Comskip Markers in Timeline (1 Viewer)

[mattjcurry]

In case you did not get a message, just wanted to let everyone know that I updated the zip file and tested it.

Thanks,
Matt

 

[HomeY]

Matt,

Error is gone so that's good, but that's about all the progress i made so far
Or i'm not quite understanding how this works (maybe add a little info on the OP on how this works?), or i'm doing something wrong.

I just can't get the markers to show.

 

[mattjcurry]

What it does is when there are chapters for the recording, it shows them on the timeline.

One easy way to see if you have chapters for your recording is to hit F9 and see if there is an option for chapters. If there is, select it and see how many chapters there are.

The feature will display the information from comskip text files (which gets converted to chapter information in MP) on the timeline (when you hit "Y"). If you do not have the comskip plugiun installed with comskip configured, then it will do nothing because there will be no chapter information for it to read from.

Please let me know if you need more clarification. If you do not see the markers on the timeline, then you need to verify that the comskip text file is there and that MP is converting that file into chapter information.

Thanks,
Matt

 

[HomeY]

Right, that explains things, no Chapters on any recording

Strange, because i have ComSkipLauncher enabled on my TV Server (with ComSkip 80_042) and i'm using UNC. Got 1 recording running now which already had the commercials, but that 1 also doesn't show any chapters.

** EDIT **
Just tested the recording, and think i know what's wrong:

This recording uses H.264 video that can not be decoded by this version of ComSkip

So i'm using the wrong version (got it from the link in TV Server config) or isn't H.264 not supported @ all?

The h.264 and WTV version is still in beta test and available for donators

 

[mattjcurry]

Not sure about that. Comskip definitely has to be working properly for this feature to work.

I am in the USA, but any recordings that I create with my Hauppauge HVR-2250 show up as .ts files. You might need to adjust your codecs to be sure that your recordings are getting created in a format that comskip can read.

Matt

 

[HomeY]

My recordings are also stored as .ts files, but it seems i need to have the beta-version according to this site.

 

[geoffstewart]

Yep, donations needed for H.264 comskipping for sure. I've been using comskip for H.264 for years but I had to donate to get the proper version.

You should be able to create a comskip file manually to test this feature, though. Something like this for an hour long show:

FILE PROCESSING COMPLETE 107719 FRAMES AT 2997
-------------------
1    778
21800    27747
47357    53963
67609    71202
104012    107720

 

[HomeY]

Matt,

Real nice

 

[HomeY]

So... It's working great here. Has anybody else tried this?
Would be nice to get some more positive feedback, since i'd love to see this in 1.3Beta

 

[Sebastiii]

I have only tested on recorded files with already comskip txt and it works great