X-Newa vs NextPVR XBMC - Comskip with Black Bars

[jksmurf]

I believe that the only thing you need to change in advancedsettings.xml for comskip is the pathsubstitution info.

Thanks BrettB, however as the advancedsettings.xml doesn't exist, you have to create one. So if I create one with ONLY the pathsubstitution (for my setup), just to confirm, is that all I would need? i.e. essentially if I want anything else, I can tweak it, but folks are not using or recommending other settings? If so, I'd really appreciate an example advancedsettings.xml as a starting point (from anyone).

Ta

k.

[dgeezer]

Here is a copy of a simple advancedsettings.xml from my fire tv.

<advancedsettings>
<pathsubstitution>
<substitute>
<from>D:/NPVR_Record/</from>
<to>smb://192.168.1.14/NPVR_Record/</to>
</substitute>
</pathsubstitution>
</advancedsettings>

Here is the wiki page for this: http://kodi.wiki/view/Advancedsettings.xml

Also the userdata location varies based on the os of your hardware see here: http://kodi.wiki/view/Userdata

This was enough to get comskip working in X-newa.

[jksmurf]

Cheers - more simple than I thought :-)


k.

[jksmurf]

Cheers - more simple than I thought :-)
k.

Or not.

I've been test running X-Newa (not Native XBMC) for whether comskip works [bit difficult without black bars though :-)]
The test show is Morning Glory, it should have about 9 skip points, the edl and txt files both exist.
The skip files were produced with use edl_skip_field=3 in comskip.ini
I believe I already have the smb path substitution in <advancedsettings> </advancedsettings> like this:

Code:

<advancedsettings>
    <network>
        <cachemembuffersize>5282880</cachemembuffersize>
    </network>
    <fanartres>560</fanartres>
    <imageres>256</imageres>
    <gui>
        <algorithmdirtyregions>3</algorithmdirtyregions>
        <nofliptimeout>0</nofliptimeout>
    </gui>
    <lookandfeel>
        <enablerssfeeds>false</enablerssfeeds>
    </lookandfeel>
    <bginfoloadermaxthreads>2</bginfoloadermaxthreads>
      <pathsubstitution>
        <substitute>
          <from>D:/GBPVRVids/</from>
          <to>smb://192.168.1.10/GBPVRVIDS/</to>
        </substitute>
        <substitute>
          <from>E:/VideosKids/</from>
          <to>smb://192.168.1.10/VIDEOSKIDS/</to>
        </substitute>
        <substitute>
          <from>E:/Storage/Videos/</from>
          <to>smb://192.168.1.10/STORAGEVIDEOS/</to>
        </substitute>
        <substitute>
          <from>E:/Storage/iTunes/Home Videos</from>
          <to>smb://192.168.1.10/HOMEVIDEOS/</to>
        </substitute>
        <substitute>
          <from>E:/jkm/FamilyStuff/GoPro/</from>
          <to>smb://192.168.1.10/GoPro/</to>
        </substitute>
      </pathsubstitution>
</advancedsettings>

What do I need to be looking for in the logs. I can see the path to the ts file, but I am not sure what else indicates it is or should be skipping?

If I choose right click "share with" on G:\ArchivedMovies\Morning Glory it says "stop sharing" so I assume it is already shared?
What do I need to do next?

[EDIT] I am also a bit confused about whether Path Substitution should be Server NAME or IP Address ?

e.g.

Code:

"Could you try your path substitution as NPVR-SERVER instead of the IP"

k.

[mvallevand]

You'd look in Kodi.log for the "not found" message which means it will stream by http

21:21:11 68.706512 T:1561326656 NOTICE: G:/ArchivedMovies/Morning Glory/Morning Glory_20160110_01500345.ts
21:21:11 68.707069 T:1561326656 NOTICE: not found

Seems to make sense because you don't have any path substitution for G:/ArchivedMovies/

Martin

[jksmurf]

Seems to make sense because you don't have any path substitution for G:/ArchivedMovies/
Martin

Oh, ooops. That's embarassing. Let me try that again ... :-)

[BrettB]

I've been test running X-Newa (not Native XBMC) for whether comskip works [bit difficult without black bars though :-)]

When you are playing a recording, you can press the button/key for the Context Menu ("c" on the keyboard). The player will then add an overlay with detailed info about the video being played. On the next to the last line (the one that begins with "C"), the 3rd data item in is "edl:". For a sample recording of mine it says "b5s10" which means that there are 5 commercial break points and 10 skip points (one at the beginning and one at the end of each commercial break).

Press the Context Menu button/key again to turn off the display.

[jksmurf]

When you are playing a recording, you can press the button/key for the Context Menu ("c" on the keyboard). ...

Thanks Brett, I wish I had got that far. I have been scratching my head about Shares.

I tried the IP, I tried the Server name, I checked the Share ... :confused:

I believe I now have "path substitution for G:/ArchivedMovies/" :confused:

Code:

<advancedsettings>
    <network>
        <buffermode>1</buffermode>
        <cachemembuffersize>0</cachemembuffersize>
        <cachemembuffersize>5282880</cachemembuffersize>
        <readbufferfactor>10</readbufferfactor>
    </network>
    <fanartres>560</fanartres>
    <imageres>256</imageres>
    <gui>
        <algorithmdirtyregions>3</algorithmdirtyregions>
        <nofliptimeout>0</nofliptimeout>
    </gui>
    <lookandfeel>
        <enablerssfeeds>false</enablerssfeeds>
    </lookandfeel>
    <bginfoloadermaxthreads>2</bginfoloadermaxthreads>
      <pathsubstitution>
        <substitute>
          <from>D:/GBPVRVids/</from>
          <to>smb://SMURFPC/GBPVRVids/</to>
        </substitute>
                <substitute>
          <from>G:/ArchivedMovies/</from>
          <to>smb://SMURFPC/ArchivedMovies/</to>
        </substitute>
      </pathsubstitution>
</advancedsettings>

Always

Code:

23:38:34  52.132099 T:1785721920  NOTICE: G:/ArchivedMovies/Morning Glory/Morning Glory_20160110_01500345.ts
23:38:34  52.175636 T:1785721920  NOTICE: not found

The file does play, just no skips, nor details when I press "c" on my Rii keyboard.

I also hate my CEC remote with a passion. I cannot seem to get out of a playing file after a while; but that's another story.

[mvallevand]

Thanks Brett, I wish I had got that far. I have been scratching my head about Shares.

I tried the IP, I tried the Server name, I checked the Share ... :confused:

I believe I now have "path substitution for G:/ArchivedMovies/" :confused:

I suggest you try with an IP and not NETBIOS hostname.

No need to post or upload advancedsettings.xml they are shown in the log.

Martin

[jksmurf]

I suggest you try with an IP and not NETBIOS hostname.

No need to post or upload advancedsettings.xml they are shown in the log.

Martin

OK. Just to be sure - I set the share in Windows, not in Kodi, correct?
i.e. I do not have to go into Kodi to "add a Kodi media source" as advancedsettings.xml substitutions does this?