Probably a stupid question...

[etnpnys]

Up front: sorry. I'm new here.

The page at http://www.nextpvr.com/nwiki/pmwiki.php?...ty.Utility hasn't been updated since 2011, and I've searched and searched and can't seem to find an answer... What does everybody use to remove commercials from recorded TV?

I would like to have my recordings processed through something that removes commercials and then renames and moves the new file somewhere else. FWIW, I intend to play everything through Plex, which doesn't seem to support skipping commercials, so I don't think just Comskip will be enough...??

Comclean? Does that still work?
GuidePlus seems to do HALF of what I'm looking for...
Walkthroughs/tutorials?

(Setup: most recent NPVR backend on Win7 HTPC that's also my Plex server)

[mvallevand]

I don't remove commercials I don't think it's worth the risk, I use comskip donator version to skip commercial. Works great with NextPVR and Kodi talk Plex into providing edl support! If not with edl files be assure you will occasionally miss part o of the show. I think MCEBuddy might be what you are looking for.

I am biased but I use imageGrabLite for renaming and it should work well for Plex scrapping. Also why move them just have NextPVR record directly to TV or Movie folders?

Martin

[etnpnys]

I don't remove commercials I don't think it's worth the risk, I use comskip donator version to skip commercial. Works great with NextPVR and Kodi talk Plex into providing edl support! If not with edl files be assure you will occasionally miss part o of the show. I think MCEBuddy might be what you are looking for.

I am biased but I use imageGrabLite for renaming and it should work well for Plex scrapping. Also why move them just have NextPVR record directly to TV or Movie folders?

Martin

Thank you so much for responding promptly. Like you, I'm starting to question whether removing the commercials will be worth it all... A couple things in response to your comment:
1. I completely agree - it would be awesome if Plex would integrate .edl support.
2. Does MCEBuddy work with NextPVR? I thought it was only for WinMCE .wtv files. I have used it before, but wasn't very impressed with how long it took to process files and it seemed to get stuff wrong, which I also wasn't a big fan of.
3. Re: why move them? Is there a way to have NextPVR put recorded TV into subfolders of Seasons? I'm pretty sure it needs \Show_Name\Season ##\Show_Name - S##E##.whatever to work properly.

I'll look into ImageGrabLite for renaming - I've never even heard of it, which is exactly why I'm here asking!

[mvallevand]

For Plex and Kodi the files don't need to be in distinct season folders, if they are named properly, they will be shown by year. I was thinking of implementing it in iGL only because NextPVR doesn't handle seasons.

Martin

[JavaWiz]

Marking and removing commercials.
For marking commercials, I use comskip, it runs in PostProcessing.bat. PostProcessing drops the filename in a queue for removing the commercials later.

For reviewing/editing the marks and removing the commercials I use VideoRedo (one-time cost was $35, now looks like it's $50). I've created a batch script that processes the queued files (see above), so once a day, I run thru the batched up recordings and view/edit/remove the commercials (takes about 2 minutes per 1 hour episode). This lets me view the file on any client (npvr, kodi, vlc, TV DLNA interface,...) without commercials. Let me know if you're interested in the batch/cmd files.

Renaming
For renaming, I use imageGrabLite, works great and well supported here. (also called in PostProcessing.bat)

Moving
I've setup my recording directories as TV Shows and Movies. At schedule time I just point them to the right location. However, be aware this can be done after the fact right in the NPVR Recording view, check out the Archive function .

[etnpnys]

Hey, thanx - you are correct. I just moved all of my shows out of the season folders and into just the root folders (like \Recorded TV\Arrow\ instead of \Recorded TV\Arrow\Season 3\) but I can't seem to figure out how to run IGL properly... I installed it and I can run it from the command line, but it gives me an unhandled exception about number format. Maybe I don't understand how to use it just yet... For example, if I run the command, how does it know which files to process? Is that what the %3 is about? When I'm doing testing from the command line, if %3 is a variable, is it even set? I'm pretty lost as to what to do next... but I'm really looking forward to getting this up and running.

I'm on a Win7x64 system and I'm trying to just test it from the command line with:

Code:

\imageGrabLite --oid %3 --rename

Error is:

Code:

Unhandled Exception: System.FormatException: input string was not in a correct format.
     at System.Number.StringToNumber(String str, NumberStyles options, NumberBuffer& number, NumberFormatInfo info, Boolean parseDecimal)
     at System.Number.ParseInt32(String s, NumberStyles style, NumberFormatInfo info)
     at System.Convert.ToInt32(String value)
     at imageGrab.Program.Main(String[] args)

And if I understand correctly, once I have found a working command, I need to add it (including the path C:\Program Files (x86)\) to the PostProcessing.bat file.

...but where is that batch file? I can't find it anywhere - if it doesn't exist anywhere, where do I need to put it?
EDIT: I just found that they need to be created and put into the C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Scripts directory.

Thanx in advance. Sorry for all the questions, but I'm glad I have your ear.

[mvallevand]

The %3 is a variable passed to it by NextPVR. In the US I'd add --zap2it and for Plex if yor record some non-standard shows that aren't on thetvdb ad --nfo.

Martin

[etnpnys]

Ahhh ok.

So how do I pass in the location\filename for command-line testing? I've tried replacing the %3 with the path with/without quotes and rearranged the --flags and whatnot but it still gives me the exception.

[mvallevand]

You'd need the numeric id from the database or NRecord.log.

Mrtin

[etnpnys]

Oh. And holy heck I thought I would just be adding one line to a blank .bat file, but as I look at sample files, this looks insanely more complicated than that.

Would you be able to point me to a sample file that would work for me? I don't even *have* the .bat file in the directory right now, and my configuration is pretty virgin. I'm just looking to call IGL on files to rename them as soon as they're done recording. They're already going to the correct folders, I just need them to have the correct names.