comskip_commercial_editing

comskip commercial editing

In kmttg if you are using comskip for Ad Detect task you can enable visual review of detected commercials in kmttg by enabling a configuration option:

File->Configure... Program Options->Use comskip GUI to review detected commercials

With this option enabled when running kmttg in GUI mode following the Ad Detect task using comskip there will be a comskip_review task started which will bring up the comskip visual editor window. This Wiki page summarizes how to use the editor to review/edit detected commercials.

PRESS F1 FOR HELP

As a reminder of what keyboard shortcuts are in comskip editor you can press F1 to show a summary.

MOVING AROUND IN TIMELINE

At very top of the window there is a "timeline". You can move around the timeline in various ways.

• Regions with a black background indicate segments that will be skipped.
• Regions with a white background indicate segments that will be included.
• The red bar indicates current cursor position.
• The number shown on top left indicates the current frame position.
• You can use left and right arrows to move the cursor left/right 1 frame at a time.
• You can left click with mouse anywhere in the timeline to move the cursor to that location.
• Press n to jump to the end of next commercial segment.
• Press p to jump to the start of previous commercial segment.

MODIFYING/CREATING COMMERCIAL SEGMENTS

You can extend, shorten or remove detected commercial segments, and you can add new ones.

• To extend a commercial segment that will be excluded (black background), position the cursor beyond the end of the black segment into white segment and then press e.
• To shorten a commercial segment that will be excluded (black background), position cursor inside the black segment at which you want to end the segment and press e.
• To remove entirely a detected commercial segment, position cursor inside the segment (black background) and then press d.
• To create a new commercial segment, position cursor at starting point and press i, then press b. Then move cursor to where you want segment to end and press e.

PRESS w TO SAVE YOUR CHANGES

When you are happy with your edits, press w to save your changes. Without doing so no modifications you make will be saved.

PRESS ESC TO EXIT

It's important to exit comskip editor by pressing Esc instead of clicking on X on top right. If you click on X comskip will not be terminated and you will have to use Windows Task Manager to find and kill comskip that is still running. You can cancel the job in kmttg, but that will cancel subsequent tasks for the video in question as well.