# Ad-Skip Doesn't Work

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/ad-skip-doesnt-work/773944>\
**Category:** Live TV & DVR\
**Tags:** livetv-dvr, server-linux\
**Created:** [January 31, 2022, 2:05pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/ad-skip-doesnt-work/773944 "2022-01-31T14:05:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![garydavidjohnsonberg\_gmail\_com](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f17d59/32.png) [@garydavidjohnsonberg\_gmail\_com](https://forums.plex.tv/u/garydavidjohnsonberg_gmail_com)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2022, 2:05pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/ad-skip-doesnt-work/773944/1 "2022-01-31T14:05:27Z")

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Server Version: **1.25.4.5468**  
Player Version#: 4.73.3  
Tuner Make/Model: Xteve  
Guide/Lineup name: DirecTV  
Using XMLTV?: Yes

I have Plex running on a Linux server (bytesized hosting appbox). I just got Plexpass and setup Live TV + DVR with Xteve, and it all works well, except for ad-skip, which doesn’t work at all.

If I set Plex to skip ads the “non-destructive” way (create index markers) - it just doesn’t do anything. If I set it to skip ads the “destructive” way (delete them from the file) the files just get hung up in processing forever after the recording finishes.

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**Author:** ![garydavidjohnsonberg\_gmail\_com](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f17d59/32.png) [@garydavidjohnsonberg\_gmail\_com](https://forums.plex.tv/u/garydavidjohnsonberg_gmail_com)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2022, 7:42pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/ad-skip-doesnt-work/773944/2 "2022-01-31T19:42:20Z")

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So I looked at one of the recording logs and noticed a couple of interesting things:

################################################################  
Generated using donator Plex Commercial Skipper  
Time at start of run:  
Mon Jan 31 19:03:54 2022  
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Mpeg: /flexdisks/nobuddy/carlolaf65/TV/Gunsmoke/Season 18/Gunsmoke (1955) - S18E18 - Patricia.ts  
Exe comskip.exe  
Logo: /flexdisks/nobuddy/carlolaf65/TV/Gunsmoke/Season 18/Gunsmoke (1955) - S18E18 - Patricia.logo.txt  
Ini: /usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Resources/comskip.ini

Detection Methods to be used:  
1) Black Frame  
2) Logo - Give up after 2000 seconds  
3) Resolution Change  
4) Aspect Ratio

ComSkip throttles back from -0001 to -0001.  
The time is now 1903 so it’s full speed ahead!

**It seems to be assuming there should be a comskip exe, which is strange on a linux system.**

**It has a path to an ini file that I can’t seem to locate on the server (/usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Resources/comskip.ini)**

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**Author:** ![Alucard1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5daacb/32.png) [@Alucard1](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Alucard1)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 1:14am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/ad-skip-doesnt-work/773944/3 "2022-02-01T01:14:49Z")

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My Plex server runs in docker and comskip works for me. I did have to create a DVR folder and add a customized comskip.ini in that folder to get it to work better.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2022, 1:15am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/ad-skip-doesnt-work/773944/4 "2022-05-02T01:15:44Z")

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