ComSkip not Working for Me

[BrettB]

Comskip.exe & Comskip.ini are in my C:\Users\Public\NPVR directory. Used comskip %1 in both ParallelProcessing and PostProcessing and did not get a .edl file.

Your ParallelProcess.bat file is still launching NextEnd twice and then running comskip! Then after the recording ends, you are trying to run comskip a second time!

Please, please, please, follow our instructions and edit your files as follows:

ParallelProcessing.bat

Code:

@echo off
start /b "" "%PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\NPVR\NextEnd.exe" --oid %3 --sd
exit /b

PostProcessing.bat

Code:

@echo off
cd /d "C:\Users\Public\NPVR\"
comskip %1

Dragged a file to comskip.exe, which created a .edl, but I can't open it in NPVR. Uploaded NPVR and Comskip config files and my batch files, as well as they latest logs.

You don't open the .edl file directly with NextPVR. When you go to play a file, NextPVR will look in the same folder as the .ts file to see if there is an .edl file with the same base filename. If so, then it will read the skip points from the .edl file and use to automatically skip those points when playing the file.

[GWCowling323]

After a year of travel I finally have time to get back to this issue. I made the the changes to batch files on this PC as suggested and I still don't get .edl files. When I drop a .ts file on comskip.exe a window opens and I see comskip doing its thing, however when it's done it does leave a .edl file. On my other PC I am still using the batch files you don't like and it has never had a problem creating .edl files. When I take a .ts file from this PC and drop it on comskip.exe on the other PC it creates a .edl file. I can only assume that there is some other issue here.

[BrettB]

I made the the changes to batch files on this PC as suggested and I still don't get .edl files. When I drop a .ts file on comskip.exe a window opens and I see comskip doing its thing, however when it's done it does leave a .edl file.

Did you mean to say "...it does not leave a .edl file."? If so, then I would suggest comparing your comskip.ini files and make sure that they both specify that you want comskip to output an .edl file.

[mulletback]

Your comskip.ini file has: output_edl=0
Edit to read: output_edl=1

[mvallevand]

Also although NextPVR doesn't distinguish cut and skip I find it is best to use skip if youi ever plan on using Kodi since the commercials are in the timelne even when they are skipped.

edl_skip_field=3

Marti

[jksmurf]

Hi Martin, does auto-skip from comskip work in Kodi now? Not just show the timeline with cut points?

[BrettB]

Hi Martin, does auto-skip from comskip work in Kodi now? Not just show the timeline with cut points?

As long as you use smb or nfs (or local filesystem) to access the file (not http), then it works.

[Barry10]

New to comskip, but I set it up as a postprocessing.bat. My quad tuner records 4 shows at a time, then uses comskip to mark commercials. When doing multiple recordings every file has commercials, but single recording work fine. My question is this normal behavior? Otherwise no issues with the latest version of NextPvr, I did the Nshared.dll fix and it works fine for me.

[mvallevand]

New to comskip, but I set it up as a postprocessing.bat. My quad tuner records 4 shows at a time, then uses comskip to mark commercials. When doing multiple recordings every file has commercials, but single recording work fine. My question is this normal behavior? Otherwise no issues with the latest version of NextPvr, I did the Nshared.dll fix and it works fine for me.

Sounds more like a bug in your batch file. Post logs and your batch file.

BTW new threads for new problems don't cost anything.

Martin

[GWCowling323]

Your comskip.ini file has: output_edl=0
Edit to read: output_edl=1

Made change to comskip.ini I can now drop .ts files on comskip.exe to get a .edl file. With recording I now get no .edl file or a 0 kb .edl file and no commercial skips in the time line. I was going to upload the .edl file and .txt files from recent examples of each but there is no longer a link to select files, so I will include in another post. I've tried parallel processing and post processing with the same results. I've attached the most recent batch files as well as my log.