How MythTV Detects and Flags Commercials

peterdaly writes "Automatic commercial detection is the "killer app" feature that none of the commercial DVR's dare to include. MythTV's automatic commercial detection does a great job of properly separating commercials from content. Here's how the commercial flagging works."

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Another check

[renfrow]

Another thing they might try is to look at average loudness. It seems like commercials are pumped up a bit from regular shows.

Tom.