On Tue, 2005-02-15 at 15:51, Brad Benson wrote: > On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 14:40:21 +0800, Ow Mun Heng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sorry--Top posting to my own thread. > > > > I just read some additional thread on the mailing list (off-line > > archived in my laptop) in that the flagging is done via software > > detection. eg: YOu detect OSD brightness changes(?) or TV station Logo? > > > > Is that right? > > > > On Tue, 2005-02-15 at 14:11, Ow Mun Heng wrote: > > > I'm clue-less and I just read that MythTV has code which can detect > > > commercials and perform commercial skipping? > > > > > > How true is this and how does it work? can anyone enlighten me? > > > Why does it use the database for this? What sort of marker is > > > placed/marked? > > > > > > Note : No I-Net access thus, can't google. > > >
> > > > That is correct. Commercial flagging in myth is done via software > detection. There are various methods that can be used for this and > you can select which method to use on the 7th screen under > Setup->Setup->TV Settings->Playback. The options are (descriptions > are my current understanding, I'm not a myth developer and have never > looked at the actual commercial detection code): This is _darn_ cool man.. Wow.. I've not set-up Mythtv before and only now am playing around with Freevo but if I do get a TV card, Mythtv would be the proggie > > Blank Frame Detection: determines commercial breaks by finding blank > frames in the stream > Blank Frame + Scene Change Detection: determines commercial breaks by > finding blank frames surrounded by frames containing vastly different > scenes > Scene Change Detection: determines commercial breaks by detecting > adjacent frames with vastly different scenes > Logo Detection: determines commercial breaks by detecting station logo > All: combines all of the above methods of commercial detection > > > One question, for my sanity, before I go. If you don't have internet > access to search google, how did you send emails to the mailing list? hehe.. This is a company thingy. We have email access but no I-net Access. If I do want internet, it'll have to come via a page at a time via the Web-Via-Email service. > Hope that info helps you It Does. Many Thanks > . > > Brad > > ______________________________________________________________________ > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- Ow Mun Heng Gentoo/Linux on DELL D600 1.4Ghz 98% Microsoft(tm) Free!! Neuromancer 16:04:51 up 7:11, 4 users, load average: 2.14, 1.20, 0.66
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