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I have show analyzer (trial) installed with DVRMSToolbox and set preferred analyzer to automatic. If it works like it should I want to buy show analyzer but like this I'd rather fast forward and disable auto skip.

Thanks.

To get this working you will have to tweak the settings for ShowAnalyzer to get better commercial detection.  I think what you want to do right now is use the right arrow to skip forward when you want.  The down arrow disables autoskip.

ok, any tips on what and how to tweak. Is comskip better?

isn't the right arrow doing the same thing as autoskip?

Usually it is dependent on your location so just trial and error.  I use both comskip and show analyzer.  I find that depending on channel one works better then the other. 

The right arrow does the same thing as autoskip, but you mentioned it started playing commercials after the show ends, the arrow allows you to do the skip immediately.

Good luck!

If I set it to automatic, depending on what does DVRMSToolbox make choice for comskip or showanalyzer?

yes, sounds logic.

Thanks

Automatic will use Showanalyzer if it is registered otherwise it will use comskip.

Ok I will play with some settings to see where it leads me.

 Thanks.

 This is the comskip.ini I use on all dutch channels

detect_method=47    ;1=black frame, 2=logo, 4=scene change, 8=fuzzy logic, 16=closed captions, 32=aspect ration, 255=all
verbose=10        ;show a lot of extra info, level 5 is also OK, set to 0 to disable
ticker_tape=0
max_brightness=60      ;frame not black if any pixels checked are greater than this (scale 0 to 255)
test_brightness=40      ;frame not pure black if any pixels checked are greater than this, will check average brightness (scale 0 to 255)
max_avg_brightness=20    ;maximum average brightness for a dim frame to be considered black (scale 0 to 255) 0 means autosetting
max_commercialbreak=600 ;maximum length in seconds to consider a segment a commercial break
min_commercialbreak=30    ;minimum length in seconds to consider a segment a commercial break
max_commercial_size=170    ;maximum time in seconds for a single commercial or multiple commercials if no breaks in between
min_commercial_size=4   ;mimimum time in seconds for a single commercial
min_show_segment_length=170; any segment longer than this will be scored towards show.
non_uniformity=500
max_volume=250    ; any frame with sound volume larger than this will not be regarded as black frame
intelligent_brightness=0 ;
delete_logo_file=1    ; set to 1 if you want comskip to tidy up after finishing
give_up_logo_search=2000
output_framearray=0    ; create a big excel file for detailed analysis, set to 0 to disable
connect_blocks_with_logo=1    ; set to 1 if you want successive blocks with logo on the transition to be regarded as connected, set to 0 to disable
logo_percentile=0.92    ; if more then this amount of logo is found then logo detection will be disabled
logo_threshold=0.70
aggressive_logo_rejection=0
cut_on_ar_change=1    ; set to 1 if you want to cut also on aspect ratio changes, set to 0 to disable
delete_show_before_or_after_current=1
delete_show_after_last_commercial=1; delete the last block if its a show and after a commercial
shrink_logo=5    ; Reduce the duration of the logo with this amount of seconds
output_framearray=0
output_videoredo=0
output_cuttermaran=0
output_womble=0
output_mpgtx=0
output_training=0
output_edl=1
output_zoomplayer_chapter=0
output_zoomplayer_cutlist=0
padding=0
live_tv=0
edge_level_threshold=5
edge_radius = 2
excessive_length_modifier=0.1
ar_wrong_modifier=10.0

output_dvrmstb=1

Thanks. Will give it a try.

Dont forget (at least) adding output_dvrmstb=1 if you use it with DVRMSToolbox

:)

Yes I know. Erik (comskip) told me.