Plugin: CommercialDetector

[guho]

Does anyone know how to get Donator ComSkip versions later than 82.003 working on Windows 8.1 without docker containers or virtual machines? Current version is 82.010, which requires Windows 10.

[Striker:WG]

It's a windows resource dependency.

I don't remember what it is specifically, but I thought it was something that Microsoft wasn't offering on older operating systems anymore.

Easy solution is to just run an older version.

[phelme]

Originally Posted by CptKirk

But it looks like his Comskip website is having problems. I can't get to the donators site. Even his Comskip forum is not working.

The last donator version I had that I was using was 82.002 so I'll go back to that one.

I sent him an email letting him know there were problems with his site and asked about the Win10 only support.

I'll be curious if you get any response, seems like the project is stalled. Though it's up on github.

I've been noticing that lately a lot of the newer "screen bugs" are not tracking and commercial skipping accuracy is getting more erratic. :/ Might be time to educate myself on how it works.

[nyplayer]

I recently moved over to UBUNTU getting this error ...


Mon 1/10 13:27:44.985 [EventRouter-544f54435342@1a1f225c] CD: SystemStatus: Title : Episode = The Mary Tyler Moore Show : The Lars Affair
Mon 1/10 13:27:44.986 [EventRouter-544f54435342@1a1f225c] CD: SystemStatus: No jobs in queue.
Mon 1/10 13:27:45.861 [Thread-30@2d6d4316] CD: ComskipJob.executeComskipLinux: comskip failed with return code = 123
Mon 1/10 13:27:45.863 [Thread-30@2d6d4316] CD: ComskipJob.adjustJobTime: Null Times.


Edit

Got it working had a corrupted wine install .... uninstalled and followed this guide ...
https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-ins...-ubuntu-20-04/

[nyplayer]

I noticed that this does not run when using extended file names in SageTV. Is there a work around. ?

[hb4]

Put it through MCEBuddy?

[nyplayer]

Originally Posted by hb4

Put it through MCEBuddy?

I repurposed an old laptop to just run Comskip for my servers and extract subtitles.. Prefer it this way have better control.

[phelme]

wow. back from the dead:

Re: New builds will be anounced in this topic
Post by erik » Tue Feb 15, 2022 9:42 am

Release 0.82.011 done today.
Changes in this release:
- 64 bit executable
- Uses release 4.3 of ffmpeg

[nyplayer]

Originally Posted by phelme

wow. back from the dead:

Re: New builds will be anounced in this topic
Post by erik » Tue Feb 15, 2022 9:42 am

Release 0.82.011 done today.
Changes in this release:
- 64 bit executable
- Uses release 4.3 of ffmpeg

Great thanks for posting.

[hb4]

The readme file specifies W10 only.

[CptKirk]

It has been W10 only for the last 4 builds or so.

[jhkoenig]

I am a long-time user of the donator version of comskip, but always kept the "detection jobs to run at the same time" parameter to 2. Back in the day, my processor just wasn't gutsy enough to handle more.

Fast forward 3 server upgrades, now running the latest I5 processor, it is time to bump that up to better cope with my 6 tuners and our family's insatiable quest for content.

How many jobs do you allow at once?

[sic0048]

Originally Posted by jhkoenig

I am a long-time user of the donator version of comskip, but always kept the "detection jobs to run at the same time" parameter to 2. Back in the day, my processor just wasn't gutsy enough to handle more.

Fast forward 3 server upgrades, now running the latest I5 processor, it is time to bump that up to better cope with my 6 tuners and our family's insatiable quest for content.

How many jobs do you allow at once?

I run a i7-6700 with 16gb RAM. This machine also hosts my CQC automation server and a virtual machine running PBX in a Box. I currently have it set to 3. I have turned it up farther (I think I had 6 instances at one point recently), but that was causing the machine to run much too close to 100% CPU usage for my tastes when they were all running. I believe I see about 40-50% usage when all 3 are running.

I also don't let it run during "live" TV. I wish I could, running it live uses just as many resources but for the entire length of the show vs running a scan that take a short period of time.

[brandypuff]

How do i get updates to the comskip plugin? The UI in SageTV for updating plugins no longer can find github! Get a Failed Resources download error.

[Tiki]

Originally Posted by brandypuff

How do i get updates to the comskip plugin? The UI in SageTV for updating plugins no longer can find github! Get a Failed Resources download error.

What version of Java do you have installed? Outdated versions of Java are a common reason for plugins failing to download.

[brandypuff]

i never installed java. I'm using the one built into SageTV Server

[brandypuff]

I updates JAVA and the plugin updates work now.

[scat]

[QUOTE=tmiranda;439753]CommercialDetector is a SageTV7 plugin that automatically launches comskip after a show has recorded. It produces .edl files that can be read by the Comskip Playback plugin (which is automatically installed for you.)

@tmiranda
thank you so very much for CommercialDetector plugin in SageTV7
my PC that had Sage server on it died, bought all new hardware and I am in the process of getting SageTV server set back up.

For those that need to install the CommercialDetector plugin in SageTV7
see post number 1

Thank you again for this Great plugin
Scat

[KryptoNyte]

I just downloaded and installed the latest version of Comskip from Feb 2022 and after confirming Sage is using these new files, it's doing a great job on all my *.mpg recordings from over-the-air HDHomerun, but it doesn't appear to detect any commercials on my TVE recordings *.ts coming from Channels DVR.

When I donated to comskip initially, there was a special repository for donator version downloads, and the donator version was required for h.264 files as I recall. Is this still the case, and would that have anything to do with no comskip results on TVE files?

I have 4 live recordings going, Sage is reporting comskip running on all 4, and there are 4 comskip processes running on the server. Just no detected commercials.

EDIT: Yeah, that was it, needed the donators version for the h.264. Was probably time for another donation anyways.