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James Fidell wrote:
> Matt Hamilton wrote:
>   
>> On 23 Oct 2009, at 13:08, James Fidell wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> mac jordan wrote:
>>>       
>>>> On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 12:50 PM, Tom Gidden <tom at gidden.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> Even when watching "live" TV, I go make a
>>>>> cup of tea and give it ten minutes and then start watching, just  
>>>>> so I
>>>>> can skip the ads.
>>>>>           
>>>> We do that - have done it for years, ever since we bought the Tivo.
>>>>         
>>> Same here, but using mythtv.  I can't recall the last time I saw an
>>> advert.  Shame the automated ad-skipping doesn't work as well as it  
>>> does
>>> in the US though.
>>>       
>> What does it do there?:
>>
>> while 1:
>>   skip_ads_for_10_minutes()
>>   sleep(300)
>>     
>
> :)
>
> In the US, I think partly because of the way lots of the programming is
> provided by all sorts of different organisations, there are clear marker
> frames to enable them to synchronise transmissions (it might be
> something as simple as a given number of completely blank frames).  This
> enables mythtv to post-process a recording and tag the blank frames such
> that they can be automagically skipped on playback.
>
> In the UK it's nowhere near that easy.  People have suggested all sorts
> of methods, but there's no single workable solution as yet that I'm
> aware of.
>
> James
>
>   
Your sister-in-law also never watches adverts.  As soon as on comes on 
she grabs the remote and flicks the channel to whatever 
come-dine-with-me-wife-swap-super-nanny-soap-opera happens to be on 
another channel.

I prefer the meerkats.

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