Comskip on Client

[jcjefferies]

Does Comskip work on a Client? I have just decided to give Comskip a try anf it appears to work on the server with Bars on the Timeline where it thinks commercials are. However when the same file is run on the client nothing shows on the Timeline.

[stustunz]

Not in recordings, it used to but something has changed and it no longer shows
but if you go in and view through videos instead of recordings it does

[Reddwarf]

I'v never noticed before, but that's a glitch Sub has to fix?

[jcjefferies]

Thanks, I found it works with the "Open File" menu as well. Its a choice between access via "Recordings" but no Comskip and access via "Videos" or "Open File" with Comskip. Access to the Programme Description via Recordings is far more important to me than the ability to skip commercials. At first I didnt like the lack of fast forward but 3 or 4 presses of "Next Track" on the remote skips the commercials. I checked and the client jumps almost exactly 1 minute per press which means the commercial breaks here are often 4 minutes! I can remember the old days when they said "We will be back in two minutes"!

[stustunz]

Yeah it's a streaming versus sharing thing
Sub said this is how it is hopefully in the future it might make a comeback