[mythtv-users] Skipping adverts in UK using DVB-T - supported ?

[Paul Andreassen]

On Mon, 2005-01-17 at 22:47, Jules Gosnell wrote:
> re commercial detection
> 
> everything that I can google about how mythtv/mythcommflag does it seems 
> to indicate that we are well into the realms of image processing and AI !

AI is dead, image processing rules forever.

> is it just urban folklore, or is there not some sort of specific 
> 'signal' that marks the beginning/end of commercial breaks. Is there not 
> a similar mechanism for marking programmes, so that instead of working 
> by timeslot and hoping that the schedule is tight, a recorder can just 
> wait for the signal to start/stop the recording...

In Australia, all commercial breaks begin and end with a blank (black)
frame.

> of course, if it were that easy, I'm sure mythtv would already do it, 
> so... - perhaps it exists, but only on some channels ?

The current system apparently works OK for analog recordings.  My dvb-t
stream comes with a dotted line at the top which probably interferes
with detecting. 

> can anyone enlighten me ?
> 
> thanks,
> 
> 
> Jules (UK/DVB-T user)