<div dir="ltr">Hi Ben,<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>To answer your first question: Automatic commercial detection generally needs to be corrected. I've noticed that it works best with the big network's prime time shows, but even then, the very beginning of the show and the very end of the show often will either be cut inappropriately, or be lacking the desired cut. I also find that if a scene in a show is dark (the lights go out, or in the woods at night, etc.) it will often be seen as the start of a commercial. </div><div><br></div><div>The second question: Assuming your script to trans-code works on the "verified cut" version of the recording, and the original recording has no signal interruptions, then the transcoded file shouldn't need to be reviewed - at least once you're satisfied with the parameters of the handbrake commands regarding quality, resolution, bit rate, etc. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>The only issues I've encountered are when a particular recording had poor reception, as I use a relatively cheap antenna and there can be dropouts if it's not positioned properly and / or when there is a lot of wind gusts in my area, then sometimes the transcode command will fail. That's not something I worry too much about though because if it's that poor a recording, I probably don't want to save it anyway. (I'll just wait for it to repeat and hope I don't have the same issues the second time). </div><div><br></div><div>Regarding the various parameters for your handbrake command - just find examples and experiment a bit, as the results you will get versus what results you want will be a time & effort trade-off according to your personal tastes.</div><div><br></div><div>HTH,</div><div><br></div><div>George</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">-- George</div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 6:27 AM, Jim Abernathy <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jfabernathy@outlook.com" target="_blank">jfabernathy@outlook.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Now that's I've switched up to 0.28 and am back on OTA having cut the comcast cord, I'd like to start archiving movies I record on some of the "flash-back" stations.
Don't laugh - but I've been a pretty light user of some of the really cool features of Myth over the last 17years I've used it -- BUT....
here we go...
So -- after reading the MythTV Wiki on user jobs and looking at some of the scripts people have written...
I thought I'd get some feedback as to any additional things I could do or make sure to avoid when setting up these user jobs.
Can auto-cut be trusted or should user review of commercial marks be a "must do"?
Can transcode always be trusted or, again, should review of a copy be done?
Also, any particular transcode settings that are best for HD vs SD (a lot of the classic movies are being shown in SD, but I also like keeping my episodes of NOVA and other neato PBS stuff in HD)
There's reading the Wiki -- and then there's "in practice" -- I'd like to hear some opinions.
Thanks a bunch,
-Ben
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I do exactly what you described you want to do. You can't trust the commercial breaks completely but they are a big help. I have learned to use mythfrontend to edit and check the commercials quickly and adjust them appropriately.
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