[mythtv-users] commercial flagging idea -
commercial "fingerprinting"
Chris Petersen
lists at forevermore.net
Tue Apr 12 17:02:00 UTC 2005
> Also, the fingerprint alogrithm could include time information.
> Obviously, shows (in America at least), have a set length between
> commercial breaks. Each episode might be different, but this is not
> determined by the individual broadcast stations, so someone watching
> an episode of "Friends" in Texas will have the same ammount of time
> between commercials as the person watching in New York.
You've obviously never recorded late-night foodtv. I have recorded
several episodes of Good Eats that are 10 minutes of show, 8 minutes of
commercial, 12 minutes of show (or so). Granted, not different
networks, but definitely different than other versions of the same episode.
You also have to remember about all of those damn popup ad things that
channels are adding in now, so you'd need to limit your fingerprint to
only certain regions of the screen. You'd also have to take
brightness/contrast/etc into account, since users will have those set
differently for recording.
Cool idea, though.
-Chris
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