Comskip on programs already recorded without it?

[FrogFan]

Apologies if I've posted this question in the wrong forum.

I've been using Comskip with NextPVR for several years and it works well for me.  Before I added Comskip, I had recorded quite a few programs without it.  I'm wondering if there's a way I can run Comskip on a batch of these programs.  For example, I've recorded multiple episodes of several seasons of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" before I installed Comskip, and I'd like to create the files and data needed to skip the commercials on all of the episodes when I watch them through NextPVR/Kodi.  Is this possible?

I have used the search function here and couldn't find any information that looked related.

Thanks for any help.

[gEd]

I can't recall if comskip always puts it's output file(s) in the same folder as the recordning.
However, you probably need to take a copy of your postprocessing.bat that you are using (I presume) to run comskip and add code like this which will run on multiple files that you drag onto the .bat file.

@echo off

:LOOP
rem you need to add the path to comskip to the line below
Comskip.exe %1

shift
if not [%1]==[] goto LOOP

exit

[artmetz]

I've created a batch file that scans a directory and subdirectories for mp4/ts files and runs comskiip if there is no edl for the recording.
If you have some batch file skills, it's shouldn't be too difficult to modify for your needs.
Both files go into the comskip directory, skipcom.bat is the one you run after modifying the target directory path. It uses comwork.bat to check for directories that don't have recordings with commercials, then runs comskip.exe otherwise.
Not sure what else may need changing for your specific needs.

I've used this on my NPVR and Playon recording directories.
Art

[FrogFan]

Thanks for the suggestions.  I've programmed a fair bit in my day but I don't recognize the code from @gEd or @artmetz above.  The last time I wrote a .bat file, DOS was the operating system.  

I'll dig a bit and see if I can put together some code that handles my case.  I do think the edl files are stored with the episode data.

[artmetz]

Ok. The skipcom.bat has this line:
pushd "D:\Playon"
Which is where you would set the directory you want to have processed. You could try it on a test directory with only one mp4 or ts file.
It will open comskip.out in notepad that contains a log of what was processed.
I don't think any other changes would be required.
Additionally:
"D:\Playon" could be replaced with %1 in skipcom.bat:
pushd %1
Then you would run it this way:
skipcom "D:\SomeDirectory\Path"
Art