how to get comskip to work?

darklord2005 · 2007-09-28, 20:23

Hi everyone I have mediaportal running fine with the latest version but cannot figure how to get comskip launcher to work..I have it pointed to the comskip.exe file but it does not do anything..when I watch the recorded files it does not skip the commercial..someone plz help me.

OgdenP · 2007-09-29, 02:44

I've just started trialling comskip myself. I found that the one thing I needed to do to finally get it working in my configuration was to ensure that the comskip.ini was correct and not simply the default. In my case, I was lucky enough to find someone who had posted a suitable config file for Australian DVB-T. Also, I found that I needed to set the comskip options in MP (or was it TVE3?) to start after the recording was complete, though I believe it may have worked OK while recording if I changed the ini to suit.

phertiker · 2007-09-29, 03:56

while you will probably want to tweak the comskip configuration the default does work pretty well.

the deal is that it doesn't automatically skip the commercials, it just marks the commercial block. when a commercial block starts hit "skip" or "next" or whatever button you have set to "next chapter" and it will skip to the end of the commercial block.

just got this set up a couple days ago myself.

OgdenP · 2007-09-29, 07:01

In my case, it wasn't that I was expecting it to automatically remove the commercials, simply that comskip never actually ran to scan the captured stream. As I said above, I had to change the option to run after the recording had finished to get it to work.

erik1958 · 2007-09-29, 07:37

Comskip can currently not process dvr-ms files while recording. In what format did you record?

wishywashy · 2007-09-29, 14:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by darklord2005

Hi everyone I have mediaportal running fine with the latest version but cannot figure how to get comskip launcher to work..I have it pointed to the comskip.exe file but it does not do anything..when I watch the recorded files it does not skip the commercial..someone plz help me.

Are you looking for automatic commercial skip? It won't do that. You'll have to map a NEXT CHAPTER and PREVIOUS CHAPTER button in the fullscreen video section.

darklord2005 · 2007-09-29, 16:27

what should I edit in the comskip.ini file? what values should I change?

erik1958 · 2007-09-29, 21:23

That is a too generic question.

Did you read the reame.txt in the distribution zip file?
Did you read the manual.htm ?
Many people only need to select a different output format.

There is a lot of tuning info at the comskip forum at http://www.kaashoek.com/comskip

darklord2005 · 2007-10-02, 02:32

ok guys so I have made changes to the comskip.ini file now how do I map the buttons in mediaportal to skip the commercial?

OgdenP · 2007-10-02, 06:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by darklord2005

ok guys so I have made changes to the comskip.ini file now how do I map the buttons in mediaportal to skip the commercial?

I found that the default configuration of my standard MS MCE Remote already had the skip button mapped. I didn't have to do anything to get it to work.

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2007-09-29, 02:44	#2 (permalink)
OgdenP Portal Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Age: 47 Posts: 80 Thanks: 7 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts Country: My System	I've just started trialling comskip myself. I found that the one thing I needed to do to finally get it working in my configuration was to ensure that the comskip.ini was correct and not simply the default. In my case, I was lucky enough to find someone who had posted a suitable config file for Australian DVB-T. Also, I found that I needed to set the comskip options in MP (or was it TVE3?) to start after the recording was complete, though I believe it may have worked OK while recording if I changed the ini to suit. __________________ - Peter Ogden Australian XMLTV Guides available here: http://xmltv.locost7.info

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OgdenP Portal Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Age: 47 Posts: 80 Thanks: 7 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts Country: My System	In my case, it wasn't that I was expecting it to automatically remove the commercials, simply that comskip never actually ran to scan the captured stream. As I said above, I had to change the option to run after the recording had finished to get it to work. __________________ - Peter Ogden Australian XMLTV Guides available here: http://xmltv.locost7.info

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phertiker Portal Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Age: 30 Posts: 29 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Country:	while you will probably want to tweak the comskip configuration the default does work pretty well. the deal is that it doesn't automatically skip the commercials, it just marks the commercial block. when a commercial block starts hit "skip" or "next" or whatever button you have set to "next chapter" and it will skip to the end of the commercial block. just got this set up a couple days ago myself.

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erik1958 Portal Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 89 Thanks: 2 Thanked 5 Times in 4 Posts	Comskip can currently not process dvr-ms files while recording. In what format did you record?

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darklord2005 Portal Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Age: 30 Posts: 29 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	ok guys so I have made changes to the comskip.ini file now how do I map the buttons in mediaportal to skip the commercial?