COMSKIP(1)

💖 NAME 💖

comskip — commercial detector 🎀

okay so bestie, that's literally the whole job description: it detects commercials. it's giving "I find the ads so you don't have to." iconic. periodt. ✨

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

              ./comskip --help

       comskip
              [-h|--help] [-w|--debugwindow] [-n|--playnice] [--zpcut]
              [--zpchapter] [--scf] [--videoredo] [--videoredo3] [--csvout]
              [--quality] [--plist] [-m|--demux] [--hwassist] [--cuvid]
              [--vdpau] [--dxva2] [--decoders] [--threads=<int>]
              [-p|--pid=<string>] [-t|--ts] [-d|--detectmethod=<int>]
              [-v|--verbose=<int>] [-u|--dump=<int>] [-s|--play] [--timing]
              [-q|--quiet] [--ini=<file>] [--logo=<file>] [--cut=<file>]
              [--output=<file>] [--output-filename=<file>] [--selftest=<int>]
              <file> [<file>]

like, look at all those flags. she's flexible. she contains multitudes. 💅

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🫶 DESCRIPTION 🫶

every option, every vibe, all of it. no skips, no skimming, we're going through the whole list because you deserve the full picture. ✨

🌈 OPTIONS 🌈

• -h, --help — Display syntax. the classic "help me pls" move 🆘
• -w, --debugwindow — Show debug window. pops open a little window so you can watch the detection happening live, it's giving backstage pass 🪟✨
• -n, --playnice — Slows detection down. yeah it's slower but it plays nice with your machine, lowkey considerate of her 💅
• --zpcut — Outputs a ZoomPlayer cutlist ✂️
• --zpchapter — Outputs a ZoomPlayer chapter file 📖
• --scf — Outputs a simple chapter file for mkvmerge 🎬
• --videoredo — Outputs a VideoRedo cutlist ✂️
• --videoredo3 — Outputs a VideoRedo3 cutlist ✂️✂️
• --csvout — Outputs a csv of the frame array 📊
• --quality — Outputs a csv of false detection segments. yes bestie, she reports her own oopsies, accountability queen 👑
• --plist — Outputs a mac-style plist for addition to an EyeTV archive as the 'markers' property 🍎
• -m, --demux — Demux the input into elementary streams 🔀
• --hwassist — Activate Hardware Assisted video decoding. let the hardware carry, fr fr 💪
• --cuvid — Use NVIDIA Video Decoder (CUVID), if available 🟩
• --vdpau — Use NVIDIA Video Decode and Presentation API (VDPAU), if available 🟩
• --dxva2 — Use DXVA2 Video Decode and Presentation API (DXVA2), if available 🪟
• --decoders — List all decoders and exit. she shows you the roster then dips immediately 🚪💨
• --threads=<int> — The number of threads to use 🧵
• -p, --pid=<string> — The PID of the video in the TS 🎯
• -t, --ts — The input file is a Transport Stream 🚚
• -d, --detectmethod=<int> — An integer sum of the detection methods to use. (see the detection methods section below, it's a whole thing 💖)
• -v, --verbose=<int> — Verbose level. how much she yaps, your call 🗣️
• -u, --dump=<int> — Dump the cutscene at this frame number 🎞️
• -s, --play — Play the video ▶️
• --timing — Dump the timing into a file ⏱️
• -q, --quiet — Not output logging to the console window. silent but deadly 🤫
• --ini=<file> — Ini file to use 📄
• --logo=<file> — Logo file to use 🖼️
• --cut=<file> — CutScene file to use ✂️
• --output=<file> — Folder to use for all output files 📁
• --output-filename=<file> — Filename base to use for all output files 🏷️
• --selftest=<int> — Execute a selftest 🧪
• <file> — Input file 📥
• <file> — Output folder for cutlist 📤

bestie note: there are two <file> positionals. first one is your input file, second one is the output folder for the cutlist. don't mix them up, that would be so embarrassing 🙈

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🕵️ Detection Methods 🕵️

okay so when you're picking what -d, --detectmethod=<int> should be, these are the ingredients and their numbers, and you literally add them up:

• 1 — Black Frame ⬛
• 2 — Logo 🖼️
• 4 — Scene Change 🎬
• 8 — Resolution Change 📐
• 16 — Closed Captions 💬
• 32 — Aspect Ratio 📺
• 64 — Silence 🔇
• 128 — CutScenes ✂️
• 255 — USE ALL AVAILABLE 👑🔥

255 is the "give me everything, I trust the process" option. she ate and left no crumbs 💅

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and that's the whole page, bestie. this one's from comskip 0.82.009+git20230112.d... and it's dated January 2023 🗓️✨ ily, go find some commercials, slay 💖