[mythtv-users] Nuvexport not cutting out commercials

[Tom Greer]

On 7/4/07, Steve Peters - Priority Electronics
<steve at priorityelectronics.com> wrote:
> Any help anyone?
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>
> Hello.
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> I'm using nuvexport with mencoder. It seems to work great for making xvids,
> but it does not like to get rid of the commercials.
>
> If i record a 30 Minute Simpsons show, and flag the commercials, nuvexport
> will usually get rid of the commercials. If i record a 2 hour moved though,
> nuvexport will give me an xvid file that is 1 hour and 50 minutes long,
> usually cutting out the last commercial. It will not cut out all the
> commercials of videos though. I have no idea why not.
>
> When i play the original mpeg2 video files (before converting them) in
> mythtv, it skips the commercials just fine, so i know the commercial
> flagging is working great.
>
> The command I am running is: nuvexport --mencoder --gencutlist (use
> mythcutlist option is set to yes)
>
> Also, i tried this command on one of my videos just to make sure the
> commercial flagging list was copied to the cutlist: mythcommflag
> --gencutlist -f 1007_20070616200000.mpg
>
> Then i ran "nuvexport --mencoder" and transcoded that same video file to an
> xvid. The commercials were in the xvid file. When i went into myth and
> played back the original mpeg2 recording (I have a pvr-500), the commercials
> were skipped just fine by the myth internal player.
>
> I am out of ideas, so please help.
>
> Thanks for any comments or suggestions.
> -Steve

Steve,

I don't use nuvexport very often, so my answer may be offbase.

But since mencoder is the encoder engine that is part of the mplayer
application, I don't think it knows anything about MythTV's cutlist.

Tom