Comskip borra todos los programas de Jimmy Kimmel

Soporte general / Preguntas Mudanzas comerciales
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Jimmy Kimmel Live!_KNXVDT_2026_08_14_22_33_00.wtv-Comskip to.wtv-2026-08-14T23-58-03.log (847.9 KB)

Después de que WMC graba los programas de Jimmy Kimmel en mi PC con Win 10, Comskip se ejecuta y elimina el programa. Desde hace varios meses, esto sucede cada vez que grabo este programa. Tengo varios registros de este tipo de ocurrencia. ¿Se puede solucionar esto?

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¡Eso es así por diseño! Lo siento, pero no me pude resistir.:grin:

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Para Goose. Como no recibí respuesta, hoy pagué y descargué la última versión 27.1. ¿Quizás por eso no has respondido?

TAMBIÉN, ¿puedes cambiar mi dirección de correo electrónico de Caronaz@ a Glfgy8@gmail.com? Parece que no encuentro la manera de hacerlo.

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After paying for, downloading and installing 2.7 I still have the problem. Do you want another log file? Sure would appreciate you looking into this for me.

Thanks Dale

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Hi, apologies for the delay. I had a look at your log file and it looks like Comskip is detecting commercials; your file went from 66 minutes to 40 minutes, approximately 24 minutes of commercials which sounds about right for an hour long show.

I didn’t quite understand what you meant by it deletes the show. I see that the file is converted. Are you saying that it’s deleting the actual show instead of the commercials?

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SÍ, después de procesar el programa, borra el archivo entero, no solo los comerciales. ¡Desapareció! Y lo hace 5 veces por semana. Todos los programas de Jimmy Kimmel. Todos mis otros programas están bien, solo este.

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Bueno, ya que no he tenido respuesta ni solución, y también, mientras Comskip arruina mis Jimmy shows, también corta muchos otros shows, he desinstalado MCEBuddy. Me gustaría solicitar un reembolso, ya que actualicé MCEBuddy a la última versión y no ayudó.

Dale

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Perdí tu respuesta, pero aunque pudo haber procesado el programa, lo eliminó cada vez después de procesar. Desde que desinstalé MCEBuddy, el programa aparece todos los días.

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Si el archivo original se elimina después de que la conversión se complete, es porque se ha habilitado una de las siguientes opciones:

  1. Configuración → Eliminar original
  2. Configuración → Archivar original (y la ruta de archivado está configurada en Configuración → Configuración del sistema; el original se mueve a la ruta de archivado o, si la ruta de archivado no es accesible o la conversión falla, se moverá a la carpeta de fallos)
  3. Configuración → Sincronizar archivos convertidos (si está habilitado, cuando el archivo convertido se elimina, MCEBuddy también elimina el archivo original)

Si puedes adjuntar el archivo MCEbuddy.log, puedo revisarlo y ver qué configuración está habilitada.

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Looking closely at the log snippet from your first post, there is an important detail regarding how files are named and placed:

  • Source File: F:\Recorded TV\Jimmy Kimmel Live!_KNXVDT_2026_08_14_22_33_00.wtv
  • Destination Path: F:\Recorded TV
  • Profile / Task: WTV Unprocessed / Comskip to.wtv
  • Rename by Series: False

When converting to the exact same format (.wtv) into the exact same source folder (F:\Recorded TV) without a custom renaming pattern, MCEBuddy typically replaces or updates the destination file.

However, because the conversion job successfully matched internet metadata via TMDB:

Season : 24
Episode : 146

If your task or monitor settings are configured to organize, move, or rename series episodes into show/season subfolders, or if Windows Media Center’s database loses track of the newly written/overwritten file, it can appear as though the entire recording vanished from your WMC Recorded TV view. Alternatively, check if the processed file was placed in C:\Temp (your Archive folder) or F:\Temp (your Failed folder).

If you reinstall MCEBuddy and are willing to give it another shot, uploading both the full conversion log to completion and the main mcebuddy.log file (found in the MCEBuddy2x\log directory) will show the exact file move/delete commands executed at the end of the run.

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Looking closely at your task settings in the conversion log header, there is an important detail regarding how MCEBuddy is handling the output destination versus the source file:

  • Source File: F:\Recorded TV\Jimmy Kimmel Live!_...wtv
  • Destination Path: F:\Recorded TV
  • Task Commercial Skip Cut: False
  • Pre-Conversion Commercial Remover: True
  • Auto Increment Filename: False
  • Rename by Series: False

What is happening to the file:

When Pre-Conversion Commercial Remover is used with profile WTV Unprocessed, MCEBuddy cuts the commercials from the original .wtv file and attempts to write the newly stripped file to the Destination Path (F:\Recorded TV) using the exact same filename.

