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On 03/11/10 10:14, Warp wrote:
> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospam com> wrote:
>> But of course with things like the "magic skippy button" (ie, DVR and the
>> ability to skip commercials)
>
> The only way the recorder can do that automatically is if the TV channel
> sends metadata telling when the commercial break begins and ends. Unless
> they are forced by law to do that (which might be the case in some countries),
> the only thing they have to do is to not send that metadata.
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Commflagging
I don't think it works well, though.
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