When I read the Plexcert it said that it was brought to us by the same people (dev team?) that did Skip Intro. Since Skip Intro runs on all items (DVR and Non-DVR recordings), I was under the impression that imported files would now get the Skip Ads treatment, but I could be wrong. I haven’t added anything to Plex with commercials recently and my ChannelsDVR is offline temporarily (but if Plex and Channels can share the same library but Plex adds Skip Ad info to the Plex XML, for those recordings, IT WOULD BE AWESOME)
Edit 1: Come to think of it, because they put the option under the DVR Commercials Settings, it probably doesn’t run on imported files like skip intros. I wish it did though. Whats the harm in running it on every imported file and marking it in the XML, Plex? It’s a non-destructive process. Maybe it taxes the CPU when there is a lot to process or something…
Edit 2: According to this user post, someone read that it will apply to older recordings via scheduled tasks.