[mythtv] Unskippable ads???? Nah!
Colin Guthrie
mythtv at colin.guthr.ie
Wed Apr 19 13:42:55 UTC 2006
Daniel Kristjansson wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-04-19 at 12:57 +0100, Colin Guthrie wrote:
>
>>http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/04/19/philips_enforced_ads_patent/
>>
>>I trust we will be silently ignoring these "flags" if this patent ever
>>comes to anything?
>>Do I even need to ask? ;)
>
>
> We would need to license the patent from them to not skip
> the ads in the US, right? But of course we could use the
> flags for our own use, say enforced ad skipping.
Hehe, a very valid and incredibly useful point!!
As stated by someone on /. today:
<quote>
I would acutally welcome such flags in programs. It will make it so much
easier to detect and autoskip commercials in mythtv. Right now it is
about 80% accurate in skipping commercials using the methods available.
With actual flags in the broadcast this will be 100% effective. Very cool!
</quote>
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