comskip results will vary by network and show.
Channels DVR devices (clients) all have their quirks when playing back.
I don't use a Channels client device, just the DVR.
If you have issues and like Channels DVR, raise the issue and submit diagnostics.
You can "tune" the comskip that Channels DVR uses, but it's not for the feint of heart and not a simple GUI/switch.
comskip was not developed by the Channels DVR developers.
http://www.kaashoek.com/comskip/
I know you are trying to help but unfortunately we aren't talking about the same things. Never said anything about clients. The comm skip error detection is not done on the clients it's done on the server which for me is Windows 10 and I have noticed commercials breaks with a show that comes back for less than like a minute and a half never sees it has come back and marks it all as commercials even though it isn't. Again all I said is I wished we had a way to edit the commercial skip on Windows 10 since it would be easy to do it on that server platform. It was a wish for someone having problems with it not detecting commercials right. But until or if it doesn't happen I will and do just do all the skipping manually. And the one you are talking about Channels DVR won't use it. I have downloaded it and put it in the same folder as the one Channels has there's in and even moved the channels app out of the folder and channels doesn't even see the program at all and disabled comm skip so even though you can download a gui version it's not compatible with Channels DVR unfortunately.
Why would you replace the Comskip that comes with Channels DVR with yours when ChannelsDVR uses the donator version. What you have to do is supply your own INI file.
On Windows 10 your own INI goes here C:\ProgramData\ChannelsDVR\data
Because the one in channels has no gui but the newer one on github does have a gui option is why. If I change the settings on the comm skip program channels doesn't read the ini file it creates it just ignores it so I also tried just replacing comm skip in Channels with the one that let me use a gui to edit it but then it doesn't use it at all. So another words it won't let me edit the one that Channels uses it says it can't open the ini file and the one the github creates is ignored by channels
Supply your own like I posted above ... Copy over the INI after you have edited with the gui. It is that simple.
Then what are you playing the recordings with???
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Viewing with what Channels client?
You can do that with the DVR web UI, that's all they have right now. Otherwise tune it's comskip.ini file
I think you're talking about VideoReDo?
That's a Windows video editing program.
Again if I supply my own ini file Channels just ignores it. Anyway I want a way to edit the ini on Channels with a gui because I'm not a computer programmer so trying to go though the code in ini file that channels has means nothing to me hence why I suggested a gui to edit the comm skip settings.
If you copy it over the DATA directory like I posted above it will not ignore it.
On Windows 10 your own INI goes here C:\ProgramData\ChannelsDVR\data
You just have to make sure that you keep these settings in your ini ...
use_existing_logo_file=0
logo_fraction=0.39
delete_logo_file=1
output_vdr=1
output_edl=1
output_ffmeta=1
output_ffsplit=1
thread_count=1
I give up, too many cooks in the kitchen
I think when D7789nnm says GUI, he means an easy way to edit the comskip results that Channels DVR uses in a more intuitive WYSIWYG way and doesn't understand it's only a GUI editor for a comskip.ini file -- just my thoughts.
Lol no I've never used VideoReDo. I recorded way to many shows to run them all though an outside program. Try it and you will see that the ini that Channels created for comm skip can't be opened by the program from github with the same name. And Channels won't use the one I created from the github version. Download it and you will see the 2 are completely different sized programs and file dates are a year or 2 apart. I don't know if it's the reason why it can't use each others ii but if you download it you will see what I'm talking about.
I think you might be correct ... Channels DVR has a great gui for editing commercials.
Just answer this simple question do you want to use your own INI file yes or no .? If the answer is no then I am outta here and will not offer any more feedback.
No. I want to be able to adjust the settings that the built in comm skip program included with Channels DVR uses. You say it has great gui to edit it. I think you are taking about editing the video. I am talking about being able to edit the settings that the Channels DVR is using with it comm skip program with actual user interface.
That is what the comskip.ini ... I give up.
You are confused.
If you want to change the way Channels DVR detects commercials, you can edit its comskip.ini file.
But you need to understand what you're doing.
Likely that neither the Channels DVR developers or this community will help you with that.
BECAUSE comskip was not written by the Channels DVR developers.
It's not as easy as you think.
Yes you can edit it with notepad but if you go all the way up to my first comment and just about every comment I made I said and will say again, I would like an easy way to change the settings on comm skip program. That's all because it doesn't work very well for me. I also said that I have no idea what any of it means when you open it up with notepad on windows and that is why my only thing I asked would be an easy way to change the comm skip settings on Channels dvr. If it can't happen then it can't. Not everyone is technical enough to just be editing the ini file and know what it does in notepad. I am one of them and is why I never asked how to edit it manually. I think to many people were on this and everyone got confused who was saying what unfortunately. But I do appreciate everyone trying to help everyone on here. It's a great community for sure.
If you look in your Channels DVR folder and click on logs then select comskip then any folder you will see the Comskip.ini that Channels DVR uses you can copy it over to to where the comskip gui is and edit it then put it in ... "C:\ProgramData\ChannelsDVR\data" and it will use it.
Just do not touch these settings ...
use_existing_logo_file=0
logo_fraction=0.39
delete_logo_file=1
output_vdr=1
output_edl=1
output_ffmeta=1
output_ffsplit=1
thread_count=1
Welcome to the club. Will probably never happen. Channels DVR didn't develop comskip.
They have a commercial editor on their web UI and iOS.
You can provide feedback on that and issues you have with it.
Other than that you can edit the comskip.ini to change comskip behavior if you know what you're doing or you can use something else if Channels DVR commercial detect isn't working for you and is a deal breaker for you. Just let us know what that is.
Paragraphs for god sakes. Paragraphs.
Paragraphs have gone the way of cursive writing and math .. lol ... you just need to know swipe left right up and down. Siri Bixby and google.