[mythtv-users] DVB-T UK PAL Commercial Detection

[Udo van den Heuvel]

Duncan Brown wrote:
> malcolm torrent wrote:
>> Thanks Jack,
>>
>> from this straw poll of 2, commercial detection in the UK doesn't work
>> very well.
>>
>> However, simple inspection of a program in slow mo. shows there aren't
>> many blank frames before the commercials so t hats one reason.
>> Logo detection doesn't work at all as I presume the semi transparent
>> logo [for ITV3 for example] don't meet the requirements even though
>> they are obvious to the human eye.
>>
>> It looks like I need to do some more research and may need to write my
>> own convolver!!
>> Please post if you are in the UK and have found any positive results
>> with commercial detection.
> 
> This has been discussed quite a few times on the list before. The bottom 
> line is that UK commercial detection just doesn't work. All the current 
> methods are designed for american TV and work very successfully by all 
> accounts.
> 
> If you have the means to code your own version, I'm sure there will be a 
> lot of grateful users out there!

What about giving some info about possible differences?
I am located in the Netherlands but could possibly benefit from insights
and also help to think or (very) maybe code.
Isn't TV the same everywhere these days?