comskip on LE 9.2.3

jfabernathy · July 5, 2020 at 11:26 AM

I have a working LE 9.2.3 system on a Raspberry Pi 4 4GB with TVH server and client, along with sd4tvh for EPG. I'm trying to add comskip. From my search of the LE forum posts I did the following:

1. Using the web page configuration I added the following command to Configuration -> Recording -> DVR Profiles -> Post processing command:

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comskip --ini=/storage/.kodi/userdata/addon_data/service.tvheadend42/comskip/comskip.ini %f

2. Saved

3. I setup some programs to record.

4. After the recordings finished, the next day I tried playing them and I could not find any evidence that it was skipping anything.

I don't know where any EDL information is kept but when I check the directory where the .ts file is located, there is nothing else in the directory.

I'm missing a step somewhere but can't figure it out.

jfabernathy · July 5, 2020 at 1:06 PM

so I setup another recording after rebooting and had the TVheadend .log open and I think the problem is related to the way TVH sets up filenames. Log below:

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2020-07-05 08:00:00.177 spawn: Comskip 0.82.009, made using ffmpeg
2020-07-05 08:00:00.177 spawn: Donator build
2020-07-05 08:00:00.178 spawn: The commandline used was:
2020-07-05 08:00:00.178 spawn: comskip --ini=/storage/.kodi/userdata/addon_data/service.tvheadend42/comskip/comskip.ini /var/media/recordings/ABC 11 Eyewitness News at 7AM/ABC 11 Eyewitness News at 7AM-WTVDDT2020-07-0507-00.ts
2020-07-05 08:00:00.178 spawn: Usage:
2020-07-05 08:00:00.178 spawn:   comskip  [-h|--help] [-w|--debugwindow] [-n|--playnice] [--zpcut] [--zpchapter] [--scf] [--videoredo] [--videoredo3] [--csvout] [--quality] [--plist] [-m|--demux] [--hwassist] [--cuvid] [--vdpau] [--dxva2] [--decoders] [--threads=] [-p|--pid=] [-t|--ts] [-d|--detectmethod=] [-v|--verbose=] [-u|--dump=] [-s|--play] [--timing] [-q|--quiet] [--ini=] [--logo=] [--cut=] [--output=] [--output-filename=] [--selftest=]  []
2020-07-05 08:00:00.178 spawn:   -h, --help                Display syntax
2020-07-05 08:00:00.178 spawn:   -w, --debugwindow         Show debug window
2020-07-05 08:00:00.178 spawn:   -n, --playnice            Slows detection down
2020-07-05 08:00:00.178 spawn:   --zpcut                   Outputs a ZoomPlayer cutlist
2020-07-05 08:00:00.178 spawn:   --zpchapter               Outputs a ZoomPlayer chapter file
2020-07-05 08:00:00.178 spawn:   --scf                     Outputs a simple chapter file for mkvmerge
2020-07-05 08:00:00.178 spawn:   --videoredo               Outputs a VideoRedo cutlist
2020-07-05 08:00:00.178 spawn:   --videoredo3              Outputs a VideoRedo3 cutlist
2020-07-05 08:00:00.178 spawn:   --csvout                  Outputs a csv of the frame array
2020-07-05 08:00:00.178 spawn:   --quality                 Outputs a csv of false detection segments
2020-07-05 08:00:00.178 spawn:   --plist                   Outputs a mac-style plist for addition to an EyeTV archive as the 'markers' property
2020-07-05 08:00:00.178 spawn:   -m, --demux               Demux the input into elementary streams
2020-07-05 08:00:00.178 spawn:   --hwassist                Activate Hardware Assisted video decoding
2020-07-05 08:00:00.178 spawn:   --cuvid                   Use NVIDIA Video Decoder (CUVID), if available
2020-07-05 08:00:00.178 spawn:   --vdpau                   Use NVIDIA Video Decode and Presentation API (VDPAU), if available
2020-07-05 08:00:00.178 spawn:   --dxva2                   Use DXVA2 Video Decode and Presentation API (DXVA2), if available
2020-07-05 08:00:00.178 spawn:   --decoders                List all decoders and exit
2020-07-05 08:00:00.178 spawn:   --threads=           The number of threads to use
2020-07-05 08:00:00.178 spawn:   -p, --pid=        The PID of the video in the TS
2020-07-05 08:00:00.178 spawn:   -t, --ts                  The input file is a Transport Stream
2020-07-05 08:00:00.178 spawn:   -d, --detectmethod=  An integer sum of the detection methods to use
2020-07-05 08:00:00.178 spawn:   -v, --verbose=       Verbose level
2020-07-05 08:00:00.178 spawn:   -u, --dump=          Dump the cutscene at this frame number
2020-07-05 08:00:00.178 spawn:   -s, --play                Play the video
2020-07-05 08:00:00.178 spawn:   --timing                  Dump the timing into a file
2020-07-05 08:00:00.178 spawn:   -q, --quiet               Not output logging to the console window
2020-07-05 08:00:00.178 spawn:   --ini=              Ini file to use
2020-07-05 08:00:00.178 spawn:   --logo=             Logo file to use
2020-07-05 08:00:00.178 spawn:   --cut=              CutScene file to use
2020-07-05 08:00:00.178 spawn:   --output=           Folder to use for all output files
2020-07-05 08:00:00.178 spawn:   --output-filename=  Filename base to use for all output files
2020-07-05 08:00:00.178 spawn:   --selftest=          Execute a selftest
2020-07-05 08:00:00.178 spawn:                       Input file
2020-07-05 08:00:00.178 spawn:                       Output folder for cutlist
2020-07-05 08:00:00.178 spawn: Detection methods available:
2020-07-05 08:00:00.178 spawn:       1 - Black Frame
2020-07-05 08:00:00.178 spawn:       2 - Logo
2020-07-05 08:00:00.178 spawn:       4 - Scene Change
2020-07-05 08:00:00.178 spawn:       8 - Resolution Change
2020-07-05 08:00:00.178 spawn:      16 - Closed Captions
2020-07-05 08:00:00.178 spawn:      32 - Aspect Ratio
2020-07-05 08:00:00.178 spawn:      64 - Silence
2020-07-05 08:00:00.178 spawn:     128 - CutScenes
2020-07-05 08:00:00.178 spawn:     255 - USE ALL AVAILABLE
2020-07-05 08:00:00.178 spawn: Errors:
2020-07-05 08:00:00.178 spawn: ComSkip: excess option Eyewitness
2020-07-05 08:00:00.178 spawn: ComSkip: unexpected argument "News"
2020-07-05 08:00:00.178 spawn: ComSkip: unexpected argument "at"
2020-07-05 08:00:00.178 spawn: ComSkip: unexpected argument "7AM/ABC"
2020-07-05 08:00:00.178 spawn: ComSkip: unexpected argument "11"
2020-07-05 08:00:00.178 spawn: ComSkip: unexpected argument "Eyewitness"
2020-07-05 08:00:00.178 spawn: ComSkip: unexpected argument "News"
2020-07-05 08:00:00.178 spawn: ComSkip: unexpected argument "at"
2020-07-05 08:00:00.178 spawn: ComSkip: unexpected argument "7AM-WTVDDT2020-07-0507-00.ts"

