Don't run comskip on certain channels

[plaircpa]

I recorded some football games from an HDHR. They were each 4.5 hours long. After running for 8 hours the comskip program quit. I would like to not have comskip run at all for certain channels. Is there a way to do that? It seems that for some ATSC 3.0 channels comskip is having trouble.

[racameron]

You need to use the API from the command line, but it can be done:

Manual Recording with no ComSkip

I didn't get a chance to add a UI for this today, but the API backend is there in the next prerelease. For example, if channel 1009 is PBS: curl -XPUT http://x.x.x.x:8089/comskip/ignore/channel/1009

[Fofer]

The new OliveTin for Channels docker that @bnhf has created and shared with us includes this very useful script:

OliveTin for Channels: An Interface for Misc Channels DVR Scripts & Tricks

I've been working on a Channels DVR specific version of the OliveTin project. The idea is to make this a central interface for the various scripts people have developed, and miscellaneous tricks that require Python, cURL, jq or whatever. I'll build and maintain the container, including whatever dependencies are required for your favorite script or command line magic for Channels DVR. Here are some screenshots of a few things I have running so far, just to give you an idea of what's possible. I'…

It can also list all the channels that have comskip disabled:

OliveTin for Channels: An Interface for Misc Channels DVR Scripts & Tricks

I'm really liking OliveTin giving me better visibility on which channels have Comskip turned off. There's just no reason to use the computing power to process recordings that don't have commercials. PBS and premium movie channels are the best examples of course. I love Comskip, but when I'm watching a movie recorded from a premium channel and a "phantom" commercial is skipped -- it really breaks the spell. [screenshot-htpc6-2023.10.01-09_53_34]

[plaircpa]

Awesome. Thanks!

Does the job!