Plugin: CommercialDetector

[tmiranda]

I record SD from a Hauppauge HVR-2250 and HD from a HDHomeRun. I use the stock comskip.ini and in my experience it's very accurate. The only exceptions are when the HD recordings get blocky (which happens from time to time for some unknown reason) or when the SD video is full of static.

[doncote0]

Often I the system will not autoskip as I have configured, instead it will keep playing in through the marked commercial area.

If I back up the system to just before the skip, stop the recording and then restart, the system will then skip the commercial.

Also, using the UI I cannot sucessfully set a time for the "Restricted Times". If I chose a time and then close, exit or back out, the time selected does not stay.

I am using SageTV 7.19.256 with Commercial Detector 2.09 on Win7 64 bit.

Any thoughts for how to fix this? (Yes I already removed and reinstalled comskip and commercial detector.) Thank you.

[doncote0]

I saw someone else, who is also using Phoenix, post that they have seen the same issue.

[tmiranda]

Originally Posted by doncote0

I saw someone else, who is also using Phoenix, post that they have seen the same issue.

I've never tried it with Phoenix but I have seen others mention the playback issue. A believe that is caused by the comskip playback stvi and not CommercialDetector itself.

As for the problem with setting restricted times, I've never seen that. (I just tried it on my system and it works.)

I am assuming you are using the plugin options menu? (Setup -> SageTV Plugins -> Installed Plugins -> General (from the top selection bar) -> CommercialDetector -> Configure Plugin)

Just for clarity, the most recent versions of the various components are:

• comskip playback 2.0.9
• CommercialDetector UI 1.31
• CommercialDetector General 1.00

[doncote0]

Originally Posted by tmiranda

I've never tried it with Phoenix but I have seen others mention the playback issue. A believe that is caused by the comskip playback stvi and not CommercialDetector itself.

In other words, no fix since it is not your fault?

Originally Posted by tmiranda

As for the problem with setting restricted times, I've never seen that. (I just tried it on my system and it works.)

I am assuming you are using the plugin options menu? (Setup -> SageTV Plugins -> Installed Plugins -> General (from the top selection bar) -> CommercialDetector -> Configure Plugin)

Yes, but I am using SageTV 7.19.256. Everything else in the plugin options menu works without issue except for setting restricted times. BTW I have Sage in it's own directory directly off of C:\ if that changes anything.

If the restricted time changes a hard coded ini or cfg setting, please let me know and I will change it directly in the ini or cfg file.

Thanks!

[gplasky]

Originally Posted by doncote0

In other words, no fix since it is not your fault?


Yes, but I am using SageTV 7.19.256. Everything else in the plugin options menu works without issue except for setting restricted times. BTW I have Sage in it's own directory directly off of C:\ if that changes anything.

If the restricted time changes a hard coded ini or cfg setting, please let me know and I will change it directly in the ini or cfg file.

Thanks!

If you're using this in Phoenix you need to bring up the issues there. They don't use the plugin system the default Sage uses so the plugins that are in Phoenix are implemented by the Phoenix devs. If you go back to the default Sage interface you won't see the issues you've cited.

Gerry

[doncote0]

Originally Posted by gplasky

If you're using this in Phoenix you need to bring up the issues there. They don't use the plugin system the default Sage uses so the plugins that are in Phoenix are implemented by the Phoenix devs. If you go back to the default Sage interface you won't see the issues you've cited.
Gerry

Ah *Light Bulb!*
I'll try to fix them in the default interface and bounce back to Diamond and then check again.

[tmiranda]

Originally Posted by doncote0

Yes, but I am using SageTV 7.19.256. Everything else in the plugin options menu works without issue except for setting restricted times. BTW I have Sage in it's own directory directly off of C:\ if that changes anything.

If the restricted time changes a hard coded ini or cfg setting, please let me know and I will change it directly in the ini or cfg file.

Thanks!

The restricted times functionality should work, I have no idea why it's not working for you. Set the debug level of the plugin ot Trace and send me a log after you get it to fail.

The values are stored in the .properties file on the server, look for "cd/restricted_times".

Tom

[doncote0]

Originally Posted by tmiranda

The values are stored in the .properties file on the server, look for "cd/restricted_times".

