[mythtv-users] Commercial Flag (Human) Error

[Michael T. Dean]

On 07/27/06 22:26, Gary Jones wrote:

> So I did something kinda dumb, and wondered if there is any way to fix 
> it. I started watching The Office soon after it finished recording. I 
> tried to mark the commercials (not realizing that it had just finished 
> recording - who follows time slots when you have MythTV?) but since it 
> had just started, it only had one spot marked, which marked the entire 
> program as a commercial. I then exited the editing screen without 
> removing it, so the whole thing is still marked as a commercial. If I 
> try to watch it, it goes right back to the menu, having skipped over 
> the "commercial". Any ideas on how to fix this so I can actually watch 
> it? 


When it's hard to get into playback (because the whole show is set to 
skip), you can use:

mythcommflag --clearcutlist

(with either a --file or --chanid and --starttime).  See mythcommflag --help

Mike