Successful settings

[wheemer]

Oops... I obviously shouldn't be assuming things.

[reboot]

Sorry if I came off as condescending. It wasn't meant that way at all.
Just trying to be as informative as possible, with the ultimate goal of everyone getting rid of every commercial in every recording.

Cheers

[wheemer]

Not at all... I always back down when someone knows more than me!

[chrisc16]

The US users obviously can't use the Canadian settings... but I can't believe every US user is getting the same bad detection results as I am. Is there anyone out there that is happy with their results in the US?

I hate to say it but, I am about ready to go back to comskip, at least until SA improves.

-Chris

[lovingHDTV]

I've found that when it runs successfully, it has provided better results that comskip gave me. I use the default profile.

[lseats]

I'm using the default settings and SA is giving near perfect detection for everythigng I record on Comcast analog cable incuding:

Stargate SG-1
Stargate Atlantis
Battlestar Galactica
Rescue Me
The Tonight Show
The Inside
The Closer
The 4400
Master Blasters
Ghost Hunters
Chris Angel Mindfreak
Wanted
Pet Keeping with Mark Marone

[Blue]

I've been getting excellent results as well (so far) - much better than comskip.

I have Cox cable extended basic service (analog).

[dirtygreek]

So far, near 100% detection on American cable. I've tested several shows, including The Family Guy on Fox, Stella on Comedy Central, and a long special (Ape To Man) on The History Channel, and The Venture Brothers on Cartoon Network.

With this ini file:

; ShowAnalyzer configuration file
; Copyright (c) 2005
; Jeremiah M. Jones
; http://www.dragonglobal.org
; -------------------------------
version = 0,5,3
Longest Possible Commercial Segment = 660.5
Longest Possible Individual Commercial = 90.5
Shortest Possible Commercial Segment = 10
Shortest Possible Show Segment = 120
[Score Modifiers]
Length Too Long = 0.1
Low Probability Length = 0.7
Length Too Short = 1
Medium Probability Length If Combined = 1
Medium Probability Length = 0.9
High Probability Length If Combined = 0.9
High Probability Length = 2
Edge Profile Positive Match = 0.1
Edge Profile Negative Match = 2
Edge Profile Unknown Match = 0.9
[Options]
Aggressive Segmentation = 0

[reboot]

An 11 minute 30 second commercial break is about right, especially for those newsbreaks between commercials, usually at the top of the hour.

I have very similar settings, that also work very well on US stations, but found that Shortest Possible Commercial Segment = 9.5 actually works better, for station idents, and parental warnings, as they sometimes run (according to schoolhouse) 9.xx seconds, but not quite 10.

A Shortest Possible Show Segment = 120 seems too short. Are you sure there are show segments less than 3 minutes?

I use these settings

Longest Possible Commercial Segment = 381
Longest Possible Individual Commercial = 91
Shortest Possible Commercial Segment = 9.5
Shortest Possible Show Segment = 180.5

with excellent results on FOX and CBS.

[dirtygreek]

The reason I used 120 is that I had a show segment that was for some reason very short right near the end of a show, before a commercial. I was using the schoolhouse, and the only way to get it green was to drop the level to 120. I'm sure it is a rarity, but it hasn't seemed to cause any misidentifications yet, and it made that particular show a 100% success.