Commercial Skip continues to be broken. It never completes and hangs the post-processing flow. Is anyone from Plex looking at this?
Does Plex Commercial Skip.exe not use the same format of Comskip.ini?
mines been working ok. except it cuts off the end of the show.
Windows 10.
It looks like the ComSkip.ini is a plex version - I transposed my changes to it from my old .ini file (based on the suggestions from the Comskip forum for Comcast XFinity) and it’s worked once, but failed three more times. Still frustrated and confused on this…
Seems to be working only on some channel over here… Weird
Here’s the Plex comskip file I’m using - it’s basically the same as the text from the Comskip forum (http://www.kaashoek.com/comskip/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1659)
Can someone try this and see if it works for them?
; See comskip.txt in the distribution zip file for many settable parameters, read manual.html, tuning.html and debugwindow.html for how to tune and debug comskip detect_method=255 ; 1=black frame, 2=logo, 4=scene change, 8=fuzzy logic, 16=closed captions, 32=aspect ration, 64=silence, 128=cutscenes, 255=all validate_silence=1 ; Default, set to 0 to force using this clues if selected above. validate_uniform=1 ; Default, set to 0 to force using this clues (like pure white frames) if blackframe is selected above. validate_scenechange=1 ; Default, set to 0 to force using this clues if selected above. verbose=10 ; show a lot of extra info, level 5 is also OK, set to 0 to disable max_brightness=20 ; frame not black if any pixels checked are greater than this (scale 0 to 255) test_brightness=40 ; frame not pure black if any pixels checked are greater than this, will check average brightness (scale 0 to 255) max_avg_brightness=20 ; maximum average brightness for a dim frame to be considered black (scale 0 to 255) 0 means autosetting max_commercialbreak=305 ; maximum length in seconds to consider a segment a commercial break min_commercialbreak=21 ; minimum length in seconds to consider a segment a commercial break max_commercial_size=65 ; maximum time in seconds for a single commercial or multiple commercials if no breaks in between min_commercial_size=14 ; mimimum time in seconds for a single commercial min_show_segment_length=291 ; any segment longer than this will be scored towards show. non_uniformity=250 ; Set to 0 to disable cutpoints based on uniform frames max_volume=0 ; any frame with sound volume larger than this will not be regarded as black frame min_silence=20 ; Any deep silence longer than this amount of frames is a possible cutpoint ticker_tape=0 ; Amount of pixels from bottom to ignore in all processing logo_at_bottom=0 ; Set to 1 to search only for logo at the lower half of the video, do not combine with subtitle setting punish=0 ; Compare to average for sum of 1=brightness, 2=uniform 4=volume, 8=silence, 16=schange, set to 0 to disable punish_threshold=1.3 ; Multiply when amount is above average * punish_threshold punish_modifier=2 ; When above average * threshold multiply score by this value intelligent_brightness=1 ; Set to 1 to use a USA specific algorithm to tune some of the settings, not adviced outside the USA logo_percentile=0.92 ; if more then this amount of logo is found then logo detection will be disabled logo_threshold=0.70 punish_no_logo=1 ; Default, set to 0 to avoid show segments without logo to be scored towards commercial aggressive_logo_rejection=1 connect_blocks_with_logo=1 ; set to 1 if you want successive blocks with logo on the transition to be regarded as connected, set to 0 to disable logo_filter=0 ; set the size of the filter to apply to bad logo detection, 4 seems to be a good value. cut_on_ar_change=1 ; set to 1 if you want to cut also on aspect ratio changes when logo is present, set to 2 to force cuts on aspect ratio changes. set to 0 to disable delete_show_after_last_commercial=0 ; set to 1 if you