Matthieu Weber wrote: > On Sat 03.07.2004 at 02:16:33PM +0200, Dirk Meyer wrote: >> Hi, >> >> same subject, different content. Besides timeshift, I want to watch a >> show when it starts. Sounds simple, but programs don't start at the >> given second. So I record 5 min earlier and stop 5 minutes after the >> end. But I want to start watching when the show starts, or even >> better, auto skip commercials. > > I wrote a filter for mplayer that detects black frames, and makes and > EDL so that when watching the show after recording, the commercials are > skipped automatically. It doesn't skip the commercial at the beginning > of the show since it cannot tell if it is show or commercial, but after > that it works pretty well. Provided that your TV channels insert black > frames (or at least something that can be recognized easily), it should > work also for you.
Cool. It would be nice if you could put all your dvb stuff on a website or something like that. I would like to take a look at it and maybe improve it. Maybe someone else, too. Speaking of someone else: noad looks very nice, but it only works for vdr recordings. Maybe someone can fix this to work on TS or PES files and create a mplayer EDL? http://www.freepgs.com/noad/README.en.html >> There is meta information (PSI) on the channel, tools like tv_grab_dvb >> use them to get the epg. Again, some digging: the epg has a status >> field: running, running in some secs, running later, pause. Great. But >> the information is wrong :-( > > Don't count on TV channels living from commercials to tell you when to > skip the commercials :) I know :-( But it would be nice if they tell me when to start a recording. Dischi -- Five exclamation marks, the sure sign of an insane mind. -- (Terry Pratchett, Reaper Man) ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by Black Hat Briefings & Training. Attend Black Hat Briefings & Training, Las Vegas July 24-29 - digital self defense, top technical experts, no vendor pitches, unmatched networking opportunities. Visit www.blackhat.com _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
