I noticed that recently some of the shows which worked with Commercial Detection stop detecting commercials. I checked the log and it shows the following for each show that failed.
exit status 11: Comskip 0.82.011, made using ffmpeg
Anyone else have this or know how to correct it?
Thank you.
DVR SPECS
Version - 2026.02.09.1530
OS - Apple Mac16,10 Darwin
CPU - 10 cores / Apple M4
Yeah that's a segfault which means it crashed because of a memory access violation. Usually a pointer gets corrupted when that happens. Don't know how or if the devs can get the core file to take a look at it or if they can even change comskip.
I wonder if this is the reason why I've seen some shows that don't have comskip on Windows. Never checked the logs.
I went back to the last stable version backup and dragged the comskip file into the Latest folder and commercial detection now works.
Same problem here - where did you find the last stable version? I'm on Mac OS, so that would be Version 2025.10.30.0047, but I can't find where/how to download it.
Thanks
This is the way
Macintosh HD>Users>"you">Library>Application Support>ChannelsDVR>2025.10.30.0047>comskip
If you're having problems that you would like us to look into, please submit diagnostics so we can see what's happening.
I have been using ChatGPT to diagnose this issue. I am running DVR Server on a 2014 Mac mini - Apple Macmini7,1 Darwin * 12.7.6 (kernel: 21.6.0)*, 2 cores / Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4578U CPU @ 3.00GHz, load averages: 1.81 1.60 1.52.
After much isolation, it was determined that the lowres=1 parameter in the generated comskip.ini file seems to be the culprit that triggers the Status 11 fault. ChatGPT analysis:
"On older Intel Macs (Haswell i7-4578U), the low-resolution detection path can trigger crashes in some ffmpeg-linked builds — especially when combined with specific detect methods."
I created an ini file with lowres=0 and it ran fine. Is there a way to change the lowres parameter via the UI or some "master ini" file that is used to generate what appears to be dynamic ini files for each comskip? ChatGPT is offering a wrapper comskip file that alters the ini file on the fly before it's used, but that seems extreme...
Are there other specific diagnostics that you need? If so, please instruct where to find them.
I am currently running Pre-release version 2026.02.17.0559
Please go to Support -> Troubleshooting -> Submit Diagnostic Logs from the web interface of the DVR and let us know when it's been submitted so we can have a better idea of what was going on.
Thanks for reporting this issue. The latest build should work better for you. We ran into a weird compiler bug that was causing the crash.
This build will have the fix for the crash.