[mythtv] Skipping Commercials When Not Done Flagging

J. Donavan Stanley jdonavan at jdonavan.net
Tue Apr 5 00:09:09 UTC 2005


Ben wrote:

> First time poster...I really love this software, and it may be time
> that I chip in coding.  So allow me to ask this: is there a good
> reason that commercials cannot be skipped even though the entire show
> hasn't been flagged?  For example, my wife and I often start watching
> a 7:00 show at 7:30.  With the recent CVS update of commercial
> flagging starting at the beginning of a show, I know that the flagger
> has surely finished flagging roughly half the show.  But since the
> show isn't officially marked "flagged", I can't automatically skip the
> commercials.  Where in the code would I look to enable commercial
> skipping even though the flagging hasn't been finished?  Is this too
> big of a change for a first MythTV patch?  I would love to have this
> feature.  Thanks in advance!


Why not just enable the setting to flag as it records.  If you're
watching shows 1/2 hour late then it should be done with this setting on.


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