dvr-ms comskip and preview

[JavaWiz]

I have a hvr-1600 which has analog and QAM channels set. The analog channels record to .mpg files, the QAM channels record to dvr-ms (I've also tried .ts but was unhappy with the results).

I run comskip while recording, and the analog (.mpg) recordings work great, I can preview with comskipGUI and accurately mark the commercials before I remove them.

Unfortunately, although the QAM (.dvr-ms) files seem to record fine, and comskip marks commercials, the comskipGUI will not render the video so I am unable to accurately mark the commercials. The GUI starts up (slowly, at least slower than an mpg recording), I can see the cut points, but the video window simply displays as black.

I would be willing to pay for the donater version if I could be assured that at least I could preview the cut points to accurately mark them.

I've tried the newest release 80_007 with the same results.

Anybody experiencing the same problem? Did you find a resolution?

Does VideoRedo have the same problem?

[dennit]

I have a hvr-1600 which has analog and QAM channels set. The analog channels record to .mpg files, the QAM channels record to dvr-ms

I have the same setup.

the comskipGUI will not render the video so I am unable to accurately mark the commercials. The GUI starts up (slowly, at least slower than an mpg recording), I can see the cut points, but the video window simply displays as black....
Anybody experiencing the same problem? Did you find a resolution?

I found the same thing - dvr-ms do not display in the GUI. Somewhere I read or was told that that's normal for dvr-ms. AFAIK, there is no solution. For me, the good news is that the DVR-MS HD cuts almost never seem to need tweaking with the GUI.