[mythtv-users] Can I skip comercials while recording?

[Rob Comstock]

If your reception is not perfect does this impact the accuracy of the skip?
If there is some residual "snow" on what would otherwise be blank frames
I could see where this would confuse the blank frame / scene change
detectors.

On my system a few stations appear to allow nearly perfect comercial
break detection. Others are very hit or miss.

Rob


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Pinkham" <cpinkham at bc2va.org>
To: <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 8:31 PM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Can I skip comercials while recording?


> > On Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 10:32:11PM -0800, Chris Petersen wrote:
> > > > The Z key is great for Tivo Like skipping of comercials, but given that we
> > > > can detect them, can we just not record them?
> > > 
> > > Have you ever used the detection routines?  They're FAR from accurate.
> > > 
> > 
> > No,A quick check with the z key seemed to me to be very acurate. Is this
> > the same? wher is this configured?
> 
> On the shows I record they are very accurate as well.  I haven't had much
> time lately to go off troubleshooting channels/shows where it doesn't
> work that well, but it is on my TODO list.  I find them to be 90-95%
> accurate on most shows/channels I record and probably close to 100% on
> some of them.  I don't have Auto-Skip set on by default but I do turn it
> on using the menu during playback sometimes when watching a show where I
> know the commercial detection is pretty much perfect.
> 
> As always, patches welcome if anyone can see why it doesn't work on their
> particular favorite channel/show. :)
> 
> -- 
> 
> Chris
> 
> 
>