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

[SpikeyGG]

>Greg,  i think it probably has a lot to do with the shows you're
>recording/watching: American Idol, the smurfs (!?!?!)...  i'm pretty
>sure the developers put clauses in the code that screws up commercial
>detection for shows such as these. ;)

Hehehe, now that's just funny!  Actually, I recorded The Smurfs because I 
didn't know they still showed it.  I used to watch it as a kid... I can't 
believe how horrible the cartoon is.  Don't worry it was a one time thing! 
:)

>actually it does appear to depend on what shows are being recorded.
>some work better than others partially because those are the shows
>that the devs watch and test on regularly.  others work well because
>they conform to some sort of standards, if there is any such beast.
>you may have to bribe one of the devs to spend some time with American
>Idol to determine if the show/network is doing something goofy
>before/during/after a commercial break...

  Could someone suggest a show that works all the time?  I'll record it and 
see if the commercials get detected correctly.  Looking back through the 
messages from good ol' gossamer, it sounds like Jeopardy! works fairly well. 
I'll try that to start with (if I can find it in the programming guide).

 So I just checked out a brand-new clean CVS version of mythtv and 
recompiled and got it up and running.  I reran the commercial detection on 
the same Simpsons episode I was usiung before using the default blank frame 
detection, it found three of the four commercial breaks but again they are 
between 20 seconds and 1 minute of offset from where they should be.  I 
tried running it again with the ALL method and it again only found 1 break 
right at the front which was also 20+ seconds off (same as before).  I'll 
try wheel of fortune next.

Thanks,
-Greg