[mythtv-users] Commercial skip, cutlist, auto skip, and editing.

[Michael J. Lynch]

I must be missing something because I just can't seem to
understand how commercial skip, cut listing, commercial
skip mode (on, off, notify) and editing interact.  BTW - Myth
version is 0.17 CVS from about 2 weeks ago.

When a video has been commercial flagged and then the
video editor is brought up for that video, no cut sections
are displayed until I hit *z* on the keyboard.  Does this
essentially load the cut list with with data from commercial
flagging?  Is the cut list generated in this manner independent
of the commercial cut list?  That is to say, if I modify this
cut list, those modifications have no effect on the cut list
for commercials?

When I create a cut list via the video editor, the commercial
skip mode (on, off, notify) doesn't seem to have any affect.
It seems to always act as if it is set to "on".  This leads me
to believe that a cut list *always* causes the cut sections to
be skipped regardless of the commercial skip mode.  Is this
correct?

When I set auto commercial skip mode to anything except *off*,
skipping only occurs if I first enter the editor and then press
*z*.  Additionally, if I set auto commercial skip mode to *notify*,
I am not notifed and the cut section is just skipped.  Is this
because at this point skipping is unconditionally occurring as a
result of having a valid cut list?


-- 
Michael J. Lynch

What if the hokey pokey IS what it's all about -- author unknown