I’ve noticed the commercial removal feature for the DVR seems to remove the first few minutes of episodes I have recorded. The commercial breaks in the middle of the show seem to be removed correctly, but I can never see the beginning of the shows. Has anyone experienced this problem?
This goes without saying that prior to enabling commercial removal, the show always started “right on the dot” so I didn’t miss the beginning. The show usually starts on the hour and the first segment is about 7 minutes long. But since enabling commercial removal, the first few minutes are now missing, so the first show segment only lasts about 3 minutes.
I don’t have any minutes prior to show start. It is set to zero. I suspected that might be the answer, but then I don’t know how many minutes ahead of time I should allow. I will try setting it to 2 minutes before the start time. Thanks.
@SERVIDOR_1 said:
I’ve noticed the commercial removal feature for the DVR seems to remove the first few minutes of episodes I have recorded. The commercial breaks in the middle of the show seem to be removed correctly, but I can never see the beginning of the shows. Has anyone experienced this problem?
This goes without saying that prior to enabling commercial removal, the show always started “right on the dot” so I didn’t miss the beginning. The show usually starts on the hour and the first segment is about 7 minutes long. But since enabling commercial removal, the first few minutes are now missing, so the first show segment only lasts about 3 minutes.
You need to add to the comskip ini file to keep x amount of seconds at the beginning and the end example below. I always make sure that I keep the first five minutes and last five minutes of a show.
You can modify the ini as suggested above as well for fine tuning but my experience has been that its not required
The padding is also a suggestion on the comm skip plex page so play with it and see what works best for your specific situation. this link has info on how to locate and modify the ini and you can use any of the commskip ini stuff documented here
I added the 2 minutes before show start and I’ve been monitoring it the past couple of days. Sometimes it will remove everything (the 2 minutes) before show start, so when I play, the recording begins right at show start which is fine. I wasn’t even expecting that. The other thing that has happened some times is it will not remove anything before show starts so I get to see the last two minutes of the previous show. Not a big deal, I can always fast forward. So I think I can live with that solution as long as it doesn’t cut into the beginning of the show I want to watch. Thanks!
I will also try the change in the ini file while bringing the setting back to 0 minutes in the web interface to see how it behaves. But I am wondering if the change in the ini file and the setting in the web interface are one in the same?
