[mythtv-users] Time length is incorrect on some HD captures

[Tom Flair]

On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 8:35 AM, belcampo <belcampo at zonnet.nl> wrote:

> Tom Flair wrote:
>
>> Here's something that has been bugging me for a little while now.   Many
>> (most?) programs I capture off of firewire in HD show an incorrect length
>> when playing back on any frontend.  There aren't any artifacts to the
>> program and nothing is actually lost when compared to an original broadcast.
>>
>> As the most recent example, I give you Stargate Universe.  It's a 1 hour
>> program.  Any of my frontends play it back without issue, but the info
>> within the frontend shows it is 51:57 in length.   If I look at the same
>> program in MythWeb, it states the program is 1 hr.   ffmpeg -i gives a
>> length of 00:59:55.31.   This is only a nuisance, but I'm curious as to what
>> is causing it.
>>
> Could it be the sum of 'skip-times' ?
>

I would be willing to accept that if any other program showed the same
symptoms.  Analog, OTA HD off of HDHR, SD off of the same boxes all show the
correct length with commercial skip enabled.
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