[mythtv-users] Re: How well does commercial detection work?

[Chris Menard]

South Park without issue


On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 14:46:11 -0500, Mario L <superm1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Comedy central presents works consistently for me.
> 
> 
> On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 12:43:44 -0700, SpikeyGG <spikeygg at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > >Greg,  i think it probably has a lot to do with the shows you're
> > >recording/watching: American Idol, the smurfs (!?!?!)...  i'm pretty
> > >sure the developers put clauses in the code that screws up commercial
> > >detection for shows such as these. ;)
> >
> > Hehehe, now that's just funny!  Actually, I recorded The Smurfs because I
> > didn't know they still showed it.  I used to watch it as a kid... I can't
> > believe how horrible the cartoon is.  Don't worry it was a one time thing!
> > :)
> >
> > >actually it does appear to depend on what shows are being recorded.
> > >some work better than others partially because those are the shows
> > >that the devs watch and test on regularly.  others work well because
> > >they conform to some sort of standards, if there is any such beast.
> > >you may have to bribe one of the devs to spend some time with American
> > >Idol to determine if the show/network is doing something goofy
> > >before/during/after a commercial break...
> >
> >   Could someone suggest a show that works all the time?  I'll record it and
> > see if the commercials get detected correctly.  Looking back through the
> > messages from good ol' gossamer, it sounds like Jeopardy! works fairly well.
> > I'll try that to start with (if I can find it in the programming guide).
> >
> >  So I just checked out a brand-new clean CVS version of mythtv and
> > recompiled and got it up and running.  I reran the commercial detection on
> > the same Simpsons episode I was usiung before using the default blank frame
> > detection, it found three of the four commercial breaks but again they are
> > between 20 seconds and 1 minute of offset from where they should be.  I
> > tried running it again with the ALL method and it again only found 1 break
> > right at the front which was also 20+ seconds off (same as before).  I'll
> > try wheel of fortune next.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > -Greg
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