If Windows Media Center (or Windows file sharing / antivirus) has an open handle or lock on the original file in F:\Recorded TV, the process replacing the original with the trimmed version will fail to move or overwrite properly.

Alternatively, if MCEBuddy successfully replaces/overwrites the file in-place, Windows Media Center will no longer recognize it because the file modified by MCEBuddy lacks the exact proprietary WMC database/DVR metadata tracking tokens it expects for active recordings, causing WMC to either show 0-minute duration or clear it from the Recorded TV library view (making it appear deleted, even though the file might have been stripped or corrupted in the process).

Suggestions to fix this:

  1. Output to a different folder:
    Instead of setting the destination directly back into F:\Recorded TV, point the task’s Destination Path to a dedicated output folder (e.g., F:\Processed TV or F:\Videos). Check if the file successfully ends up intact in that folder.
  2. Use Commercial Markers instead of direct cutting for WMC:
    If your goal is to watch .wtv recordings inside Windows Media Center with commercials skipped automatically without altering the actual recording stream, consider using the Commercial Skip Cut → False option with EDL/chapter markers, or leaving the cutting step to a standard format container (like .mp4 / .mkv).
  3. Upload the main log:
    As @Goose noted, uploading your complete mcebuddy.log (found in your MCEBuddy installation/log directory) will show the exact end-of-job routine, confirming whether the file was moved, overwritten, failed during the final destination copy, or removed by a retention/cleanup rule.
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Based on the log Dale attached in the first post, here is what is actually happening to the file:

1. The show isn’t being deleted—it’s being moved or renamed

Looking at the settings dumped in the conversion task log:

  • Destination Path: F:\Recorded TV
  • Rename by Series: False (so standard renaming is off)
  • Metadata Download: Download Series Details -> True
  • Metadata Match Found:
    TMDB Match:
Title: Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Season: 24
Episode: 146

Because metadata matching is enabled, MCEBuddy identifies Season 24, Episode 146. Depending on the file naming pattern and destination settings configured in your conversion profile/task:

  • The converted file is saved as a .wtv back into F:\Recorded TV.
  • When WTV Unprocessed completes, MCEBuddy moves the converted file into place and removes the original source file from the working monitor directory.
  • Media Center or Windows Explorer may not show it in the same list if the filename or metadata (tags) changed, or if it was placed into a series subfolder (e.g., Jimmy Kimmel Live!\Season 24\...).

2. Check the Archive / Failed folders

The configuration shows:

  • Temp Working Path: F:\Temp
  • Archive Folder: C:\Temp
  • Failed Folder: F:\Temp

If your Monitor Location has Archive original checked, the unedited recording is moved to C:\Temp upon completion. If a step errors out at the end, it goes to F:\Temp.

3. Check for the output file

To verify the converted file is intact:

  1. Open Windows File Explorer and check F:\Recorded TV (including any subfolders).
  2. Search F:\ and C:\Temp for *Kimmel* or files modified around the conversion finish time (23:59).
  3. You should find the ~40-minute converted .wtv video file there.

(Regarding your email change request: profile email changes cannot be handled publicly in forum threads. Please send a direct private message to @Goose or contact support directly through the email associated with your purchase.)

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OK I ran it again as requested. Here are the files you requested:

(attachments)

Jimmy Kimmel Live!_KNXVDT_2026_09_15_22_33_00.wtv-Comskip to.wtv-2026-09-19T14-30-22.log (1.49 MB)
mcebuddy.log (956 KB)

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Thanks for uploading the full logs Dale. Looking closely at the settings dumped from your configuration in mcebuddy.log, we can see the exact settings in play:

1. The delete/archive settings:

In your Monitor Task (F Drive) and General Options:

  • Monitor Delete Original -> False
  • Monitor Archive Original -> False
  • Sync Converted -> False

This confirms that MCEBuddy’s engine is not deliberately deleting or archiving the original source files after conversion via those general options.

2. What is causing the file to disappear: Destination & In-Place Overwriting

Look at your Conversion Task setup:

  • Task: Comskip to.wtv
  • Source: F:\Recorded TV\...
  • Destination Path: F:\Recorded TV
  • Profile: WTV Unprocessed
  • Rename by Series: False
  • Auto Increment Filename: False
  • Save Subtitles: True (notice all the .srt files being generated in F:\Recorded TV from your log!)

Because your destination path is set directly back into your Windows Media Center recordings directory (F:\Recorded TV) with the exact same filename and extension (.wtv), MCEBuddy takes the cut/trimmed .wtv file and overwrites the original recording in-place.

