[mythtv-users] Skipping adverts in UK using DVB-T - supported ?

[Robin Elvin]

On Monday 17 January 2005 23:28, Martin Ebourne wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-01-17 at 23:10 +1000, Paul Andreassen wrote:
> > On Mon, 2005-01-17 at 22:47, Jules Gosnell wrote:
> > > re commercial detection
> > > of course, if it were that easy, I'm sure mythtv would already do it, 
> > > so... - perhaps it exists, but only on some channels ?
> > 
> > The current system apparently works OK for analog recordings.  My dvb-t
> > stream comes with a dotted line at the top which probably interferes
> > with detecting. 
> 
> I get that too. DVB-T UK. Channels have a changing dotted line at the
> top, which clearly has some binary counters in it. Can't see it on the
> tv due to overscan, but get it when I run a frontend on the laptop.
> 
> Any idea what causes it? I'd assumed it was a video card thing. Maybe it
> does upset the commercial detection after all.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Martin.
> 
> 

I thought it was something to do with Teletext.

-- 
Rob