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<blockquote data-quote="mike_b" data-source="post: 769213" data-attributes="member: 114444">I received my HVR1250 TV tuner card for my spare PC. I followed the wiki setup guide as well as <a href="http://office.homefrontus.com/mediaportal/ComSkip" target="_blank">Steve's setup guide</a> to install and configure the software. This went well and I was quickly using the Schedules Direct guide data and recording TV.I only have two basic requirements. To record over-the-air TV and automatically skip commercials. Recording and viewing TV works fine. However, I'm failing miserably at automatically skipping commercials. I first wanted to try version 1.2. But I then read in the wiki that ComskipLauncer is not one of the <a href="http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/index.php?title=1_MEDIAPORTAL_1/17_Extensions/3_Plugins/Plugin%2F%2FSkin_List_for_MP_1.2.0.0_Beta" target="_blank">1.2 compatible plugins</a>. I tried it anyway but could not get comskip to launch automatically after a show completed. I could run the &quot;Test&quot; button from ComskipLauncher and the comskip txt file was created.I restored my XP base image and installed version 1.1.3. Again, I can record and view TV, but ComskipLauncher does not launch comskip. I can run the &quot;Test&quot; button from ComskipLauncher and the comskip txt file is created. But now the commercials are not automatically skipped. Apparently, the commercials can only be skipped if the files are played from the Videos folder. This actually worked, but why such a strange workaround? I attached a couple screenshots and the TV log. I would like to use MediaPortal 1.2. What is the secret to get ComskipLauncher to launch comskip?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mike_b, post: 769213, member: 114444"] I received my HVR1250 TV tuner card for my spare PC. I followed the wiki setup guide as well as [URL="http://office.homefrontus.com/mediaportal/ComSkip"]Steve's setup guide[/URL] to install and configure the software. This went well and I was quickly using the Schedules Direct guide data and recording TV. I only have two basic requirements. To record over-the-air TV and automatically skip commercials. Recording and viewing TV works fine. However, I'm failing miserably at automatically skipping commercials. I first wanted to try version 1.2. But I then read in the wiki that ComskipLauncer is not one of the [URL="http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/index.php?title=1_MEDIAPORTAL_1/17_Extensions/3_Plugins/Plugin%2F%2FSkin_List_for_MP_1.2.0.0_Beta"]1.2 compatible plugins[/URL]. I tried it anyway but could not get comskip to launch automatically after a show completed. I could run the "Test" button from ComskipLauncher and the comskip txt file was created. I restored my XP base image and installed version 1.1.3. Again, I can record and view TV, but ComskipLauncher does not launch comskip. I can run the "Test" button from ComskipLauncher and the comskip txt file is created. But now the commercials are not automatically skipped. Apparently, the commercials can only be skipped if the files are played from the Videos folder. This actually worked, but why such a strange workaround? I attached a couple screenshots and the TV log. I would like to use MediaPortal 1.2. What is the secret to get ComskipLauncher to launch comskip? [/QUOTE]

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