Comskip when Streaming?

[sub]

Hi,

Just trying to understand - when streaming from NextPVR (using live?recording=, or transcode?recording= for example), does NextPVR use the Comskip info (in the stream)?

Thanks!

They're two separate things. NextPVR provides APIs for getting the comskip information, and API for streaming the file. It's up to the player to use that comskip information to do the skipping at the appropriate times. ie, if it queries the comskip info and knows it's supposed to skip at the 15 minute mark (to 19 minute mark), then starts streaming the recording, when it reaches the 15 minute mark, the player rerequests the recording stream starting at the 19 minute mark.

[arrmo]

Hi,

Yep, random access does work - I admit, not quite sure why / how that happens, but it does ... . That's partially why I thought comskip may work, as it seems to be on the server side.

Thanks!

[mvallevand]

Because skipping (i.e. reading and using the .edl file) is a function of the playback client not the streaming server. For skipping to work with a client, the client must first have a method to read the .edl file to get the list of skip points, and then it must be able to use those skip points to actually skip during the playback.

I'm not sure, but I don't believe that the method of streaming that you are trying to use (via HTTP) supports "random access" (i.e. skipping to a particular point in the file).

I made a change to to the Kodi source and edl support via http is very possible and worked well. As sub worte it is client based because with buffering you never no exactly where the client is actually playing and the server streamer is not going through demux to find the time points to skip.

Martin

[arrmo]

Gotcha, makes sense. Can you share those changes by any chance? Or if it's easier, just point to them?

Thanks!

[mvallevand]

Gotcha, makes sense. Can you share those changes by any chance? Or if it's easier, just point to them?

Thanks!

For Kodi, there was an if that didn't get actionned for edl when using http. I did it as POC since I would never use it, but it isn't too hard to find in the Kodi source stepping back from when the edl gets loaded.

Martin

[arrmo]

Will dig into it - thanks!

[arrmo]

Hi,

Continuing to dig, and I do see where some of this exists in the code, but I admit ... not sure I see the syntax of how to jump / step in terms of the stream (and unclear if it's using the http://server:port/live? interface, or the file directly). Any pointers you have would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

[mvallevand]

It was using http with the live?recording= call. I started making changes around here https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/blob/f46266...l.cpp#L101 and worked around the fact they didn't like internet streams. Jumping itself is just basic http seeking and I didn't change that.

Martin

[boringgit]

Aah - so using kodi as a client won't use the comskip data?

That's a shame, but as I didnt set up comskip yet - it saves me the bother

[BrettB]

Aah - so using kodi as a client won't use the comskip data?

If you use kodi with X-NEWA and SMB access to the .ts files, then it uses comskip data very nicely. I use it all the time!