[mythtv-users] Removing Commercials

[mythtv at corwyn.net]

So how do you manage commercial stripping? I don't care how I get 
there, I just want to get there.

Rick

At 10:43 PM 8/7/2008, you 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?
>
>Based on what you've said, the next think I'd be suspicious of is
>whether the script that is supposed to run is running successfully -
>particularly if you're expecting .old files that don't appear.  Have
>the timestamps or checksums of the recordings in question changed?  Is
>there any indication that anything has happened on the filesystem?
>
>If so, then I guess you're into the settings/configuration of the job
>itself.  If not, I'd wonder if the script that should be run is being
>run, and successfully.
>
>I'm really not sure this comes away as insightful or helpful at
>all...I don't manage commercial stripping this way myself.
>
>Cheers.
>
>
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