[mythtv-users] Commercial Skip and seek table in leanfront

[glen]

On Fri, 2022-10-14 at 21:12 -0500, George Bingham wrote:
> 
> 
> On Fri, Oct 14, 2022 at 7:24 PM Peter Bennett <pb.mythtv at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > 
> > On 10/14/22 17:48, Peter Bennett wrote:
> >  
> > > 
> > > On 10/14/22 17:17, George Bingham wrote:
> > >  
> > > > 
> > > >  
> > > > On Fri, Oct 14, 2022 at 8:20 AM Peter Bennett
> > > > <pb.mythtv at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >  
> > > > > I have implemented in leanfront MythTV, use of seek table to
> > > > > speed up 
> > > > > jumps, and commercial skip.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Anybody who is interested and uses commercial skip, I would
> > > > > like any 
> > > > > feedback. Commercial skip requires that you have run the
> > > > > mythbackend 
> > > > > commercial flagging job.
> > > > > 
> > > > > You can download it from the download site 
> > > > > http://email.mg.glenb.net/c/eJwljcsKwyAURL8m7ire-szCRVPof6j3mhQ0CYkt7d9X6HA2cxgY8mCMdkKAEwx9ygG1Yk9_dToHZUcEyC4iZmm0Bmsod2nRWWOCyRF4CpXKoMRcaI18pcYWLzWCThK0BEWjtJKSDcGFKByaHlb80tp-DvI2XB8dLHw7wjoTbh-ettrVfp_qVNnh67ct7X15nXSc_edf-3z-AXW8OLY under Trial Versions,
> > > > > Commercial Skip.
> > > > > 
> > > > > You can enable or disable commercial skip in the settings.
> > > > > Also you can 
> > > > > enable or disable it while playing by using the playback
> > > > > menu. You can 
> > > > > get to the playback menu 3 ways while playing:
> > > > > 
> > > > > - Press center button and select the new MENU icon (rightmost
> > > > > icon on 
> > > > > the first row)
> > > > > - Press menu button on the remote if your remote has one
> > > > > - Long press the center button
> > > > > 
> > > > > Seek table is enabled by default. You can disable it from the
> > > > > settings 
> > > > > if it causes problems.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Peter
> > > > > 
> > > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Hi Peter,
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > I installed this new leanfront version on my phone (pixel 4)
> > > > and on my chromecast with google tv (original version - not the
> > > > latest one).
> > > > 
> > > > When I play a recording that has had commercial skip run on it
> > > > (and usually edited manually) it just plays the first second or
> > > > so and goes back to the menu. If I then tell it to play again,
> > > > I get the same thing or the app stops. 
> > > > 
> > > > I am using v31 of the backend... would this be dependent on
> > > > having the latest version?
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks for this effort! Really want to use leanfront on my
> > > > android devices but don't because I value commercial skip.
> > > > 
> > > > George 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > Possibly the API on V31 is missing something. I will test it on
> > > V31 and see if I can find what the problem is. I have only tested
> > > it on latest master. This is why it is a trial version :)
> > > Peter
> > I tested this on V31 and I see it crashes right after start of
> > playback.
> > The problem is the seek tables, not the comm skip.
> > For now, you can fix it by going to settings, advanced, and disable
> > seek table. After that playback and commercial skip are working.
> > I will get a fix for the seek table problem.
> > Peter
> > _______________________________________________
> > Hi Peter,
> > 
> 
> 
> I tried unchecking the 'use the seektable' in the special leanfront
> app. When I watch a show, it will skip the commercials, but I think
> it's using the skiplist that mythcommflag generated, and not the
> edited one I had manually edited. 
> 
> I generally edit the commercial skip before I watch a show, since
> mythcommflag rarely gets it right. 
> 
> Does unchecking the leanfront's seektable in advanced settings make
> it revert to the original commskip list?
> 
> But it does work for viewing on my chromecast (aside from the fact it
> doesn't see my edits on commercial skip).
> 
> However on my phone, it crashes as soon as I try to go into settings.
> 
> Thanks for your work on this, it would make leanfront my preferred
> frontend on android if you can get it to work - and it'd be worth
> updating to v32 if that's all it takes to get it to work with the
> edited commercial skip list.
> 
> George
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i am pretty sure it is using the skiplist and not the cutlist. kodi has
the same behavior. that's the reason i spent the time to get the
skiplist as accurate as possible by swapping out mythcommflag with
comskip, which in my case at least gets me a much more accurate result.
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