How am I just discovering this new feature today?! Excited to see how much it improves my experience. Thank you devs!
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Enhanced Comskip model 2026.03.20.1803 has been released.
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Thank you Eric,
Years ago when I chose to move from TiVo to Channels DVR automatic commercial skipping on all content was the deciding factor for me. Back then both the humans doing the commercial skipping for the TiVo and automatic commercial skipping on Channels DVR were both OK yet there was plenty of room for improvement. My recent commercial skipping experience on Channels DVR has been fantastic. I start a showing and put my remote down and don't need to pick it up till it's over. I have not seen a false positive or false negative in a few weeks.
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That's a great anecdote, but I can tell you that it's wildly inconsistent on sports events. I chase watch almost everything to catch up to live and the live detection still replies on comskip which is problematic.
But even on events where they've completed and enhanced detection has run, I don't really see a huge difference in the reliability of the skips. Some events on some channels are great, others are unwatchable with automatic skips.
Live commercial detection has never worked well for me. I'm not aware of anyone that is happy with it. If you are somone that is happy with live commercial detection please chime in.
@GTFan It's true that Sports Events are one of the lowest category of recordings that people have submitted edited commercials for. The more that we get, the better the system will become at being able to handle the unique aspects of them.
Thanks, I'll try to do better to submit those.