TLDR: Is there any way to detect and delete commercials (or mark them to skip) on files not recorded on the Plex server? There is a check-box for detect intros but not commercials. I have a bit of a strange setup. I record live TV on to a plex server in “House A”, save it to a HDD in “House A” and …

Perform an “Analysis” on the item. You will be needing the lastest Plex server release. [image] Plex Media Server Announcements Plex Media Server 1.21.2.3939 is now available to everyone. NEW: (Gaming) Retro Games with Plex Arcade sub (MacOS and Windows) (DVR) Server w…

Apologies for my previous, incorrect response! It appears this is indeed possible. You just need to fulfill a few prerequisites: The server software version needs to be >= 1.21.2.3939 The server which shall do the ad-detection needs to have a DVR set up. ad-detection needs to be enabled in the D…

Thanks for your reply Otto. If you read my original post I asked if the ad detection could be performed on a server that doesn’t have the DVR installed. Your response talks about needing to have the DVR set up on the same server.

You need to set up a DVR in Plex. Whether this DVR is then later used for recordings is a different matter. However, doing so will enable you to detect ads in files which were recorded by a different software or a different Plex server, though.

It’d be really nice if simply adding the file to the library would trigger an analyze of the program to do the ad detection. I’m in a somewhat similar situation, but I’m recording stuff using NextPVR and it is putting the .ts recording file into a folder that is part of one of my libraries in Plex. …

There doesn’t seem to be a way to add plex dvr without having a tuner attached to the computer that has the library. The computer in “house B” in my example. Is there a way to enable Plex DVR for this workaround without having to buy another tuner that won’t be used except to set up the imaginary d…

I guess that the answer is no then. Can this be passed along to the dev team? It seems like this shouldn’t be too much of a stretch to add a check box to the advanced library options.

Detect commercials on existing files

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OttoKerner January 28, 2021, 3:14pm 2

Perform an “Analysis” on the item.
You will be needing the lastest Plex server release.

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