? You are quiet peculiar my friend :-)
- Not regularly, but I like to have the option of rewatching an ad I've seen. I might be a bit of a data hoarder...

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