Comskip Support Forum

Hi Eric; I'm recording in H.264 format in a WTV container. This is because I use a Hauppauge Colossus capture card in Windows Media Center 7. Comskip works perfectly for scanning/detecting commericals - thank you! but what I can't seem to do is cut commercials out of the file. I use DVRMSToolbox for...

Agreed :mrgreen: I've been using SA since before 0.97 was released and the subsequent releases since. At one point I ran both SA versions simoultaneously, along with Comskip, and chose between them on a profile by profile basis :lol: In the early days SA was it and comskip was the runner up. I'm ple...

and....the results are in :mrgreen: Filetype = 60 minutes H.264 High-Definition .wtv file Processor = i3 540 Threads = 4 results in 93-99% CPU usage across all cores and scanning completes in 10 minutes 55 seconds <=wahoo! Threads = 2 results in 50-53% CPU usage on 3 cores and scanning completes in ...

OK, one last thing. I noticed that this line in comskip.ini; disable_heuristics=4 has not had the ; before the comments for some time now ;-) Just a thought, but I've been ading it manually for the last few releases :mrgreen: Woops... also it seems that the threadcount line is missing in the new com...

BTW, can I keep my existing comskip.ini or does it have to be replaced too?

Edit: Checking the new comskip.ini I can't seem to find parameter;
logo_shrink_tail=0

Nevertheless, I added it to my existing comskip.ini - hopefully that's right

Sure can - I'll be back with info in a couple of hours!

I'm afraid so;

[CPU Load Reduction]
thread_count=4
play_nice_start=-1
play_nice_end=-1
play_nice_sleep=10

Wow - is that processing one show or more then one? With thread_count set at 4 I get 25% CPU load max. That's with an i3-540 on Windows 7 x64 I thought I would try it by dragging a file onto comskipGUI (taking everything else out of the equation) and I get the same thing, 25-29% processor usage. Thi...

I did - I set it to 4 right after installing the latest contributor build. What I found though is that CPU usage only hit 25%. I have a dual-core CPU that's got HyperThreading so it task manager shows 4. Two Logical CPU's and two for the hyperthreading. If memory serves only one of the 4 showed real...

erik wrote:set
verbose=0
in comskip.ini

Thank you sir

Hi Folks; I'm running 0.81.019 and I see that it's leaving a .log file in my Recorded TV folder. Is there any way to change comskip so that it will not create or delete this file? Thanks! BTW, the contents looks like this; ################################################################ Generated us...

I did a test scan using DVRMSToolbox (the GUI) and you can can choose the process priority of the scan. I set to to high and it used about 75% of the processor - which is something I'm more then OK with. I'm finding it's pretty slow on HD shows (1920x1080 H.264) in a .wtv container Is there any way ...

QuadraQ wrote:

marvin-miller wrote:I think you need both of these in comskip.ini

output_dvrmstb=1
dvrmsstandoff=120000

The output_dvrmstb=1 was enough for me.

Yeah, the second line might have been deprecated at some point...

You got it! Even if you don't convert the file and just chop out the commercials you'll still save a considerable amount of space. I too watch my recorded shows off my NetBook sometimes through Windows Media Player (I just share the directories on the network and tell Medis Player to look there for ...

Man, there's some nice posts in this thread! Way to go btracy :D My goals are a little bit different - I usually record entire series and then use the toolbox to archive them off. So, my method of use is like this; Move the file to C:\Temp for processing Scan the file for commercials Cut the commerc...