I have been trying to get this working on my system too with no luck so far.
I have set up the correct Timezone as per Wiki. Database access is set up and tested from settings menu. There are commskip markups in the database (types 4 and 5) which seem sensible on the face of it. Yet the mvpmc still reports 0 commercial breaks. Anyone any ideas what else to try? (They are UK DVB-T recordings and I know commskip in UK is not entirely reliable, but it works well enough to be useful on my full Myth Frontend) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barry McLarnon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 7:31 PM Subject: Re: [Mvpmc-users] Commskip Problem On Wednesday 02 April 2008 13:26, Scott Harris wrote: > I fought with commercial skip for a long time, wasting a lot of > people's time in the process ;) > > The end problem turned out to be the time format on the mvpmc. > Even though the time was displayed as right, the time zone was > incorrect. So when it went to do the lookups it always looked > at the wrong time slot. Hey Scott, you nailed it! When you mentioned time zone, it dawned on me that my problem started with programs recorded after we went on daylight time, or thereabouts. Sure enough, my dongle config file had old time zone info (TZ='EST+5EDT,M4.1.0/2,M10.5.0/2') in it. I replaced this with TZ='EST+5EDT,M3.2.0/2,M11.1.0/2' and did a quick check, and it looks like mvpmc is now happy: "Found 7 commercial breaks for current program." I had no idea that the time zone setting would effect commercial skipping... seems like the time marks would be relative to the start of the file, but I guess that's not the way it works. In another thread, someone is having a problem with LiveTV not starting - I wonder if the cause might be similar in that case? The wiki sez that date/time must be set properly for that to work. Anyway, thanks much for steering me in the right direction! I wasted considerable time chasing red herrings, but at least I learned a few things along the way. :-) Barry -- Barry McLarnon VE3JF Ottawa, ON ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ Mvpmc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mvpmc-users mvpmc wiki: http://mvpmc.wikispaces.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ Mvpmc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mvpmc-users mvpmc wiki: http://mvpmc.wikispaces.com/
