[mythtv-users] Commercial Blocker?

[Mike Jasper]

Chris Petersen wrote:

>>So you are telling me that the commercial blocker is THAT good?  I've just 
>>started building my MythTV box and am very intrigued about the commercial 
>>blocker.
> 
> 
> The flagger is about 90% accurate for me (some channels are better -
> food network is better than scifi, which is better than fox).  I still
> edit out all of my commercials by hand (takes about 30-45 seconds per
> show for me to do) if I'm going to archive the show.  otherwise, the
> flag points are generally accurate enough to hit the "skip" button and
> jump to the next block of commercials.

Wow, 30-45 seconds?  It takes me a lot longer to edit out commercials 
before archiving.  Are you just jumping between commercial blocks and 
accepting the flag as a cutpoint?  I've been jumping to a block, then 
finding the exact frame where I want to cut, which is probably why it's 
taking me so long :-)

I would also say the flagger is about 90% accurate for me.  On certain 
shows (e.g., The Daily Show), it's perfect every time.  On other shows 
(Alias, some movies), it's not.