Mute MML

Mutes all the ANNOYING ads presented from NCAA's march madness web site

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You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Userscripts to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey to install this script.

You will need to install a user script manager extension to install this script.

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You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

(I already have a user style manager, let me install it!)

// ==UserScript==
// @name         Mute MML
// @namespace    http://www.tedweatherly.com/
// @version      0.1
// @description  Mutes all the ANNOYING ads presented from NCAA's march madness web site
// @author       Ted Weatherly
// @match        http://www.ncaa.com/march-madness-live/*
// @grant        none
// ==/UserScript==

$(function() {
    var _jqBody;
    var _mmlElem;
    var _jqAdLock;
    var _jqTveAdblock;
    var _DEBUG_MODE = false;
    var _lastVolume;

    function _init() {
        _jqBody = $('body');
        _lastVolume = 0.5; // default
        _checkForLoad();
    }
    
    function _checkForLoad() {
        var bIsLoading = _jqBody.hasClass("mml-loading");
        if (_DEBUG_MODE) console.log("Mute MML: bIsLoading = " + bIsLoading); // DEBUG
        if (bIsLoading) {
            window.setTimeout(_checkForLoad, 2000); // check every 2 seconds
        } else {
            $('div#ad-skyscraper').hide();
            $('div#ad-marketing').hide();            
            _mmlElem = $('object#MML')[0];
            _jqAdLock = $('div#ad-lock');
            _jqTveAdblock = null;
            _checkForAd();
        }
    }
    
    function _checkForAd() {
        var isAdShowing = _isAdShowing();
        if (_DEBUG_MODE) console.log("Mute MML: isAdShowing = " + isAdShowing); // DEBUG
        if (_DEBUG_MODE) console.log("Mute MML: _mmlElem = " + _mmlElem); // DEBUG
        var volume = _mmlElem.getVolume();
        var isMuted = (volume === 0);
        if (_DEBUG_MODE) console.log("Mute MML: isAdShowing = " + isAdShowing); // DEBUG
        if (_DEBUG_MODE) console.log("Mute MML: isMuted = " + isMuted); // DEBUG
        if (isAdShowing && !isMuted) {
            if (_DEBUG_MODE) console.log("Mute MML: Need to mute"); // DEBUG
            _lastVolume = volume;
            _mmlElem.setVolume(0); // mute
            _jqAdLock.hide(); // allow nav changes
        } else if (!isAdShowing && isMuted) {
            if (_DEBUG_MODE) console.log("Mute MML: Need to unmute"); // DEBUG
            _mmlElem.setVolume(_lastVolume); // unmute
        }
        window.setTimeout(_checkForAd, 2000); // check every 2 seconds
    }

    function _isAdShowing() {
        if (_jqTveAdblock === null) _jqTveAdblock = $('#tve-adblock');
        return _jqTveAdblock.is(':visible');
    }
    
    _init();

});