Cutting Commercials (1 Viewer)

wogboy112

Portal Pro
January 18, 2009
97
4
Home Country
Australia Australia
Hi Everyone,

I was wondering if anyone can give a tutorial for cutting out commercials from recorded tv shows?

Thanks
 

rekenaar

Retired Team Member
  • Premium Supporter
  • December 17, 2006
    4,421
    805
    Home Country
    South Africa South Africa
    Well, not a tutorial, but I can point you in a direction.

    A program like Comskip can create a text file with pointers to the commercial positions in the recording.
    You can have MediaPortal automatically launch Comskip for each recording. See this page in the manual for TVServer.
    You should also activate auto commercial skip in MP General settings.

    But your question is how to cut them out from source?
    This isn't something that I do all the time, so I am no expert.
    You can however use the VideoEditor plugin or an external tool like MCEBuddy to cut it out.
     

    rekenaar

    Retired Team Member
  • Premium Supporter
  • December 17, 2006
    4,421
    805
    Home Country
    South Africa South Africa
    There's an old tutorial here.
    Part of it focus on the MP Process plugin Comskip Launcher - which is not applicable if you are using TVServer.
    Other part of it focus on keyboard mapping for prev/next chapter.
     

    Users who are viewing this thread

    Similar threads

    Just those I attached. I messed about with task priorities MP/TV-Server/SQL-Server and the issue changed to the skin.. I would do something, but it would be 10's of seconds before the action happened. Doing an Alt-Tab would flush the actions. Too weird lol!! So, with some flak from the family, I had to give in. I just did a...
    Just those I attached. I messed about with task priorities MP/TV-Server/SQL-Server and the issue changed to the skin.. I would do...
    So, this one has me quite stumped. Have tried ) and a few things - driver updates, kicking the box, threatening it with a static...
    Replies
    8
    Views
    887
    Thanks for that. I'll give it a try.
    Thanks for that. I'll give it a try.
    I was wondering whether anyone could recommend a specification for dedicated MP1 client machines where we get the best bang for...
    Replies
    27
    Views
    2K
    Yes, unfortunately, this would need a code change to support it. Next time I'm doing something on the plugin I'll try and remember to add support for this sort order.
    Yes, unfortunately, this would need a code change to support it. Next time I'm doing something on the plugin I'll try and...
    Hi, I was wondering if there is anyone who might be able to help me out. Is there a way to either use the sort feature and/or a...
    Replies
    6
    Views
    1K
    It is possible to have both MP1 and MP2 installed on the same drive (I have a test partition with just such an arrangement). However... The TV Server parts of MP1 and MP2 start when the system boots, and TV Server runs all of the time, even when it is not recording and live TV is not being viewed. If both TV Servers were active, they...
    It is possible to have both MP1 and MP2 installed on the same drive (I have a test partition with just such an arrangement)...
    Help Please. Yesterday upon switch-on, I had this issue with MP2: When I clicked on the [REC] icon in the following Image...
    Replies
    26
    Views
    2K
    Hi, I'm wish to be able to watch the recorded TV (*.ts) files on my Sony Bravia Android TV but cannot. The default media player app does not support the file type. So I installed VLC. VLC does read the ts files but the TV's remote does not allow to control basic VLC functions like FF or FR or pause etc... Tried 1-2 other apps, even...
    Hi, I'm wish to be able to watch the recorded TV (*.ts) files on my Sony Bravia Android TV but cannot. The default media player...
    Hi, I'm wish to be able to watch the recorded TV (*.ts) files on my Sony Bravia Android TV but cannot. The default media player...
    Replies
    0
    Views
    746
    Top Bottom