Config - Misc - Auto-skip commercials = no channels found

[Pob]

I spent hours tonight trying to setup GBPVR on a PC, but just could not get either of two capture cards (a Nova-T PCI and a Nova-T Stick) to find any channels. I reinstalled eveything at least three times! Tried changing most of the config options, but in the end it all worked only once the Auto-skip commercials (needs comskip files) option was unchecked.

On previous installs I have had similar problems, and randomly checked / unchecked options before things 'magically' worked! But at least I now have empirical evidence of what causes the problem...
(Even now, after setting up all the channels on DVB_T, if the auto-skip option is checked, a rescan fails to find any channels).
So please someone add this to the wiki, and save another soul from elevated stress levels! Or maybe it should default to auto-skip being disabled...

[jsebright]

Thanks, have also been struggling for a few hours (!) trying to resolve this. I've seen several other threads which seemed to suggest this was a 1.2.13 specific issue, but even with this version your suggestion works. I suspect this clears up all the other threads.
Perhaps it's all OK if you've got commmercial detection & comskip software installed, but on a new install I haven't done that yet.
All the best,

Jon.

[whurlston]

Good find. If sub catches this thread, he'll probably add it to the survival guide thread. If he misses it while he's on vacation, someone should bump it when he gets home in a week or two.

[sub]

Thats odd. If a couple more users can confirm, I'll add it to the survival guide.

[rapepperuk]

Unfortunately this hasn't stopped the digital scanning crashing for me.

RAP