[mythtv-users] Hauppauge MediaMVP

[PAUL WILLIAMSON]

>>> jep at obrien-pifer.com 02/06/06 2:46 PM >>>
>> I extended libcmyth, but I also added some cutting to the 
>> beginning and end of the recordings manually to figure out 
>> how the recordedmarkup factored in to the skipping.
>> 
>> Since I knew that there was always at least a 5 second 
>> cut at the beginning and the end of a recording, that allowed 
>> me to figure out the offset.  It was a bit of a kludge and I 
>> wasn't happy with having to manually edit every show, but 
>> it worked pretty good.  Since the mvp is in the kid's area, 
>> I only worried about the pre- and post- cutting on their 
>> shows.  
>> 
>> I did notice on longer recordings it didn't work as well, 
>> so sometimes I started to skip a bit late (or early) and 
>> resumed playing a little bit too early (or late).
>> 
>
>So, does your commercial skip only work for beginnings and 
>endings OR does it work on commercials in the shows as well, 
>just not as well?

It works on all programs with varying degrees of success.  Actually, 
if there were no cuts at the beginning or ending, it really didn't 
work at all.  It had no way to determine the length of the file 
and cut out the appropriate sections.  If it cut out the 
sections, the audio got all screwed up or something else random 
would happen.  If a show has a cut at the beginning and end, 
it worked about 95% of the time, which was good enough 
for me and my kids, but not for my wife.

> Since you obviously know pretty well how this stuff works, how 
> difficult would it be to enable another button on the remote to 
> do a longer skip, say like a 2 minute skip? Or even better, 
> something user configurable?

User configurable?  Probably mildly involved.  Hardcoded to 
something other than 30 seconds (or whatever the default 
is) - fairly easy.  You just need to recompile mvpmc.

Paul