[vdr] Re: Ad skipping - was: PVR users are thieves

[bernd_muc@gmx.de]

At 13:58 02.05.2002 +0200, you wrote:
>Does VDR support "ad-skipping" ? I guess this could be done by kind of
>"pattern-recognition": most TV stations feature a logo in one of the corners,
>and they disappear while running ads. So if the station logo disappeares the
>ads begin and if the logo reappears the show continues. To be on the save
>side one could cut out everything 5 seconds after the disappearing of the
>logo and 5 seconds before the logo reappears.

Actually I have a JVC VCR 9600 (tape, bought in the US) which has such a 
feature. It records a show, rewinds and automatically sets marks. During 
replay it fast forwards over the ads. It actually works pretty well (95% 
I'd guess). It even cuts out the theme part of Earth: Final Conflict ;-).

I wonder why nobody ever said anything about that...

Bernd