AdRework 0.3.1

Expected Stability: ~100%

AdRework requires to be in the same directory as all 4 .dll files!

there is no user interface and it will automatically start up with windows, so you can install it and forget it! or, at least come back to check for a new release when it stops working.

Changelog:

New Features:

• video ads are now muted!
• new 'mute all' property

Bug Fixes:

• fixed configuration load failure

Known Issues:

• if in an application where the media controls have priority to that app (eg. watching video files) adrework will not be able to skip the ad, however it will still be muted

Virustotal

6 out of 67 malicious flags

AdRework 0.3.0

Expected Stability: ~90%

AdRework requires to be in the same directory as all 4 .dll files!

there is no user interface and it will automatically start up with windows, so you can install it and forget it! or, at least come back to check for a new release when it stops working.

Changelog:

New Features:

• seamless auto-update that takes only about a second

Minor Fixes:

• cleaned up startup shortcut code
• added 'AutoUpdate' configuration setting (true by default)

Known Issues:

• video ads are wrongly handled by AdRework, muting the wrong process (spotify creates a new one for video ads)
• if in an application where the media controls have priority to that app (eg. watching video files) adrework will not be able to skip the ad, however it will still be muted

AdRework 0.2.3

Expected Stability: 100%

AdRework requires to be in the same directory as all 4 .dll files!

there is no user interface and it will automatically start up with windows, so you can install it and forget it! or, at least come back to check for a new release when it stops working.

Changelog:

Bug Fixes:

• FIXED a common issue where if AdRework is started before Spotify it will cause an error and mark the 'current ad' as managed. forever. resulting in no ads ever being skipped

Minor Fixes:

• added some checks for if the spotify process is null to the integrity check and skip ad function

Known Issues:

• video ads are wrongly handled by AdRework, muting the wrong process (spotify creates a new one for video ads)
• if in an application where the media controls have priority to that app (eg. watching video files) adrework will not be able to skip the ad, however it will still be muted

AdRework 0.2.2

Expected Stability: 95%

AdRework requires to be in the same directory as all 4 .dll files!

there is no user interface and it will automatically start up with windows, so you can install it and forget it! or, at least come back to check for a new release when it stops working.

Changelog:

Bug Fixes:

• cpu load has been reduced by an additional 30% and can be reduced further by configuring the integrity check interval (ad check interval has significantly less effect)

New Features:

• configurable ad-check and integrity-check intervals
• debug setting to force the program to run even if it wont achieve anything

Minor Tweaks:

• integrity check now occurs every 450ms instead of every 235ms
• removed some unnecessary console logging

Known Issues:

• none! please report any you find.
• the media prompt appearing whenever an ad is skipped, BUT this is not a high priority issue as it basically the only way to skip a song in spotify. (trust me, i tried)

AdRework 0.2.1

Expected Stability: 100%

AdRework requires to be in the same directory as all 4 .dll files!

there is no user interface and it will automatically start up with windows, so you can install it and forget it! or, at least come back to check for a new release when it stops working.

Changelog:

Bug Fixes:

• fixed failure to load configuration again (loadconfig checked for 'ImmediateAds' as a setting instead of 'ImmediateSkip')
• fixed ad bypass not working (incorrect check for unknown status - literally 2 capital letters were wrong)
• reduced CPU load by about 50-60% from previous version
• fixed integrity check

Minor Tweaks:

• ad check now occurs every 100ms instead of every 50ms
• integrity check now occurs every 235ms instead of 120(?)ms

Known Issues:

• none! please report any you find.
• the media prompt appearing whenever an ad is skipped, BUT this is not a high priority issue as it basically the only way to skip a song in spotify. (trust me, i tried)

AdRework 0.2.0

Expected Stability: ~60%

AdRework requires to be in the same directory as all 4 .dll files!

there is no user interface and it will automatically start up with windows, so you can install it and forget it! or, at least come back to check for a new release when it stops working.

Changelog:

Bug Fixes:

• fixed failure to load configuration (default config file wrote 'SkipsAds' as a setting instead of 'SkipAds')
• improved handling of configuration load failure
• fixed extremely rare circumstance where the program will be muted for no reason

New Features:

• more configuration settings! (ImmediateSkip, BypassAds, FallbackVolume and RegistryStartup)

Minor Tweaks:

• IsAd() has been switched out for GetAdStatus(), returning either None, Unknown or Ad instead of a boolean true / false value
• ad check now runs alongside an integrity check, ensuring the program is not muted during a song

Ad Bypass

im not sure if this is recent, but spotify now sends out ads sometimes that aren't marked as ads by the spotify process. without getting information from within the process, skipping these ads accurately is probably impossible. this feature will seamlessly mute these sneaky ads!

if you attempt to skip these ads you will likely break the pause function as the same process name is returned if a process is paused or if one of these ads are playing

Known Issues:

• probably none, early stages of ad bypass testing
• the media prompt appearing whenever an ad is skipped, BUT this is not a high priority issue as it basically the only way to skip a song in spotify. (trust me, i tried)

AdRework 0.1.4

AdRework requires to be in the same directory as all 4 .dll files!

There is no user interface and it will automatically start up with windows, so you can install it and forget it! or, at least come back to check for a new release when it stops working.

Changelog:

• add configuration files
• AdRework is now added to startup instead of just trying to access the registry

Known Issues:

• none! please report any you find.
• the media prompt appearing whenever an ad is skipped, BUT this is not a high priority issue as it basically the only way to skip a song in spotify. (trust me, i tried)

AdRework 0.1.3

AdRework requires to be in the same directory as all 4 .dll files!

There is no user interface or configuration files and it will automatically start up with windows, so you can install it and forget it! or, at least come back to check for a new release when it stops working.

Changelog:

• fixed ad audio from playing for a few milliseconds, being unmuted before being skipped to now being skipped before being unmuted seamlessly
• missing Interop.WMPLib.dll added back

Known Issues:

• none! please report any you find.
• the media prompt appearing whenever an ad is skipped, BUT this is not a high priority issue as it basically the only way to skip a song in spotify. (trust me, i tried)

AdRework 0.1.2

AdRework requires to be in the same directory as all 4 .dll files!

There is no user interface or configuration files and it will automatically start up with windows, so you can install it and forget it! or, at least come back to check for a new release when it stops working.

Changelog:

• finally actually fixed the double-skip problem
• switched ad check to a method: IsAd()

Known Issues:

• none! please report any you find.
• the media prompt appearing whenever an ad is skipped, BUT this is not a high priority issue as it basically the only way to skip a song in spotify. (trust me, i tried)

AdRework 0.1.1

AdRework requires to be in the same directory as all 4 .dll files!

There is no user interface or configuration files and it will automatically start up with windows, so you can install it and forget it! or, at least come back to check for a new release when it stops working.

Changelog:

• fixed songs by artists with a name starting with 'advertisement' being skipped
• reduced chances of songs after ads also being skipped (probably)

Known Issues:

• songs following an ad may also be skipped