Refresh YouTube video after opening it script for adblock users

I don't know what's happening with UBlock Origin or ANY adblocker that causes YT to meltdown right now. I have to refresh the videos every time to play them. SO, I got fed up and created (with the help of ChatGPT because I ain't no script wizard) a Violentmonkey script to refresh the site after opening a video. You're welcome.

// ==UserScript== // u/name YouTube Refresh on New Video (robust SPA) // u/namespace http://tampermonkey.net/ // u/version 1.4 // u/description Refresh each newly opened YouTube video (SPA-aware). Refreshes each video once per session. // u/match *://*.youtube.com/* // u/match https://youtu.be/* // u/match https://www.youtube.com/watch* // u/run-at document-idle // u/grant none // ==/UserScript== (function () { 'use strict'; const REFRESH_DELAY_MS = 500; let lastSeenUrl = location.href; let currentVideoId = null; let overlayTimeout = null; function getVideoIdFromUrl() { const p = location.pathname; // watch?v=... if (p.startsWith('/watch')) return new URLSearchParams(location.search).get('v'); // /shorts/<id> if (p.startsWith('/shorts/')) return p.split('/')[2] || null; // youtu.be/<id> if (location.hostname === 'youtu.be') return p.slice(1) || null; return null; } function showOverlay(text) { removeOverlay(); const d = document.createElement('div'); d.id = 'yt-refresh-overlay'; d.textContent = text; Object.assign(d.style, { position: 'fixed', bottom: '12px', left: '12px', zIndex: 999999, background: 'rgba(0,0,0,0.7)', color: 'white', padding: '6px 10px', borderRadius: '6px', fontSize: '12px', fontFamily: 'Arial, sans-serif', pointerEvents: 'none' }); document.documentElement.appendChild(d); overlayTimeout = setTimeout(removeOverlay, REFRESH_DELAY_MS + 500); } function removeOverlay() { const el = document.getElementById('yt-refresh-overlay'); if (el) el.remove(); if (overlayTimeout) { clearTimeout(overlayTimeout); overlayTimeout = null; } } function scheduleRefreshFor(id) { if (!id) return; const key = 'yt_refreshed_' + id; if (sessionStorage.getItem(key)) { // already refreshed this video in this session return; } showOverlay('Refreshing video…'); setTimeout(() => { // mark so we don't loop-refresh after reload try { sessionStorage.setItem(key, '1'); } catch (e) {} location.reload(); }, REFRESH_DELAY_MS); } function checkForVideoChange() { const id = getVideoIdFromUrl(); if (id && id !== currentVideoId) { currentVideoId = id; scheduleRefreshFor(id); } } // History API overrides (catch push/replace) (function () { const _push = history.pushState; history.pushState = function () { _push.apply(this, arguments); setTimeout(checkForVideoChange, 200); }; const _replace = history.replaceState; history.replaceState = function () { _replace.apply(this, arguments); setTimeout(checkForVideoChange, 200); }; })(); // SPA event that YouTube sometimes fires window.addEventListener('yt-navigate-finish', () => setTimeout(checkForVideoChange, 200)); // popstate (back/forward) window.addEventListener('popstate', () => setTimeout(checkForVideoChange, 200)); // MutationObserver fallback for heavy SPA changes const mo = new MutationObserver(() => { if (location.href !== lastSeenUrl) { lastSeenUrl = location.href; checkForVideoChange(); } }); mo.observe(document.documentElement, { childList: true, subtree: true }); // Poll fallback (very robust, low freq) setInterval(() => { if (location.href !== lastSeenUrl) { lastSeenUrl = location.href; checkForVideoChange(); } }, 800); // initial check setTimeout(checkForVideoChange, 500); })(); 

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