Hi! I've been frustrated trying to get a commercial removal script
running for over a week now, and I've simply run out of options; I
don't have a clue what to do next. I'm using a nearly fresh install of
the latest version of MythTV with a single-machine backend/frontend
setup.<br>
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I've followed the automatic removal instructions in the 'Removing
Commercials' page of the wiki
(<a href="http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Removing_Commercials">http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Removing_Commercials</a>) to the
letter. The only adjustments I've made to the given instructions were
to change a line in the provided script to delete originals instead of
backing them up; losing a show now and then because of a commercial
removal bug doesn't concern me.<br>
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My issue is that the script doesn't automatically run. It's as simple
as that. I've tested the script by running it manually (it works
perfectly every time I've tried). I set it up as user job 1, set the
backend to allow user job 1, and set several shows to run user job 1.
I've checked the queue, both through the frontend and through
'mythbackend -v userjobs'. It queues user job 1, and claims to run and
finish user job 1 (though the running is suspiciously short; it takes
no discernible time at all), and no commercials are removed. I even
dug deeper, and added a line to the beginning of the script to log a
timestamp to a file I created for the purpose. The timestamp is logged
every time I run the script manually, but is never logged when Myth
claims to run user job 1.<br>
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I'm completely and hopelessly stuck on this one. Even a linux guru
friend of mine who has figured out how to get Myth to vacuum his floor
and pack his lunch can't figure it out. Help me please! I'll be happy
to provide any logs needed to get this running.