[mythtv-users] Many programs not getting any commercial detection

[The GUIGuy]

Bob Sully wrote:
> 
> I don't know whether this was done with any intent to foil DVR sofware
> such as Myth (I doubt it), but I noticed a lot of this in my recordings of
> the Olympics last month on NBC.  Commercials were often not flagged (some
> were, some weren't) but I wasn't having any problems with other shows.  I
> started looking closely and noticed that the commercials which were NOT
> skipped were preceded by a significantly shorter "fade to black" than
> usual.  Maybe that was it, maybe not.
> 

Same here in Australia. It seems more prevalent in free to air HD 
transmissions. They often have no transition or black frames at all 
between program contend and commercial breaks.

The GuiGuy