[mythtv-users] How well does commercial detection work?

Loren H. Burlingame there.can.be.only.two.apparently at gmail.com
Fri Apr 1 14:14:46 UTC 2005


On Mar 27, 2005 12:46 PM, SpikeyGG <spikeygg at hotmail.com> wrote:
>  
> All, 
>   
> I'm wondering how well everyone else's commercial detection is working? 
> From what I've seen it seems like it gives me the basic jist of where a
> commercial IS and I go in and set the breakpoints to where the commercial
> really starts and stops.  However, I noticed from a recent recording of
> American Idol the breaks get further and further apart as the program
> continues.  Here's what I've found: 
>   

I have found that for whatever reason, network tv shows are the worst
for commercial flagging. MythTV does not seem to have a problem at all
with any of the Cable shows I record.

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Loren H. Burlingame <loren at lhb.name>
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