[plug] Re: [OT] Television

[Bernd Felsche]

On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 12:42:49PM +0800, Lawrie Abbott wrote:
> senectus wrote:
> 
> >MythTV has this sort of feature, but it has flaws.. ie a friend
> >of mine has a mythtv setup, and he was recording an episode of
> >"west wing" where there were "blackouts" in the story line..
> >Unfortunately the myth TV though that every time there was a
> >blackout in the show, it was the beginning of an advert.. and so
> >stopped recording till it came back on..

> I wonder how it can tell the difference between an advert and the
> 'show' at all?  As far as I am aware there is no difference in the
> tranmitted signal although adverts _usually_ are louder (overall)
> and the colors are much more saturated. But automatic detection of
> adverts based on these qualities would be extremely unreliable.

Sub-titles. Few adverts carry page 801 on teletext.
MAINLY BECAUSE THEY'RE SO LOUD THAT THEY RAISE THE DEAD FROM THE
GRAVE!

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