[mythtv-users] commercial skipping on the Sci-Fi channel

[Raphael]

Josh White wrote:
> Does anyone else have trouble with commercial skipping in shows recorded 
> from the Sci-Fi channel? For example, if I record an episode of Star 
> Trek Voyager on Sci-Fi, the auto commercial skipping never seems to 
> work.  If I record an episode of the same show on Spike TV, the 
> commercial skipping seems to work flawlessly.  Has anyone else seen 
> similar behavior?
> 
> 

Sci fi has been bad for me for quite a while.
It was fine for a year then one day it went completely nuts. On a lot of 
shows I had to just turn off the autoskip.
I just chalked it up to SciFi coming up with ways to trick autoskipping 
DVRs. I see plenty of things that look suspicious like this. Often the 
logo will stay during the first few commercials, especially commercials 
for shows. And then it will take a while to come back; the show will be 
on for 30-45 seconds before the logo reappears. Another thing I've 
noticed is a near-instantaneous transition to commercials - no blank 
screen at all. This fools the flagger some of the time.

I have also noticed that some channels work much better than others.