want to delete the last block if its a show and after a commercial delete_show_before_or_after_current=0 ; set to 1 if you want to delete the previous and the next show in the recording, this can lead to the deletion of trailers of next show delete_block_after_commercial=0 ; set to max size of block in seconds to be discarded, set to 0 to disable remove_before=0 ; amount of seconds of show to be removed before ALL commercials remove_after=0 ; amount of seconds of show to be removed after ALL commercials shrink_logo=5 ; Reduce the duration of the logo with this amount of seconds after_logo=0 ; set to number of seconds after logo disappears comskip should start to search for silence to insert an additional cutpoint padding=0 ms_audio_delay=5 volume_slip=20 skip_b_frames=0 ; Set to 1 to force Comskip to skip frames for higher processing speed. max_repair_size=200 ; Will repair maximum 200 missing MPEG frames in the timeline, set to 0 to disable repairing for players that don't use PTS. disable_heuristics=255 ; bit pattern for disabling heuristics, adding 1 disables heristics 1, adding 2 disables heristics 2, adding 4 disables heristics 3, 255 disables all heuristics delete_logo_file=0 ; set to 1 if you want comskip to tidy up after finishing output_framearray=0 ; create a big excel file for detailed analysis, set to 0 to disable output_data=0 ; create a dump of the user data channel, used for CC and XDS (such as V-Chip info). Can be use together with output_framearray to remote debug CC decoding output_videoredo=0 ; The old videoredo format output_videoredo3=0 ; The new videoredo v3 format. output_womble=0 output_mls=0 ; set to 1 if you want MPeg Video Wizard bookmark file output output_cuttermaran=0 output_mpeg2schnitt=0 output_mpgtx=0 output_dvrcut=0 output_zoomplayer_chapter=0 output_zoomplayer_cutlist=0 output_edl=1 output_dvrmstb=0 ; Set to 1 if you're running DVRMS-Toolbox output_edlx=0 output_vcf=0 output_bsplayer=0 output_btv=0 ; set to 1 if you want Beyond TV chapter cutlist output output_projectx=0 ; set to 1 if you want ProjectX cutlist output (Xcl) output_avisynth=0 output_vdr=0 ; set to 1 if you want XBMC to skipping commercials output_demux=0 ; set to 1 if you want comskip to demux the mpeg file while scanning sage_framenumber_bug=0 sage_minute_bug=0 live_tv=0 ; set to 1 if you use parallelprocessing and need the output while recording live_tv_retries=4 ; change to 16 when using live_tv in BTV, used for mpeg PS and TS dvrms_live_tv_retries=300 ; only used for dvr_ms standoff=0 ; change to 8000000 when using live_tv in BTV cuttermaran_options="cut=\"true\" unattended=\"true\" muxResult=\"false\" snapToCutPoints=\"true\" closeApp=\"true\"" mpeg2schnitt_options="mpeg2schnitt.exe /S /E /R25 /Z %2 %1" avisynth_options="LoadPlugin(\"MPEG2Dec3.dll\") MPEG2Source(\"%s\") " dvrcut_options="dvrcut \"%s.dvr-ms\" \"%s_clean.dvr-ms\" " windowtitle="Comskip - %s"
I ran Plex Commercial Skip from the commandline and passed it the ini file I’ve been using. I’m getting codec error when it goes against the .ts file in the grab folder - it says the TS file is h264, but it’s not supported. Any suggestions?
`C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server>“Plex Commercial Skipper.exe” “\DISK8\Plex\TV-Commercials.grab\ecb72a9e9602b47aa2021db9ec99ebc22aee1676\The X-Files (1993) - S07E04 - Millennium.ts” --ini=“C:\Users\Will\AppData\Local\Plex Media Server\DVR\comskipMod.ini”
Comskip 0.82.005, made using ffmpeg
Donator build
The commandline used was:
“Plex Commercial Skipper.exe” “\DISK8\Plex\TV-Commercials.grab\ecb72a9e9602b47aa2021db9ec99ebc22aee1676\The X-Files (1993) - S07E04 - Millennium.ts” “–ini=C:\Users\Will\AppData\Local\Plex Media Server\DVR\comskipMod.ini”
Setting ini file to C:\Users\Will\AppData\Local\Plex Media Server\DVR\comskipMod.ini as per commandline
Using C:\Users\Will\AppData\Local\Plex Media Server\DVR\comskipMod.ini for initiation values.
