[mythtv-users] mythcommflag is pretty darn amazing

[Paul]

On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 2:27 AM, Yeechang Lee <ylee at pobox.com> wrote:

> MythTV's commflagging has worked quite well for me for almost four
> years, with very few false positives or false negatives. (I use All
> Methods and Strict on -fixes.) But it managed to impress me again
> today.
>
> I began recording from CNBC HD a few days ago. For those who haven't
> seen it, various scrolling banners, charts, and other data occupy one
> third of the screen at all times. Nonetheless, mythcommflag accurately
> picks up the commercial breaks. How in the world does it do this? I
> know it can't be the logo detection; is it the blank frames?
>