I know where you are coming from. I spent a month or two telling my girlfriend that, it should just 'cut the adverts', but initially I struggled too.

What you need to do is make sure the cutlist is loaded. The button for this is 'z'. Do this once the recording has started.

I never used the automatic detect adverts/transcode as I am a little wary of it getting it wrong - the only things i really bother about are movies, or particularly good series prior to burning to dvd.

I would start a recording, press 'e' you get the edit menu. Press 'z' and load the cut list created by Myth. Then clear the cut list by pressing 'c' then edit it manually to creating a new cut list. Then transcode.

But I'm fussy and I hate to have bits here and there, like if i leave it on automatic and the programme starts late I would end up with some of the previous programme with my advert-less transcode.

Hope this helps.

btw. It bugs me to the non-dynamic update. I've been thinking about putting some of my own themes together that are a bit more interactive... i might get around to it one day.

Hi shplad,

I had hoped I had been writing in a concise manner, but on re-reading what I had written I can see how it might have been confusing. Note to self: reread what you have written.

For clarity's sake, when I said start a recording I meant start watching a previously recorded programme, then press 'e' to enter the edit mode and then press 'z' to load the cutlist... I don't know why Myth doesn't seem to load cutlist without being in edit mode, but as far as I can tell this is the case.

Then either clear cutlist and make my own using the edit functions or use the cult list myth has detected.

Once decided on your cutlist, exit out of edit mode and either pull up the onscreen menu or exit the recording and start your transcode through the main menu job options.

More sense?

Hope so.

I don't know about using the cutlist, but I guess I'll have to learn. I'll try it soon on a recording that isn't so precious.