Mpeg: \DISK8\Plex\TV-Commercials.grab\ecb72a9e9602b47aa2021db9ec99ebc22aee1676\The X-Files (1993) - S07E04 - Millennium.ts
Exe comskip.exe
Logo: \DISK8\Plex\TV-Commercials.grab\ecb72a9e9602b47aa2021db9ec99ebc22aee1676\The X-Files (1993) - S07E04 - Millennium.logo.txt
Ini: C:\Users\Will\AppData\Local\Plex Media Server\DVR\comskipMod.ini
Detection Methods to be used:
1) Black Frame
2) Logo - Give up after 2000 seconds
3) Scene Change
4) Resolution Change
5) Closed Captions
6) Aspect Ratio
7) Silence
8) CutScenes
ComSkip throttles back from -0001 to -0001.
The time is now 2140 so it’s full speed ahead!
Settings
[Main Settings]
;the sum of the values for which kind of frames comskip will consider as possible cutpoints: 1=uniform (black or any other color) frame, 2=logo, 4=scene change, 8=resolution change, 16=closed captions, 32=aspect ration, 64=silence, 255=all.
detect_method=255
;Set to 10 to show a lot of extra info, level 5 is also OK, set to 0 to disable
verbose=10
;Frame not black if any of the pixels of the frame has a brightness greater than this (scale 0 to 255)
max_brightness=20
maxbright=1
;Frame not pure black if a small number of the pixels of the frame has a brightness greater than this. To decide if the frame is truly black, comskip will also check average brightness (scale 0 to 255)
test_brightness=40
;
max_avg_brightness=20
;
max_commercialbreak=305
;
min_commercialbreak=21
;
max_commercial_size=65
;
min_commercial_size=14
;
min_show_segment_length=291
;
max_volume=0
;
max_silence=100
;
non_uniformity=250
[Detailed Settings]
min_silence=20
remove_silent_segments=0
noise_level=5
brightness_jump=200
fps=22
validate_silence=1
validate_uniform=1
validate_scenechange=1
global_threshold=1.05
disable_heuristics=255
cut_on_ac_change=1
[CPU Load Reduction]
thread_count=2
hardware_decode=0
play_nice_start=-1
play_nice_end=-1
play_nice_sleep=2
[Input Correction]
max_repair_size=200
ms_audio_delay=5
volume_slip=20
lowres=0
skip_b_frames=0
[Aspect Ratio]
ar_delta=0.08
cut_on_ar_change=1
[Global Removes]
padding=0
remove_before=0
remove_after=0
added_recording=14
delete_show_after_last_commercial=0
delete_show_before_first_commercial=0
delete_show_before_or_after_current=0
delete_block_after_commercial=0
min_commercial_break_at_start_or_end=39
always_keep_first_seconds=0
always_keep_last_seconds=0
[USA Specific]
intelligent_brightness=1
black_percentile=0.0076
uniform_percentile=0.003
score_percentile=0.71
[Main Scoring]
length_strict_modifier=3
length_nonstrict_modifier=1.5
combined_length_strict_modifier=2
combined_length_nonstrict_modifier=1.25
ar_wrong_modifier=2
ac_wrong_modifier=1
excessive_length_modifier=0.01
dark_block_modifier=0.3
min_schange_modifier=0.5
max_schange_modifier=2
logo_present_modifier=0.01
punish_no_logo=1
[Detailed Scoring]
punish=0
reward=0
punish_threshold=1.3
punish_modifier=2
reward_modifier=0.5
[Logo Finding]
border=10
give_up_logo_search=2000
delay_logo_search=0
logo_max_percentage_of_screen=0.12
ticker_tape=0
ticker_tape_percentage=0
ignore_side=0
ignore_left_side=0
ignore_right_side=0
subtitles=0
logo_at_bottom=0
logo_threshold=0.7
logo_percentage_threshold=0.25
logo_filter=0
aggressive_logo_rejection=1
edge_level_threshold=5
