Utility: Comskip

[wayner]

Originally Posted by fvfv

But videoredo is quite far from implementing h.264 support. Is there anything else that can do what videoredo did and can be automated (Command Line) ?

Are they still quite far - they said that the H.264 beta would be ready "soon" about four months ago.

[gplasky]

Originally Posted by fvfv

While there is progress on this field, Do you know of a program that can do what videoredo can with mpg files.

comskip and videoredo has been the perfect combination for cutting and cleaning commercials out of mpg files . But videoredo is quite far from implementing h.264 support. Is there anything else that can do what videoredo did and can be automated (Command Line) ?

Use this: TSPE - Transport Stream Packet Editor

It's the only tool I know that can cut h.264 without reencoding.

A fast, capable, straightforward non-linear Editor and Analyser for transport streams (.ts and .m2ts) - e.g. camcorder (AVCHD), recorded TV, Blu-Ray Disc (BD), etc
Can edit (cut) commercials from captured sources with assisted commercial detection
Advanced technical features for expert users
Wide compatibility with input stream types and sources

45 day trial. About $50 to purchase.

Gerry

[fvfv]

Originally Posted by gplasky

Use this: TSPE - Transport Stream Packet Editor

It's the only tool I know that can cut h.264 without reencoding.



45 day trial. About $50 to purchase.

Gerry

It looks like a promising tool. But before I shell out $50.00 for it, it does not seem to be able to use comskip files. It looks like you have to define your own commercial segments and manually do the cutting. Can you verify ?

[gplasky]

I wasn't able to get it to work with an existing edl file. But contact the developer and see if he can change how the program works.

Gerry

[joe123]

Any chance of having this great plugin show the type of movie compression?

It would be great if it showed if it was an MPEG2 or MPEG4 recording just like it shows the purple (CS) icon in the movie listing.

[erik]

Build 0.80.015 released
Big robustness improvement over build 012

Changes in 0.80.015
- Added parameter: delay_logo_search=0 When set to 1 logo seach will start after added_recording*60 seconds, or you can set it to the number of seconds after which to start the logo search
- Improved scene_change detection processing
- Improved the delete before/after commercial processing.
Changes in 0.80.014
- Bug solved: Certain files cause comskip to crash
Changes in 0.80.013
- Bug solved: The before_logo and after_logo with value 999 failed to work under certain conditions.

[erik]

Originally Posted by gplasky

Use this: TSPE - Transport Stream Packet Editor

It's the only tool I know that can cut h.264 without reencoding.



45 day trial. About $50 to purchase.

Gerry

Does it accept EDL input format?

[gplasky]

Originally Posted by erik

Does it accept EDL input format?

I couldn't get it to accept the edl format comskip creates. It has it's own interface in the program to create a list. The format is like this:

00:00:00.96,1188724,\\MAIN\SageTV\LawOrderSpecialVictimsUnit-Choice-9001855-0.ts
00:00:01.00,1310736,\\MAIN\SageTV\LawOrderSpecialVictimsUnit-Choice-9001855-0.ts
00:00:08.54,8991664,\\MAIN\SageTV\LawOrderSpecialVictimsUnit-Choice-9001855-0.ts

I haven't played with it enough but there are all types of settings and could help you diagnose a file. There is a 45 day free trial and well worth it to check it out.

Gerry

[gplasky]

Originally Posted by erik

Build 0.80.015 released
Big robustness improvement over build 012

Changes in 0.80.015
- Added parameter: delay_logo_search=0 When set to 1 logo search will start after added_recording*60 seconds, or you can set it to the number of seconds after which to start the logo search

What would help with some of these new features is maybe an example of how a typical user would use this. What problem does this solve or how does it make it better.

The reason I say this is because I don't see this in the new ini nor do I see the added_recording*60 in there either so I would guess they would need to be added.

Gerry

[erik]

What I really need to do is write a new manual explaining the many many new features been added after the last version of the manual.

I may start with a simple listing of all the parameters and explaining their use.

When verbose=10 you get a copy of you ini file in the log file but now with ALL parameters being present listing either the default of the value specified in your ini file.

[gplasky]

Originally Posted by erik

What I really need to do is write a new manual explaining the many many new features been added after the last version of the manual.

I may start with a simple listing of all the parameters and explaining their use.

When verbose=10 you get a copy of you ini file in the log file but now with ALL parameters being present listing either the default of the value specified in your ini file.

I agree. But also like the new feature above if I set delay_logo_search=1 added_recording*60 seconds will this help me say if the station does its own commercial and shows its logo? That's why I say an example might help us more. So If you are having this issue then set this to 1 and try aaed_records*50 seconds and it will do this. I know you're busy programming and wouldn't want to slow that up but maybe the setting and an example might be all we need.

Gerry

[Stuntman]

Originally Posted by gplasky

I don't see this in the new ini

That is on my wish list too.. have all possible options in the .ini file, just disable those that Erik doesn't feel are 'must have' items... It would be much easier to have a manual then that would detail what each item in the .ini did, or could do..

