[mythtv-users] Commflagging in the UK?

[Graham Wood]

> Any centralised database may have trouble picking out the programme within a
> recording. If I start all my recordings 5 minutes early and the next bloke
> does his 2 minutes early, the cut lists won't match. Also channels like
> Film4 broadcast a film multiple times, but have the same title. Unless there
> is some way of digitally finding the finding to actual start of a programme
> in the stream...
The advantage of ntp is that the cutlist can be passed around as a  
"real" time, rather than an offset.  If the adverts start at  
20:13:45.5, then that could easily be at 13:45.5 into one recording,  
and 23:34.5 into another...

The metadata available through myth (e.g. channel name, times, etc)  
would be necessary for this to work anyway, and would at the same time  
solve this issue.  THe +1 channels could be handled as a special case,  
and make use of the same cutlist with an offset.  This wouldn't work  
for repeat showings because the advert breaks are not necessarily at  
the same time - delays in starting, and/or just different adverts...

It's not a completely formed idea - but I do think that it could be a  
very useful one, since I'm lazy and don't actually bother with cutting  
out the adverts... But if it's something that I could do to help  
others (as well as get that help in return), I think I'm more likely  
to do it.

I've not really looked into the way that cutlists/commercial flagging  
works - so maybe it would be worth doing so to get something in place.  
;)