Comskip and Media Segments

[esvee]

I’m finding media segments not entirely reliable. If I record the same show using Plex and jellyfin at the same time, and pass each through the same script, the output that imports automatically into jellyfin does not skip ads. But importing the one from Plex does. Both have the chapter markers.

My suspicion is that there is something going on with the library refreshing during the recording and media segments not getting picked up (because they don’t exist yet).

But @TheDreadPirate you say the metadata is tied to file? So shouldn’t the comskipped remux file get its own database and media segment entries?

is there a way to manually purge chapter segment info from the database? - as deleting and reimporting the file doesn’t help, nor does triggering any metadata refresh or segment scan..

[TheDreadPirate]

"Replace all metadata" should purge chapter segment info, right?

Also, media segments scans do not run on library import. It is a separate job in Scheduled Tasks.

[esvee]

"Replace all metadata" should purge chapter segment info, right?

Also, media segments scans do not run on library import.  It is a separate job in Scheduled Tasks.

I’ve tried replace all metadata and also have media segments scheduled for every 30 minutes. Chapter segments aren’t triggering any skipping if there was previously a ts version of the file in the library. 

So as a workaround, ive found an ignore glob pattern plugin, to ignore ts files. That way the converted mp4 file is the first in the library, and com chapters skip as expected.