# How I can be sure if a youtube link is an ads?

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**Created:** [January 17, 2020, 3:11pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/how-i-can-be-sure-if-a-youtube-link-is-an-ads/27005 "2020-01-17T15:11:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![hpmds](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/hpmds/32/11686_2.png) [@hpmds](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/hpmds)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2020, 3:11pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/how-i-can-be-sure-if-a-youtube-link-is-an-ads/27005/1 "2020-01-17T15:11:28Z")

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I found 2 links that I suspect of being ads:  
[http://r2---sn-gpv7dn7d.googlevideo.com/](http://r2---sn-gpv7dn7d.googlevideo.com/)  
[http://r6---sn-oxunxg8pjvn-bpbe.googlevideo.com/](http://r6---sn-oxunxg8pjvn-bpbe.googlevideo.com/)

How can I watch those videos?

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**Author:** ![jfb](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/jfb/32/4332_2.png) [@jfb](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/jfb)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2020, 3:20pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/how-i-can-be-sure-if-a-youtube-link-is-an-ads/27005/2 "2020-01-17T15:20:24Z")

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If the content is coming from the same domain as the ads, you will get the ads as well as the video. This is common with YouTube. There is a very long running thread on YouTube videos:

> [@How do I block ads on YouTube?](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/how-do-i-block-ads-on-youtube/253):
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> Update 2020-10-24 It's not likely that you'll be able to block in-video ads with Pi-hole. For that, you'll need something like uBlock origin for desktop, or vanced for android (Now defunct), This thread has been closed as there is not much more discussion to be had around the topic. Update 2018-11-14 User's have had good success here: [https://www.reddit.com/r/pihole/comments/9w5swx/i\_think\_ive\_managed\_to\_block\_youtube\_ads\_with/](https://www.reddit.com/r/pihole/comments/9w5swx/i_think_ive_managed_to_block_youtube_ads_with/)I'm updating this top-level post as of 2018-10-16 since a lot o…

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**Author:** ![hpmds](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/hpmds/32/11686_2.png) [@hpmds](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/hpmds)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2020, 4:16pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/how-i-can-be-sure-if-a-youtube-link-is-an-ads/27005/3 "2020-01-17T16:16:16Z")

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Sorry, i didn't know how to post on the thread.

But there isn't a way of seen the content of the link to block it with peace of mind of not blocking a real content?

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**Author:** ![jfb](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/jfb/32/4332_2.png) [@jfb](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/jfb)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2020, 8:06pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/how-i-can-be-sure-if-a-youtube-link-is-an-ads/27005/4 "2020-01-17T20:06:16Z")

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Only if the server on the other end provides the content. If there is nothing there, then you will see nothing.

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**Author:** ![system](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/uploads/default/original/3X/7/c/7c8792f649eeb921c5d2b4c41564ffa873d9a2b8.png) [@system](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2020, 8:06pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/how-i-can-be-sure-if-a-youtube-link-is-an-ads/27005/5 "2020-02-07T20:06:20Z")

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