[mythtv-users] Commercial skipping

[Michael T. Dean]

On 06/27/2006 01:24 AM, mooshie wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-06-26 at 11:05 -0700, Daniel A Segel wrote:
>   
>> Do you have your preferences set to start commercial flagging as soon as 
>> the show starts, or to wait until it is finished recording? 
>>     
> Hmm, I can't find that option anywhere in the settings. I've gone into
> mysql, and in the settings table I've searched for "comm", and can't
> find anything to that effect either.. where did you see this?
>   

In frontend settings:

Commercial Flag New Recordings
This is the default value used for the Auto-Commercial Flagging setting 
when a new scheduled recording is created.

In mythtv-setup:

Start Auto-Commercial Flagging jobs when the recording starts
If set and Auto Commercial Flagging is ON for a recording, the flagging 
job will be started as soon as the recording starts.  NOT recommended on 
underpowered systems.

and

Allow Commercial Detection jobs
Allow jobs of this type to run on this backend.

and

Commercial Flagger command
The program used to detect commercials in a recording.  The default is 
'mythcommflag' if this setting is empty.
> I ran mythbackend with -v commflag, but when I started recording,
> mythbackend didn't output any commercial flagging information, and
> commercials were not flagged at all. 
>
> Also, ps'ing did not find mythcommflag, so I guess it isn't being run at
> all.. which is weird, since my settings indicate (afaik) that it should
> be running.
>   

Must be enabled on the host and on the recording rule...  Also, if 
mythcommflag isn't in the PATH of the user running mythbackend, make 
sure you type the full path for the setting, "Commercial Flagger command".

And, BTW, Nate, please don't reply to existing threads when starting a 
new topic.  This topic ("Commercial skipping") is buried two topics deep 
under the thread, "MythTV Fedora Core 4 Install - Problem at Step 10 in 
Jared's Instructions".  You replied to that message when starting the 
topic, "No playback menu?", then you replied to Robin Hill's message 
from that topic when you started this topic.  And, Ben Dash replied to 
Brad Templeton's message in this topic to start a new topic, "lirc 
timeout inactivity?"  Therefore, there are four topics buried in one 
thread (for which the OP didn't get any responses to his Fedora 
question--probably quite disheartening to get new messages in the thread 
when all are off-topic).

I normally delete all distro-specific threads (because I don't know 
enough to answer questions on them), but I just happened to notice this 
thread was a mix of other topics.  Had I deleted the thread, I would 
have deleted your question and wouldn't have been able to provide the 
necessary pointer (to mythtv-setup) to help you find the settings you need.

Most MUA (mail clients) allow you to select an address in an existing 
topic and "Compose mail to" (or something to that effect).  Doing so 
does not bury your question in someone else's thread.

Thanks,
Mike