[mythtv-users] Removing Commercials

[Rick Steeves]

They're definitely flagged - if I watch them from the front end the
commercials get skipped.

Rick


On 8/7/08, C.T. Paterson <i.adore.my.64 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 2008/8/7 Rick Steeves <mythtv at corwyn.net>:
> > I'm currently using the Hauptpage Media MVP to view my Myth shows. It
> > doesn't seem to include any type of commercial skip. What i want is for
> the
> > commercials to me automatically removed, and am willing to risk the
> > commercial skip chopping out parts of my shows.
> >
> > I followed the instructions from the mythtv wiki for transcoding/removing
> > commercials http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Removing_Commercials
>   under
> > "Automatically removing commercials" but the end result appears the same.
> > (worht noting that the wiki references the user manual, which just
> > references back to the wiki)
> >
> > I have tried both having the Job "Removing Commercials" as part of the
> > recording, or running that job on the show after the recording. I don't
> > appear to get the ".old" files referenced in the instructions.
> >
> > Any pointers on where to debug further?
>
> The wiki merely mentions mythtv flagging commercials in the first
> sentence, and then proceeds as though they have been flagged to talk
> about removal.  Thing is, I'm not sure myth necessarily flags the
> commercials by default.  Have you ensured that commercial flagging is
> configured on your recording profile?
>
> Cheers.
>
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