[mythtv-users] Commercial Blocker?

Jon Dye jon at pecorous.co.uk
Thu Apr 29 17:18:18 EDT 2004


Mike Diehl (Encrypted email preferred) wrote:
> Simon Kenyon wrote:
> 
>>>I mean, I can't even imagine watching commercials anymore.  Or not 
>>>watching what I want to watch at 2:00 AM.  I get frustrated when I do 
>>>watch live TV because of the commercials.
> 
> 
> So you are telling me that the commercial blocker is THAT good?  I've just 
> started building my MythTV box and am very intrigued about the commercial 
> blocker.

I guess it depends where you live.  I'm in the UK using myth with 
digital terestrial broadcasts (DVB-T) and I don't think the commercial 
detection has managed to detect the commrcials correctly at all in the 
last five months.

I've got it set to do blank frame and scene change detection and I've 
got strict checking turned off.  I have it set to alert me to when it 
thinks commercials are and I don't think it's ever alerted me when the 
adverts are actually on but it sometimes alerts me that it's found some 
adverts when it's halfway through a show.

Unfortunately I have no idea about advert detection or how to improve it 
so I've not really had a look at trying to do anything about it.

JD


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