[erik]

Originally Posted by Stuntman

That is on my wish list too.. have all possible options in the .ini file, just disable those that Erik doesn't feel are 'must have' items... It would be much easier to have a manual then that would detail what each item in the .ini did, or could do..

i Know, but all the parameters is rather intimidating.
Here they are
Its an ini file with ALL parameters

[Main Settings]
detect_method=43
verbose=10
max_brightness=60
maxbright=1
test_brightness=40
max_avg_brightness=25
max_commercialbreak=600
min_commercialbreak=25
max_commercial_size=125
min_commercial_size=4
min_show_segment_length=125
max_volume=500
non_uniformity=500
[Detailed Settings]
min_silence=12
noise_level=5
brightness_jump=200
validate_silence=1
validate_uniform=1
validate_scenechange=1
global_threshold=1.05
disable_heuristics=4
[CPU Load Reduction]
play_nice_start=-1
play_nice_end=-1
play_nice_sleep=10
[Input Correction]
max_repair_size=200
ms_audio_delay=5
volume_slip=20
variable_bitrate=1
skip_b_frames=0
[Aspect Ratio]
ar_delta=0.08
cut_on_ar_change=1
[Global Removes]
padding=0
remove_before=0
remove_after=0
added_recording=14
delete_show_after_last_commercial=0
delete_show_before_first_commercial=0
delete_show_before_or_after_current=0
delete_block_after_commercial=0
min_commercial_break_at_start_or_end=39
[USA Specific]
intelligent_brightness=0 ; Do NOT change
black_percentile=0.0076
uniform_percentile=0.003
score_percentile=0.71
[Main Scoring]
length_strict_modifier=3
length_nonstrict_modifier=1.5
combined_length_strict_modifier=2
combined_length_nonstrict_modifier=1.25
ar_wrong_modifier=2
excessive_length_modifier=0.01
dark_block_modifier=0.3
min_schange_modifier=0.5
max_schange_modifier=2
logo_present_modifier=0.01
punish_no_logo=1
[Detailed Scoring]
punish=0
reward=0
punish_threshold=1.3
punish_modifier=2
reward_modifier=0.5
[Logo Finding]
border=10
give_up_logo_search=2000
delay_logo_search=0
logo_max_percentage_of_screen=0.12
ticker_tape=0
ignore_side=0
subtitles=0
logo_at_bottom=0
logo_threshold=0.75
logo_filter=0
aggressive_logo_rejection=0
edge_level_threshold=5
edge_radius=2
edge_weight=10
edge_step=1
num_logo_buffers=50
use_existing_logo_file=1
two_pass_logo=1
[Logo Interpretation]
connect_blocks_with_logo=1
logo_percentile=0.92
logo_fraction=0.4
shrink_logo=5
before_logo=0
after_logo=0
where_logo=0
min_black_frames_for_break=1
[Closed Captioning]
ccCheck=0
cc_commercial_type_modifier=4
cc_wrong_type_modifier=2
cc_correct_type_modifier=0.75
[Live TV]
live_tv=0
live_tv_retries=4
dvrms_live_tv_retries=300
standoff=0
dvrmsstandoff=120000
require_div5=0
div5_tolerance=-1
[Output Control]
output_default=1
output_plist_cutlist=0
output_zoomplayer_cutlist=0
output_zoomplayer_chapter=0
output_vcf=0
output_vdr=0
output_projectx=0
output_avisynth=0
output_videoredo=0
videoredo_offset=2
output_btv=0
output_edl=1
output_edlp=0
output_bsplayer=0
output_edlx=0
output_cuttermaran=0
output_mpeg2schnitt=0
output_womble=0
output_mls=0
output_mpgtx=0
output_dvrmstb=0
output_dvrcut=0
output_ipodchap=0
output_framearray=0
output_debugwindow=1
output_tuning=0
output_training=0
output_false=0
output_aspect=0
output_demux=0
output_data=0
output_srt=0
output_smi=0
output_timing=0
delete_logo_file=0
cutscene_frame=0
cutscene_dumpfile=""
cutscene_threshold=10
cutscenefile1=""
cutscenefile2=""
cutscenefile3=""
cutscenefile4=""
cutscenefile5=""
cutscenefile6=""
cutscenefile7=""
cutscenefile8=""
windowtitle="Comskip - %s"
cuttermaran_options="cut=\"true\" unattended=\"true\" muxResult=\"false\" snapToCutPoints=\"true\" closeApp=\"true\""
mpeg2schnitt_options="mpeg2schnitt.exe /S /E /R25  /Z %2 %1"
avisynth_options="LoadPlugin(\"MPEG2Dec3.dll\") \nMPEG2Source(\"%s\")\n"
dvrcut_options="dvrcut \"%s.dvr-ms\" \"%s_clean.dvr-ms\" "
[Sage Workarounds]
sage_framenumber_bug=0
sage_minute_bug=0
enable_mencoder_pts=0

[Stuntman]

Originally Posted by erik

i Know, but all the parameters is rather intimidating.
Here they are
Its an ini file with ALL parameters

Thanks!!
I think that is a great reference! Can you add it to the package, or update this post when you add/remove other options?
Some light reading for my morning coffee!

[NoodleNT]

Isn't there a way to disable comskip on the last few minutes of a recoding? Noticed lately we are missing the last few minutes of a show because the comskip is causing it to jump to the end of the recording.

[Denali]

Originally Posted by NoodleNT

Isn't there a way to disable comskip on the last few minutes of a recoding? Noticed lately we are missing the last few minutes of a show because the comskip is causing it to jump to the end of the recording.

Add to comskip.ini adjusting time as required.

always_keep_first_seconds=60		; Any commercial at the start shorter then this amount of seconds will be regarded as show
always_keep_last_seconds=60		; Any commercial at the end shorter then this amount of seconds will be regarded as show

[Telecore]

always_keep_last_seconds=30 (your value here)

[NoodleNT]

Thanks!

Wish this was in the GUI.

[alfi33]

There is a GUI for editing the comskip.ini file called ComskipINIEditor.exe. It's included in the Comskip download.