[EasyList] cbs.com commercial help

green_flamingo · Post by **green_flamingo** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 10:35 am

I had cbs.com working so i could watch videos without commercials but in the last few days or so cbs broke it.
If the commercials were actually funny, and non dumbing down i wouldn't have a problem; however, since they aren't i need some help getting rid of them.

When i watch NCIS adblock shows this link. It shows just the video player and commercials. It's nice cause i dont have to deal with everything else on the page. It may say something in red, but just click a video below.
http://www.cbs.com/thunder/player/1_0/ ... in_ad.xml

Now when i come across a tricky page like cbs, i'll block everything and then individually allow what needs to be allowed for the contents of the page to work.
Once im done i will go back and clean the filters up.

So here is what i have so far .

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[b]Allow These[/b]
@@|http://www.cbs.com/thunder/player/1_0/partner/can/fonts/fonts.swf
@@|http://www.cbs.com/thunder/player/1_0/partner/can/1_6/CBS_PLAYER_UI.swf
@@|http://www.cbs.com/thunder/player/1_0/chromeless/1_6/CAN_UI.swf
@@|http://www.cbs.com/thunder/player/1_0/chromeless/1_6/CAN.swf

@@|http://www.cbs.com/thunder/player/1_0/partner/config/skin_ad.xml
@@|http://www.cbs.com/thunder/player/1_0/partner/can/1_6/config/skin_imdb.xml
@@|http://www.cbs.com/thunder/player/1_0/partner/can/1_6/config/skin_default.xml
@@|http://www.cbs.com/thunder/player/1_0/chromeless/1_6/can.xml
@@|http://thumbnails.cbsig.net/crossdomain.xml
@@|http://release.theplatform.com/crossdomain.xml
@@|http://cbs.feeds.theplatform.com/crossdomain.xml

@@|http://www.cbs.com/thunder/player/playerUtil.php?*
@@|http://release.theplatform.com/content.select?format=SMIL&Tracking=*
@@|http://cbs.feeds.theplatform.com/ps/API/PortalService/1.6/getReleaseList?*
@@http://thumbnails.cbsig.net/*.jpg


[b]Block These[/b]
|http://www.cbs.com/thunder/player/1_0/chromeless/1_6/survey-config-magid.xml
|http://www.cbs.com/thunder/player/1_0/chromeless/1_6/imdb/imdb.xml
|http://images.sportsline.com/crossdomain.xml

|http://www.cbs.com/thunder/player/ids.php
|http://www.cbs.com/thunder/ad.doubleclick.net/adx/request.php?*

quantserve.
imrworldwide
http://dw*.com.com/*?$~link,~subdocument
http://beacon.
/ads/*
*112.2o7.net

If i try to block these but use any exception, it will still detect an adblocker.

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http://flv.sales.cbs.com/Default_3.flv  -Nice because it is only a few seconds long-
http://flv.sales.cbs.com/House_MMOD09_Airport_30.flv
http://www.cbs.com/1238393708250?/videos.can.com/imdb/*  -long url-

green flamingo · Post by **green flamingo** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 10:38 am

Preview isn't working. I hit submit thinking there was going to be an edit my comment link but i am just a guest. I am currently creating an account.

Any input would be great. Thank you

fanboy · Post by **fanboy** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 2:11 pm

As much as I tried, the site looked fine under my list. Abit limiting since I'm out of the US.

Green Flamingo · Post by **Green Flamingo** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 7:47 am

I disabled my filters and tried yours fanboy but it didn't do anything.
Thank you for your input
:)

fanboy · Post by **fanboy** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 11:05 am

Managed to find a working anonymous server, seems to play fine here. Does it even play with no filters enabled? Do you any security software installed? If it doesn't play, which filters are blocking it?

Current filters enabled while video plays,

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http://beacon.*
*.quantserve.*
*.imrworldwide.*
*.com.com*/b.gif|
*.atdmt.com/*
*.2o7.net/*

Green Flamingo · Post by **Green Flamingo** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 8:34 pm

The video and the commercials both play with the filters enabled and disabled. I just want to figure out how to block the commercials.
If they were hosted through doubleclick or some other site it is easy to block them, but they are hosted on http://flv.sales.cbs.com/ which seems to be causing my issue.

I do not have any security software currently on my computer. I just did a fresh install.

Normally when the filter directly below is blocked it stops the track.cbs.com gifs from appearing
http://www.cbs.com/thunder/player/ids.php

Current filters that block things while video plays:

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|http://www.cbs.com/thunder/player/1_0/chromeless/1_6/survey-config-magid.xml
|http://www.cbs.com/thunder/player/1_0/chromeless/1_6/imdb/imdb.xml    ~ doesn't seem to do much of anything ~
|http://www.cbs.com/thunder/ad.doubleclick.net/adx/request.php?*
|http://tracking2.vindicosuite.com/*
|http://images.sportsline.com/crossdomain.xml
quantserve.
imrworldwide
http://dw*.com.com/*?$~link,~subdocument
http://beacon.
/track.
/ads/*
*112.2o7.net

I am using firefox 3.08 and adblock plus 1.0.1 w/ element hider 1.0.5

fanboy · Post by **fanboy** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 1:05 am

Report the false positive to Easylist forums, as its most likely an issue with the filters.

Green Flamingo · Post by **Green Flamingo** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 1:28 am

I figured it out. I checked out the easylist and they had these.

http://ad.$~object-subrequest,~other
/track.*$~stylesheet

I had them but without the exceptions at the ends.

Is there a way to figure out what kind of exceptions to add. I think i have the idea of how to block stuff but the exceptions is the one that is throwing me.

Thank you for your help fanboy!

Wladimir Palant · Post by **Wladimir Palant** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 8:57 pm

/track.*$~stylesheet

That filter is actually part of EasyPrivacy filter list and not EasyList.