In answer to the "Yes. Why is that?" and as a wide stab in the dark I would suggest it's due to the fact that the principle stations in the UK do not broadcast with watermark logos, so logo detection will fail, commercials are rarely preceded by blank frames and run straight into a bumper quite often without any transition. In fact it is quite hard to detect manually when the commercials start so I fail to see how a computer algorithm would work any better. The cases where it does work is on satellite stations that broadcasts with a logo, though most are very transparent except for the Murdoch stations, and in fact they make it quite easy to manually edit as I set the skip time to a minute, lean on the right arrow and wait for the logo to disappear.<br>
<br>I've no knowledge of other broadcast systems other than in Spain where there appears to be 2 minutes of program followed by 10 minutes (or more!) of "anuncios", incredibly painful to someone like myself that is used the British method of commercial television and possibly another reason why commercial detection and obliteration is more necessary, 3 minutes of commercials every 15 minutes of content (roughly - before someone seizes on to that point) is hardly a problem for me.<br>
<br>I've typed that lot but I'm not sure that I've added anything valuable to the debate at all, oh well...<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/4/17 Paul Gillingham <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:paulgillingham@gmail.com">paulgillingham@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">2009/4/17 John Pilkington <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:J.Pilk@tesco.net" target="_blank">J.Pilk@tesco.net</a>></span><br>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Doesn't work well in the UK. Works fairly well for a few<br> channels, but<br>
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<br> Yes. Why is that?<br><br><br></blockquote></div></div>If someone could tell you that I don't suppose there would be the problem. I cut out the ads and the BBC promotional non-ads using edit mode and it's often difficult to decide where the cut should be.
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<div><br>I suppose you're right - I do the same thing. It's especially difficult when you're cutting ads out of a film and the file fades into a logo screen before the actual ads start...</div></div>
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