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To use comskip do you have to change the filename setup in the Record Profile?

I did test using ssh into the LE system and manually running:

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comskip --ini=/storage/.kodi/userdata/addon_data/service.tvheadend42/comskip/comskip
.ini /var/media/recordings/ABC\ 11\ Eyewitness\ News\ at\ 7AM/ABC\ 11\ Eyewitness\ News\ at\ 7AM-WTVDDT2020-07-0507-00.ts

and this worked. So how do I configure LE to use a filename that is compatible with comskip.

The boxes in the profile filename section are all checked as default.

jfabernathy · July 5, 2020 at 3:08 PM

So I found it. I did a default install of LE 9.2.3 so the user level was Advanced. On the recording profile page I did not see the checkboxes for replace whitespaces with '-' or eliminate unsafe characters. When I switch to expert user level I could see them and check them. So that's the missing step.

**mglae** · July 5, 2020 at 3:52 PM

What if you use "%f" or '%f' in the comskip command line?

jfabernathy · July 5, 2020 at 6:38 PM

Quote from mglae

What if you use "%f" or '%f' in the comskip command line?

I did a test to see. I replaced %f with "%f"

Then I unchecked the replace whitespaces and eliminate unsafe characters checkboxs to put it back to default.

The comskip worked and my filenames were back to normal without a '-' between each word.

Thanks.

comskip on LE 9.2.3

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