[mythtv-users] Commercial Flagging Problem

[Hugo van der Kooij]

On Sat, 29 Jan 2005, Joe Willis wrote:

> I am running MythTV .16 using a PVR-350.  Commercial flagging was very
> accurate for a while, but now is almost random.  The areas identified as
> commercials often are regular program segments, and actual commercials are
> detected infrequently.  What could have caused this deterioration? The
> image quality is quite good, so I don't think that is the problem.

I coul image that if the detection was rather easy the companies would
take actions to make it harder to detect. If no one watches the
commercials anymore who is going to pay the TV station?

So the stations have a significant interrest in making it very hard to
detect commercial breaks.

Hugo.

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