[mythtv-users] Automatic Commercial Detection - how to get it

Joseph A. Caputo jcaputo1 at comcast.net
Fri Sep 17 13:27:09 EDT 2004


On Thursday 16 September 2004 22:32, James Armstrong wrote:
> >> I have a TV that has the 'smart volume' feature built into it. To
> >> bad I don't use it for myth. It detects a big jump in volume and
> >> lowers the audio level to keep it normal. It is an older tv, years
> >> old. It would be a handy feature to have, but with commercial
> >> skipping, it really isn't needed.
> >>
> >> - James
> >
> > I'be round your house in an hour with a SWAT team and a tank. Come
> > out with your TV in the air!
> >
> > Yours, Jack Valenti
> >
> > ;)
> >
> > Out of anecdotal interest, what brand of TV is it? I've never seen
> > such a function in any TV's here in the UK. Aside from a patch to
> > mythcommflag that detects extra loudness, I wonder if there is any
> > way in doing this in realtime on a mythbox...?
> >
> > Ah yes, moon-on-a-stick time...
>
> I have had it for years. My son uses it for xbox and some tv. It is a
> Magnavox and they called it Smart Sound.

I've got the same here, also a Philips-Magnavox TV.

-JAC


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