#SAGETV COUPON INSTALL#
Comskip – I've been using ComSkip with great success for over a year now so I'll focus on this one With the free ComSkip, the install file comes as part of the ComSkip Monitor program that we'll talk about next.ShowAnalyzer is the one program that works with Windows 7 MediaCenter and is gaining in popularity. I don’t currently use it but I plan to give it a try in the near future and do a how-to about it. ShowAnalyzer - head over to the ShowAnalyzer site for more info on this one.Your two best choices for commercial detection are ShowAnalyzer and Comskip. This information is then saved alongside the recorded video file. Commercial Detection Program – program that actually analyzes the recorded show and marks the detected commercials. In all it should take about 5 minutes to set up:ġ. There are two or three steps to installing commercial detection in SageTV.
#SAGETV COUPON HOW TO#
HOW TO INSTALL COMMERCIAL DETECTION IN SAGETV I’ve leaned toward giving more detail than needed just in case but it should be a very easy and quick install. Read on for a very detailed how-to on setting it all up. If for some reason the commercial detection was off a little, I can do a rewind or fast forward a few seconds to get to the correct spot. Then the show gets to a commercial - at this point I hit the skip commercial button and it goes to the end point of that commercial. In the video I press the play button on my remote to show you the status bar during playback of a show. To give you an idea of how commercial skipping works, check out this very-short screen-cast I made while viewing a SageTV-recorded television show: It works much like the chapters in DVD's with the start and end points of each commercial acting as the chapter marks. You can skip back the same way with the back button as well. When you hit the skip button on your remote control (my skip button is mapped to the "right" button on my remote control) it will skip to the next start or end point of the next commercial. You'll note the dark green portions of the status bar, these are the commercials that were detected. When you hit the play button on your remote control a status bar appears at the bottom of the television screen like this one: This is because it is so easy to install an add-on into SageTV that analyzes your recorded shows and marks the start and end point of most commercials so you can quickly skip over the commercials and go straight to the content. SageTV's WebsiteĪt the GeekTonic home we rarely watch commercials any more except for the occasional sports program. NOTE: skipping based on a set time (default skip is 3030 seconds, but is configurable to other time lengths) is built in to SageTV. Commercial detection and skipping isn't built-in to SageTV, but is free and easy to set up.
#SAGETV COUPON SOFTWARE#
SageTV is an excellent HTPC software program that transforms your home computer into a powerful, supercharged DVR with many additional features than you would find with your cable or satellite box DVR or even your TIVO. OVERVIEW OF COMMERCIAL SKIPPING WITH SAGETV Read on for a simple how-to on setting it up. This article is a how-to on using one of the better methods of commercial detection for SageTV – Comskip and Dirmon2. As a commercial begins on any TV show we’re watching time-delayed, we can simply hit the right-arrow button to skip to the end of that commercial. When I answer the question, “why use a Home Theater PC (HTPC)?” I usually start by showing off the commercial skipping feature – one of the favorite features at my home.