Question: Support for Podcast Not Tied to a Radio?

[JerellDR]

In the README it mentions the possibility of future support for podcasts not tied to a radio. I listen to a ton of podcasts and would love to be able to create a podcast player that uses adblockradio to skip over ad reads.

From the description below, it looks like training data/sound configs specific to the radio station is needed before an analysis can be done. I'd like to see if I can get this working on a single popular podcast not tied to a radio station. If you have time would you be able to point me in the right direction to get this feature implemented. I'd really appreciate the guidance.

Relevant README section

Note that when analyzing audio files, you still need to provide the name of a radio stream, because the algorithm has to load acoustic parameters and DB of known samples. Analysis of podcasts not tied to a radio is not yet supported, but may possibly be in the future.

[dest4]

Thanks for your message. I have much less time to invest in the project than before. Though, I am going to release the training routines so that people can create their own datasets, be it for radio or podcasts. To be aware of the release, I suggest you register on the newsletter on adblockradio.com (demo playor) and keep an eye on the activity of the github organization.

[JerellDR]

Awesome, I will definitely keep a lookout for updates about this in the newletter.

I really appreciate what you've done so far. It's a wonderful idea.

[joseleperez]

I'm really interested on training models for other radios. Let me know if I can help.

[ajayyy]

I'm really interested in the training routines @dest4 . I made SponsorBlock and would love to try it out with my public dataset.