[mythtv-users] Commercial Skip

[Matt]

Sorry for mistating the patch Chris.  I was reading the CVS committ
listserv yesterday and was just trying to regurgitate what I could get
from memory. :)


On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 15:16:35 -0500 (EST), Chris Pinkham
<cpinkham at bc2va.org> wrote:
> > I'm pretty sure it has been checked into CVS, but I haven't used it.
> > Basically, it'll display Live TV a few seconds behind what it would
> > normally show it at.  It'll then mark the commercials.  I think it'll
> > work and continue to mark even if you pause.  This feature was
> > developed within the last week, so it's still bleeding edge for myth.
> >
> > Matt
> 
> This is partially true, but less than halfway.
> 
> The code I recently committed to CVS allows near real-time flagging for
> recording programs, not for LiveTV.  It allows the commercial flagger to
> start flagging almost as soon as the recording starts and then the flagger
> runs at the recording's normal FPS so that it stays just behind the
> recorder and finishes flagging within a short while after the recording
> finishes.  I've been running this code on my production Myth setup (a
> P3-700 master backend with 3 M179 cards) for a couple weeks now and don't
> know of any issues with it currently.  It is bleeding edge, but worst
> case is that you have to reflag a show if something messes up.  Things appear
> to be working well for me with it though.
> 
> --
> 
> Chris
> 
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