That's weird, I'm running latest 2/9 stable and I have the enhanced options.
@sdschramm do you have Deep Video Processing enabled?
EDIT: I realized it's likely because you have a customized comskip.ini. Those will not work with this system. The latest pre-release has a new warning to let you know if this is the case.
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I believe I have modified my comskip.ini a while back. Is it as simple as removing that in order to get the new options to appear?
Yes, removing it will be sufficient to get the options to appear.
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Success! The options have now appeared!
In case anyone else has the same issue, here is how I solved it:
- Go to this location on the server:
C:\ProgramData\ChannelsDVR\data - Locate
comskip.iniand make a backup copy somewhere else, then delete it from the data folder. - Restart the Channels DVR service/app
- Go into the settings and the new options will now appear.
Thank you!
There should be no reason to restart the DVR. Refreshing the browser after deleting the file should be enough.
I enabled enhanced commercial detection but it seems no better than the previous as far as I can tell, for new or existing recordings. Most often it misses a break in the latter half of a show, as in Survivor, Daily Show, Grey's Anatomy (don't judge), and a few others. I can keep track if that's of interest.
Occasionally I go back to the TiVO and especially of late it has been near perfect with commercial detection. Environment is FiOS TV via HDHR Prime cablecard. Pretty vanilla Win10 server environment.
enhanced commercial detection provides more accurate cuts between the skip and the show. It does not detect commercials per say. What it does is use AI to emulate the edits that some members who edit commercials to be a cleaner cut. This means you see less of the commercial just before or after the skip.
Windows 10, I hope you are only using this computer as a Channels DVR server and if you are that you purchased extended service.
If you edit the commercials for an episode in question the editor will tell you how the two styles of commercial detection performed in comparison to each other.
I am and I did.
@eric does enhanced commerical detection work for TVE channels that have automatic detection? If not can they also be included? Reason that I ask is becuase i am using adbtuner more and more. I recorded something on discovery (non TVE) and the enhanced detection was pretty bad.
does enhanced commerical detection work for TVE channels that have automatic detection?
No, Enhanced Commercial Detection runs after Standard Detection finishes (comskip), so if comskip did not run (as is in the case with the TVE automatic detection), Enhanced Detection will not run.
Reason that I ask is becuase i am using adbtuner more and more. I recorded something on discovery (non TVE) and the enhanced detection was pretty bad.
Sorry, I'm having trouble understanding how these things are related. Can you clarify?
I meant that I recorded a show on Discovery using adbtuner and not TVE. The commercial detection was pretty bad. I was trying to figure out why. Could it be that most of the recordings for discovery were not edited due to automatic commercial detection? I've been editing the segments, do you know if there will be an enhanced detection update soon?
It's possible, but we also have a lot of HDHomeRun recordings and I assume many would be from Discovery, so that would be covered. One of the biggest differences/downsides from HDMI-capture-based solutions is that they do not capture Closed Captions, which could be impact the quality.
I'll see if I can roll out a new model in the coming week.
With the new Enhanced Detection, is there a post processing way to cut the commercials and compress the resulting file to an MKV? Like there's an EDL that can be exported and processed elsewhere?
Since I keep most recordings as library, I've been using MCEbuddy for my cuts and also compress the file to save space.
Settings - Advanced - Integrations Advanced settings for other video software
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Thanks. I figured that out. Wasn't sure if the EDL would contain the enhanced detection markers, and it seems it does. I'm going to have to rethink my workflow, but this new editor is going to save me tons of time.
Hi, I frequently have issues with commercial detection of ABC World News. The program does not follow a standard timing. Channels DVR frequently misses commercials, or cuts out too much. I have opted in to the enhanced detection and started submitting edits for the last few days. The issue I'm having is that the sections it allows me to mark are not granular enough. One section could contain both the program and commercials. How can I split it up more in order to provide accurate edits?
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An update to Enhanced Commercial Detection has been released as 2026.03.06.1408. You can press "Check For Update" under Enhanced Commercial Detection to install it.
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