[mythtv-users] How do you use the commercial skipping function?

[Fred Squires]

On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 8:06 PM, Johnny <jarpublic at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Play the recording, go into menu, choose - notify for commercial skipping and when the notification comes on screen push the button to skip to the end of the commercial break.
>>     Is there a way to make this a default for all recordings so I don't have to choose it every time I play a recording?
>>
>> Is anyone using other methods regularly, successfully and with high WAF?
>
> You can set the default method in Settings -> TV Settings -> Playback
> -> Commercial Skip
>
> I personally don't use any of the auto methods. Commercial skip works
> 90 % of the time but when I use autoskip I find my self always
> wondering if the last break was off by a little either skipping a
> little earlier or coming in a little late and thus missing some small
> portion of the show. I just mapped the commercial skip buttons to my
> remote and we skip them when the commercial comes on. Then I can see
> how much was skipped and if there is any issue I already have the
> remote and can easily go back a little. Also it is helpful to limit
> the maximum commercial skip to something like 5 minutes. That will
> prevent you from skipping a major portion of you show when the
> commercial is flagged incorrectly.

I also don't use the autoskip, but use the notify setting set to a
maximum of 5 minutes.
Another great feature is that the commercial skip back button, Q, will
skip back to where you skipped from if you press it within a few
seconds (3 I think). So, if you skip too far just hit Q and then skip
through the commercial with the 30-second skip instead.