edge_radius=2
edge_weight=10
edge_step=1
num_logo_buffers=50
use_existing_logo_file=1
two_pass_logo=1
[Logo Interpretation]
connect_blocks_with_logo=1
logo_percentile=0.92
logo_fraction=0.4
shrink_logo=5
shrink_logo_tail=0
before_logo=0
after_logo=0
where_logo=0
min_black_frames_for_break=1
[Closed Captioning]
ccCheck=0
cc_commercial_type_modifier=4
cc_wrong_type_modifier=2
cc_correct_type_modifier=0.75
[Live TV]
live_tv=0
live_tv_retries=4
require_div5=0
div5_tolerance=-1
incommercial_frames=1000
[Output Control]
output_default=1
output_chapters=0
output_plist_cutlist=0
output_zoomplayer_cutlist=0
output_zoomplayer_chapter=0
output_scf=0
output_vcf=0
output_vdr=0
output_projectx=0
output_avisynth=0
output_videoredo=0
output_videoredo3=0
videoredo_offset=2
output_btv=0
output_edl=1
output_live=0
edl_offset=0
timeline_repair=1
edl_skip_field=0
output_edlp=0
output_bsplayer=0
output_edlx=0
output_cuttermaran=0
output_mpeg2schnitt=0
output_womble=0
output_mls=0
output_mpgtx=0
output_dvrmstb=0
output_dvrcut=0
output_ipodchap=0
output_framearray=0
output_debugwindow=0
output_tuning=0
output_training=0
output_false=0
output_aspect=0
output_demux=0
output_data=0
output_srt=0
output_smi=0
output_timing=0
output_incommercial=0
output_ffmeta=0
output_ffsplit=0
delete_logo_file=0
output_mkvtoolnix=0
cutscene_frame=0
cutscene_threshold=10
windowtitle=“Comskip - %s”
cuttermaran_options=“cut=“true” unattended=“true” muxResult=“false” snapToCutPoints=“true” closeApp=“true””
mpeg2schnitt_options=“mpeg2schnitt.exe /S /E /R25 /Z %2 %1”
avisynth_options=“LoadPlugin(“MPEG2Dec3.dll”)
MPEG2Source(”%s")
"
dvrcut_options="dvrcut “%s.dvr-ms” “%s_clean.dvr-ms” "
[Sage Workarounds]
sage_framenumber_bug=0
sage_minute_bug=0
enable_mencoder_pts=0
Input #0, mpegts, from ‘\DISK8\Plex\TV-Commercials.grab\ecb72a9e9602b47aa2021db9ec99ebc22aee1676\The X-Files (1993) - S07E04 - Millennium.ts’:
Duration: 00:59:58.83, start: 1.400000, bitrate: 4129 kb/s
Program 1
Metadata:
service_name : Service01
service_provider: FFmpeg
Stream #0:0[0x100]: Video: h264 (High) ([27][0][0][0] / 0x001B), none(progressive), 1280x720 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], Closed Captions, 59.94 fps, 59.94 tbr, 90k tbn, 90k tbc
Stream #0:10x101: Audio: ac3 ([129][0][0][0] / 0x0081), 48000 Hz, 5.1(side), s16p, 384 kb/s
Stream #0:20x102: Audio: ac3 ([129][0][0][0] / 0x0081), 48000 Hz, stereo, s16p, 192 kb/s
Unsupported codec!
Could not open video codec
\DISK8\Plex\TV-Commercials.grab\ecb72a9e9602b47aa2021db9ec99ebc22aee1676\The X-Files (1993) - S07E04 - Millennium.ts: could not open video codec`
I installed Plex-Media-Server-1.13.2.5154-fd05be322 on a separate machine - I’m getting the same unsupported codec error there too. Both are Windows 10 machines with NVidia cards and current drivers. Thanks! Will.
I’m getting the same. Anyone have a resolution for this?
Works fine for me.
The only way I’ve been able to consistently solve this is by replacing “plex commercial skipper.exe” with a renamed version of comskip. I also put the comskip.ini and comskip.dictionary files in the same main PMS folder. Works well - so well that I haven’t tried the Plex provided plex commercial skipper executable since 1.13.x
