[mythtv-users] Thumbnail update after commercial job finishes

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Oct 28, 2008, at 1:33 PM, David Fishburn wrote:

> MythTV 0.21
>
> Most of the time the png (thumbnail) stored for my recorded shows have
> nothing to do with the show itself.  I use the static thumbnails as
> opposed to playing the show in preview mode.
>
> Most of the time the thumbnails are of commercials and credits and
> have nothing to do with the show.
>
> All my shows are run through the commercial flagger.
>
> I was wondering if it was possible to update the thumbnail when the
> flagger finished and pick part of the show based on the flagged
> commercials.  That would give it a much higher chance of having a
> relevant thumbnail.
>
> Has anyone done this?

You can choose the number of seconds after the start of the recording  
where the frame is grabbed for the thumbnail.

-Brad