[mythtv-users] Commercials aren't actually removed

[David Fishburn]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org 
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of David Fishburn
> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 12:47 PM
> To: 'Discussion about mythtv'
> Subject: tv: Commercials aren't actually removed
> 
> 
> Myth 0.20
> Ubuntu Edgy
> Kernel 0.18.1
> 
> I am using the removecommercial script:
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Script_-_RemoveCommercials
> 
> But the commercials are never removed.
> 
> Here is the file before running it:
> 2332606464 2007-05-22 16:00 1045_20070522150000.mpg
> 
> After running it, it is nearly the same size:
> 2228514820 2007-06-12 00:08 1045_20070522150000.mpg
> 
> Checking the skip list:
> mythtv at myth:/media/mythtv$ mythcommflag --getskiplist -f 
> 1045_20070522150000.mpg
>     2007-06-12 07:12:21.360 Using runtime prefix = /usr
>     2007-06-12 07:12:21.388 New DB connection, total: 1
>     2007-06-12 07:12:21.400 New DB connection, total: 2
>     Commercial Skip List:
> 0-850,16999-24432,35853-42238,54104-59742,70529-76165,105505-107713
> 
> 
> Looking at the backend log everything completed successfully.
> 
> The removecommercial script did the following steps:
> mythcommflag -f /media/mythtv//1045_20070522150000.mpg
> mythtranscode --mpeg2 --honorcutlist --showprogress -i 
> /media/mythtv//1045_20070522150000.mpg -o 
> /media/mythtv//1045_20070522150000.mpg.tmp
> mythcommflag -f /media/mythtv//1045_20070522150000.mpg --rebuild
> 
> 
> So things look right based on my usage screen:
> ***
> mythtv at myth:/media/mythtv$ mythtranscode --help               
>          
> Usage: mythtranscode <--chanid <channelid>>
>         <--starttime <starttime>> <--profile <profile>>
>         [options]
> 
>         --mpeg2          or -m: Perform MPEG2 to MPEG2 transcode.
>         --ostream <type> or -e: Output stream type.  Options: dvd, ps.
>         --chanid         or -c: Takes a channel id. REQUIRED
>         --starttime      or -s: Takes a starttime for the
>                                 recording. REQUIRED
>         --infile         or -i: Input file (Alternative to -c and -s)
>         --outfile        or -o: Output file
>         --profile        or -p: Takes a profile number or 'autodetect'
>                                 recording profile. REQUIRED
>         --honorcutlist   or -l: Specifies whether to use the cutlist.
>         --allkeys        or -k: Specifies that the output file
>                                 should be made entirely of keyframes.
>         --fifodir        or -f: Directory to write fifos to
>                                 If --fifodir is specified, 
> 'audout' and 'vidout'
>                                 will be created in the 
> specified directory
>         --fifosync            : Enforce fifo sync
>         --buildindex     or -b: Build a new keyframe index
>                                 (use only if audio and video 
> fifos are read
> independantly)
>         --showprogress        : Display status info to the stdout
>         --verbose level  or -v: Use '-v help' for level info
>         --help           or -h: Prints this help statement.
> ***
> 
> 
> Now here is the interesting thing (at least to me).
> If I edit the video (in the frontend), and set the cut points.
> Then from the frontend, run a transcode (autodetect which is 
> set to lossless and honour cut list), the command executed is:
> 
> /usr/bin/mythtranscode -j 2274 -V 3 -p autodetect -l
> 
> 
> This does correctly and significantly change the filesize.
> It also (correctly) zeros out the Commercial Skip List.
> 
> 
> The -j and -V switches are not listed in the --help above.

So I have determined the -j is the jobid listed in the jobqueue.
I can only assume the -V is some level of verbosity.

> What do these additional switches do?
> Any idea why the documented approach to this does not work?
> Mythcommflag --gencutlist -Copy the commercial skip list to 
> the cutlist mythtranscode --mpeg2 --honorcutlist


Any takers on this?
Do you need more output to lead me into the right direction to figure out
why the commercials are never removed?

Thanks,
Dave