Which .properties file exactly? I checked several including the sage.properties file but no "cd/restricted_times".

[tmiranda]

Originally Posted by doncote0

Which .properties file exactly? I checked several including the sage.properties file but no "cd/restricted_times".

It should be in sage.properties on the server. If it's not there that is a clue for debugging the problem.

Can you turn on debugging in sage, set debug log level in CommercialDetector to Trace, try setting the restricted times in the CommercialDetector config options and then attach the logfile? Something is very wrong if the property is not in the sage.properties file.

[Naylia]

Just wanted to say Thanks!!! Plugin is amazing and the family loves how well it works! Between this and CableCARD, our SageTV setup has never been better!!

[tmiranda]

Originally Posted by Naylia

Just wanted to say Thanks!!! Plugin is amazing and the family loves how well it works! Between this and CableCARD, our SageTV setup has never been better!!

[jgourd]

This plugin just won't work for me. I have the donors version in it's own folder. I pointed the plugin to that folder. I have run it from the command line and it works fine. Under no circumstances does it ever launch from your plugin. It never appears in the task manager. I installed using the SageTV app on the machine that is the server. The machine is Vista.

I do not know how to change the log level. Please advise.

[tmiranda]

Originally Posted by jgourd

This plugin just won't work for me. I have the donors version in it's own folder. I pointed the plugin to that folder. I have run it from the command line and it works fine. Under no circumstances does it ever launch from your plugin. It never appears in the task manager. I installed using the SageTV app on the machine that is the server. The machine is Vista.

I do not know how to change the log level. Please advise.

I'm sure it's something simple and we'll get it working.

1. Enable debug logging in Sage. Go to Setup->Detailed Setup->Advanced. Set "Debug Logging" to On.
   
2. Set the loglevel in CommercialDetector. Go to Setup->SageTV Plugins->Installed Plugins. Select "General" from the top tab. Scroll down until you see CommercialDetector. Press enter and select "Configure Plugin". Scroll down until you see "Debug Logging Level" and change it to "Trace".
   
3. While you are looking at all of the CommercialDetector options, tell me (post here) what you have them set to
   
4. Let sage run until one or two recordings have finished.
   
5. Send the logfile. Look in the SageTV/SageTV directory for a file called sagetv_0.txt. ZIP it and attach it to a post.

Let me know if you run into any problems.

Tom

[doncote0]

Originally Posted by tmiranda

It should be in sage.properties on the server. If it's not there that is a clue for debugging the problem.

Can you turn on debugging in sage, set debug log level in CommercialDetector to Trace, try setting the restricted times in the CommercialDetector config options and then attach the logfile?

Ummmm...which log file?

[tmiranda]

Originally Posted by doncote0

Ummmm...which log file?

The sage log, sagetv_0.txt. It's in the sage install directory (same place you find sagetv.exe) and the server.

[doncote0]

A search of my c:\sagetv\sagetv directory on C found no txt files with today's date.

Auto comskip "jump to next program area" is not working, but others have had issues too.

I am running 7.1.9.256 on Win7 (X64).

[graywolf]

Originally Posted by doncote0

A search of my c:\sagetv\sagetv directory on C found no txt files with today's date.

Auto comskip "jump to next program area" is not working, but others have had issues too.

I am running 7.1.9.256 on Win7 (X64).

You must not have Debugging turned on.
Detailed Setup => Advanced => Debug Logging

And if I recall, you need to restart the Sage (Service if in Service Mode) for it to take effect and start producing the sagetv_#.txt (0 being most current) logs

[doncote0]

Please see the attached sagetv*.txt file for more information on the problem I am seeing.

This file had more info on the 04:00-04:59, 03:00-03:59 and 05:00-05:59 times that failed to be set as restricted in the UI.

[tmiranda]

I see some funky things happening in there but it will take me a bit to sort it out. I see you are running a lot of plugins so to help narrow down things I'd suggest eliminating them and see what happens. I can see for sure that the Phoenix Fanart STVi is not installing correctly so please start there. I also think that something is happening with the GKusnick-STVIConfig STVi so remove that one (it may be installed as a dependency by another plugin.)

Tom