I've been reliably using Comskip with H264 and MPEG2 HD / SD WTV files.
To do this I use DVRMSToolbox to run VideoReDo TVsuite Beta 612 which converts the files to MPEG2 first before running comskip
Pros:
Comskip is much quicker working with MPEG2 than it is on H264, so tuning is much faster once the conversion has been done
It works with the AAC-LATM sound used in New Zealand and Norway and I think on BBC HD.
VRD uses all the cores of a multi core processor so it converts H264 quicker than Comskip can read it (don't expect miracles though, H264 is very CPU intensive to decode)
Cons:
Only 1 instance of VRD can run at a time using toolbox otherwise it screws up, I control this using a batch file
You have to buy VRD
You can't use it on Live TV
On a Clarkdale 661 CPU it takes just under double the runtime to convert, and scan in the background
Aaah, even smarter! I felt stupid asking as it seemed obvious, but now I don't regret it.
I used to use ComSkip before, but switched to ShowAnalyzer as ComSkip didn't support wtv. But I'm having huge problems with ShowAnalyzer, so contemplating moving back if it works.
sheppy99 wrote:Is that resolution good enough to work with hd logos? So far I've kept it the same.
Depending on the resolution comskip will subsample the video for the logo detection.
For HD there is a 4 times subsampling, for 320x200 there is no subsampling.
Of course if the logo is ver faint it may cause problems but its design to work on scaled down video.
Maybe you can test as it saves HUGE processing time.
Erik, if you need to know more about the WTV container, take a look at VLC's source. VLC recently added support for WTV, and VLC can play every non-copy-protected WTV file I have flawlessly on my Mac.
I personally use ShowAnalyzer for WTV scanning, but that's only because I have a lifetime license from when it was in beta. Comskip needs to support WTV because it is open-source. SA is the only solution out there right now, and it's closed. If SA is abandoned, we're out of luck.