[mythtv-users] Commercial Flagging fails

[faginbagin]

On 9/9/2015 1:41 PM, Jack McGee wrote:
> I have updated Ubuntu 14.04
> MythTV Version : v0.27.5-5-g32fd396
> MythTV Branch : fixes/0.27
> 
> 
> backend and frontend same version.
> 
> Since rebuilding backend on new machine, and restoring database, I have no commercial flagging at least frontend does not.
> 
> This is from mythcommflag.log:
> 
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> Sep  4 01:51:13 amethi mythcommflag: mythcommflag[23878]: E Decoder avformatdecoder.cpp:4955 (GetFrame) decoding error#012#011#011#011eno: Unknown error 541478725 (541478725)
> Sep  4 01:51:15 amethi mythcommflag: mythcommflag[23878]: N CoreContext main.cpp:948 (FlagCommercials) Finished, 6 break(s) found.
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> Sep  4 01:56:19 amethi mythcommflag: mythcommflag[1179]: E Decoder avformatdecoder.cpp:4955 (GetFrame) decoding error#012#011#011#011eno: Unknown error 541478725 (541478725)
> Sep  4 01:56:21 amethi mythcommflag: mythcommflag[1179]: N CoreContext main.cpp:948 (FlagCommercials) Finished, 5 break(s) found.
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> I have recordings from both HDHR ATSC and HDPVR.  They all appear to play flawlessly.
> Neither has commercial flagging.

Well, looking at your log, mythcommflag found 6 commercial breaks in the first recording and 5 in the second. The errors from avformatdecoder.cpp are normal and occur when mythcommflag hits the end of file.

If I were you, I would check where the commercial marks are by using Menu -> Jobs -> Edit Recording while playing back. Then you can visualize the commercial marks by either using the commercial skip forward key (default Q) or via Menu -> Cut List Options -> Load Detected Commercials.

One other thought: Maybe before your rebuild, you had configured automatic commercial skipping, but now it's disabled? Disabled IS the default.

HTH,
Helen