Blocking Embedded Youtube Videos in Google Reader

[backdrop0]

Hey all,

I'm trying to clean up my Google Reader and I want to get rid of embedded videos from my feed. I was able to block images perfectly with 'google.com##DIV[class="item-body"] IMG' but I need a filter for videos as well.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

[lewisje]

You're only hiding the images with that, not blocking them.

Anyway, to block embedded YouTube videos in Google Reader, try the following filters:

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||youtube.com^$domain=www.google.com
||youtube-nocookie.com^$domain=www.google.com
||ytimg.com^$domain=www.google.com

To block images as well, try these filters:

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.png$domain=www.google.com,third-party
.jpg$domain=www.google.com,third-party
.jpeg$domain=www.google.com,third-party
.gif$domain=www.google.com,third-party
.bmp$domain=www.google.com,third-party
.svg$domain=www.google.com,third-party
.swf$domain=www.google.com,third-party

This last one is intended to block annoying Flash animations but also blocks most embedded video (only the kind using Flash, not the kind using HTML5 or the older fragmented strategy of WMV/QuickTime/RealPlayer).

[backdrop0]

AWESOME! The first set does exactly what I need to do. Many thanks

[lewisje]

The second set, now that I think about it, may cause false positives in Google Image Search.