Best free commercial remover

[mattman59]

I just started using my windows based PVR and I am wordering if anyone knows about a good free automatic commercial remover.

[redwudz]

You might try Comskip.

[erik1958]

Be aware that Comskip only will detect where the commercials are, you need another application to remove them, or a player that can use the comskip output to skip over the commercials.
All of these are available for free from various sources.

[alsyed]

the best software i've used is tmpgenc mpeg editor. it happily accepts a lot of different mpeg formats, from set top dvd recorders, dvd rips, mpeg files, and the new version supports ac3 (dolby stereo) audio. Frame accurate too, and smart encoding, will only encode the region if it edits on a non keyframe.

[handyguy]

Ulead DVD Video Studio 2006 has this function, but is not free.

[MysticE]

Not free, but it should do what you ask. There is a trial.

http://www.videoredo.com/?src=VRD2004-09-08

[spanky123]

Not free, but it should do what you ask. There is a trial.

http://www.videoredo.com/?src=VRD2004-09-08

I'll second that. It's probably as accurate as any adfinder could possibly be. I wouldn't trust it to automatically cut the adds out though. It does however save a lot of time.

I use the VideoRedo AddScan to find all the adds (or atleast where it thinks there are adds) and then I go through it and choose which ones are actually adds and which are just dark parts of the video.

You won't find anything thats perfectly accurate.

Alternatively, ProjectX is a very very good free option. I'm not sure if it has add scan though

[yoda313]

Just to give them a thumbs up I like mpg2cut2. It can also read vobs directly Very handy. (It is a manual cut job no auto mode that I know of)

[reboot]

Comskip, ShowAnalyzer and VideoReDo are the 3 most popular.
Comskip is free, and has advanced by leaps and bounds in the past year. It will work automatically with mpegtx to cut commercials. Comskip will also work with Comclean using Cuttermaran to remove, and also with VideoReDo to automatically cut.
ShowAnalyzer will work with a couple of editors to automatically remove, or you can manually scan and remove in VideoReDo.

There's much more on all the options at gbpvr.com in the forums.