Utility: Comskip

[hemicuda]

It has to be enabled in the ini file. I think the wiki discusses how to turn it on in the tuning procedure.

[Stuntman]

Since it appears that the .edl .stvi has been fixed, is there a version I should be using.. should I go back to build 46? Which version is the most recent that wasn't a work-a-round for that .stvi bug?

[iceman]

Originally Posted by iceman

I use comskip to do my commercial detection processing. The problem is that I have 2 HD cards in my server and record HD & SD files in .TS format. I do not want to record in MPG format as I know I can do. The comskip STVI available including the newest one which handles EDL files does not recognize .TS files and therefore NO COMSKIP options show up on the menu and the timeline is also missing the commerial detection marks. I've had suggestions from Nielm and others to modify the outputted .XML file after the STVI has been imported and look for MPG. Once found change (append) to it the checking for .TS as well. I have done that and it doesn't work either. So can someone tell me how to get a COMSKIP STVI working with .TS recorded files ? I need it bad !!!!!

Some one Help Me

Does anyone in this forum have any suggestions about how to get the comskip STVI working with .TS files short of switching back to .MPG files?

Gerry

[erik]

Originally Posted by tsokeefe

Sorry to be dumb erik - what csv file. I have the comskip ini.

Once comskip has run with the
output_framearray=1
setting in the ini file it will generate a .csv next to the .mpg file.
This .csv file comtains enought info for me to tune or debug the comskip settings.
No need to mail me a .mpg file

[toricred]

I'm using the edl files now. Is there a way to not create the txt files?

[dflachbart]

Originally Posted by toricred

I'm using the edl files now. Is there a way to not create the txt files?

I was just about to ask the same question ...


Dirk

[erik]

Originally Posted by toricred

I'm using the edl files now. Is there a way to not create the txt files?

Set
output_default=0
in the ini file

[dflachbart]

Originally Posted by erik

Set
output_default=0
in the ini file

Thanks !

Dirk

[scoful]

Is there an STVi for SageTVClient? I have this working fine on my server, but the STVi I used for it shows the setup for it on my client, but it doesn't show up on the popup osd or in the progress bar.

[blade]

Originally Posted by scoful

Is there an STVi for SageTVClient? I have this working fine on my server, but the STVi I used for it shows the setup for it on my client, but it doesn't show up on the popup osd or in the progress bar.

It works on the client and the server. You'll have to setup mapped drives or UNC paths though. It is discussed here and there are numerous other threads about it as well.

[erik]

From the changelog

Changes in 0.79.52
- Live TV detection now also will create .edl file when output_edl is enabled
- Setting verbose to 10 will show in the log file the values of all configurable parameters
Changes in 0.79.51
- Improved detection of logo when letterboxed video
- Bug solved: SaveTV still gets into a loop when a commercial shorter the 10 seconds at the start is detected.
Changes in 0.79.50
- Parameter added: Set logo_at_bottom=1 to search only for logo in the bottom part of the video
- Bug solved: SaveTV still gets into a loop when a very short commercial at the start is detected.
Changes in 0.79.49
- Bug solved: SageTV needs tabs instead of spaces in the .edl file
- Bug solved: SaveTV gets into a loop when a very short commercial at the start is detected.
Changes in 0.79.48
- Bug solved: remove_after does not have any effect, all commercials shortened with fps frames.
Changes in 0.79.47
- Bug solved: Certain DVR-MS files cause a buffer overrun in sound decoding
- Parameter added: BTV requires a longer time to check for end of recording during live_tv. Set live_tv_retries=8 in the ini file.

[evilpenguin]

Thanks erik!

[blade]

Is 79.52 working for anyone? All it does for me is create the .log file and quits.

[scoful]

Originally Posted by blade

Is 79.52 working for anyone? All it does for me is create the .log file and quits.

I have been using 79.52 for a few days with no problem.

Does anybody know if you can set processor affinity and priority in the INI file? I force Sage to run on one processor and would like to force Comskip to the other.

[erik]

Blade,

Download build 52 again and try again.
There was a minor initial hickup.

[erik]

Originally Posted by scoful

Does anybody know if you can set processor affinity and priority in the INI file? I force Sage to run on one processor and would like to force Comskip to the other.

No idea on how to do that. Too advanced for me.......

[scoful]

I suppose I can use process.exe in another dirmon setup to do it. If I keep the processes on separate processors it keeps my sage performance up - comskip can then use as much CPU resources on one CPU as it wants and Sage won't get bogged down. When I just had one encoder card it wasn't a problem, but now that I have three, Comskip runs three times as often. I hate commercials and LOVE Comskip. Thanks!

[blade]

Originally Posted by erik

Blade,

Download build 52 again and try again.
There was a minor initial hickup.

Thanks, seems to be working perfectly now.

[Muchacho]

I recently installed this- thanks so much- it is sweet! I wish I had dont this a while ago....

Anyways, I have a problem when I start to watch a show that is being recorded. When it starts, I can watch the show, and it will skip through the commercials like it should. However, it seems to stop marking the show after I start to watch it. Is there a way to allow it to continue to mark the commercials after I have started to watch.

Thanks-

Mike

[blade]

Originally Posted by Muchacho

Is there a way to allow it to continue to mark the commercials after I have started to watch.

It already does this. I have it installed on two clients and it works perfectly on both of them. The only thing I can think of is maybe you don't have enough free cpu cycles to keep up with processing live TV during play back? Your cpu would have to really be pushed for this to happen though because live TV requires very little power to keep up with.