Here is why that makes the Kimmel recordings “vanish”:

  1. Windows Media Center (WMC) Database Invalidation:
    Windows Media Center tracks recordings using internal metadata and timestamps stored in its hidden DVR database (Recorded TV registry / ehome database). When MCEBuddy rewrites/re-muxes the .wtv file in-place, the underlying internal file stream tags and container structure change. WMC detects this mismatch or corruption against its active database entry and immediately removes the item from your Recorded TV menu.
  2. Why Jimmy Kimmel Live specifically?
    Late-night talk shows are frequently scheduled with soft padding (your log shows W M / W M R V A c t u a l S o f t P r e P a d d i n g : 418 and post-padding of 180). If WMC or the Windows Media Center Background Receiver Service still holds an open read/recording lock on the padding or the file when MCEBuddy attempts to finalize and overwrite the destination, the file replacement can fail or result in a zero-byte/truncated file.

How to solve this:

  1. Set your Destination Path to a different folder:
    • Open MCEBuddy → Click Settings → Select your Conversion Task (Comskip to.wtv) → Click Edit.
    • Change Destination Path from F:\Recorded TV to another folder, e.g., F:\MCEBuddy Converted (or create a subfolder like F:\Recorded TV\Processed).
    • Do not have the destination be identical to the monitored source recording folder when cutting .wtv files directly.
  2. Check your folder with Windows File Explorer:
    • Look directly in F:\Recorded TV using Windows File Explorer (not through Windows Media Center’s TV UI) to see if the files are physically present or if they were replaced with a smaller size.
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Looking at the settings dumped from both your conversion log and mcebuddy.log, here is the critical part of your setup:

Your Current Settings:

  • Monitor Location (F Drive):
    • Search Path: F:\Recorded TV
    • Monitor Delete Original -> False
    • Monitor Archive Original -> False
  • Conversion Task (Comskip to.wtv):
    • Profile: WTV Unprocessed
    • Source File: F:\Recorded TV\Jimmy Kimmel Live!...wtv
    • Destination Path: F:\Recorded TV
    • Auto Increment Filename -> False
    • Rename by Series -> False

Why Jimmy Kimmel “disappears”:

  1. In-place file replacement:
    Your monitor location reads from F:\Recorded TV and your task outputs directly back to F:\Recorded TV with the exact same file name and format (.wtv). When MCEBuddy finishes cutting the commercials, it replaces/overwrites the file in F:\Recorded TV.

  2. Windows Media Center database corruption / de-listing:
    When WMC records a program, it maintains an internal database entry with exact stream timecodes, packet metadata, and tracking identifiers.
    When MCEBuddy strips 24 minutes of commercials and writes a modified .wtv back into F:\Recorded TV:

    • WMC detects that the recording timestamps/stream length no longer match its internal recording catalog.
    • WMC interprets the recording as invalid, expired, or corrupted, and removes it from the “Recorded TV” list inside the WMC interface.
    • The file was never deleted by MCEBuddy—it was processed and saved, but WMC no longer displays it.

  3. Why only Jimmy Kimmel?
    Jimmy Kimmel is being matched against TMDB/the internet database (Season 25, Episode 4), rewriting tags/metadata into the file container. If other shows you record are not matched or if different profiles are used for them, WMC may tolerate them or handle them differently.

How to verify and fix this:

  1. Check Windows File Explorer directly:
    Open File Explorer (not Media Center) and go to F:\Recorded TV.
    Look for Jimmy Kimmel Live!_KNXVDT_2026_09_15_22_33_00.wtv. You should see the file there, but with a smaller file size / shorter duration (~40 minutes instead of ~67 minutes).

  2. Output to a separate folder (Recommended):
    In MCEBuddy, edit your conversion task Comskip to.wtv:

    • Change Destination Path from F:\Recorded TV to another folder (e.g., F:\Edited TV or F:\Videos\Jimmy Kimmel).
    • Do not point the output destination back into the active WMC recorded TV directory if you are overwriting original files in-place.

  3. If you want WMC to skip commercials without altering files:
    If you want to keep watching directly inside Windows Media Center with commercials skipped, don’t re-encode or cut .wtv files directly. Keep the original recording intact and use an external tool like WMC Commercial Skipper / EDL markers, or convert the trimmed shows to standard .mp4 / .mkv files saved into a regular video library folder.

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¡Vaya! El Kimmel Show que envié antes, del 15/9, funcionó. ¡Pero el episodio del 18/9 se borró de nuevo. He incluido ambos registros y el registro de MCEBuddy a continuación, tomados después de que uno funcionara y otro fallara:

\"(attachments)\"

Jimmy Kimmel Live!_KNXVDT_2026_09_18_22_33_00.wtv-Comskip to.wtv-2026-09-19T15-53-26.log (1.47 MB)
mcebuddy.log (1.13 MB)
Recorded TV after 1 missing and one worked.rtf (2.63 MB)

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Dale, looking at the logs and comparing the two shows reveals the exact reason why this is happening.

The Clue in the Logs: Identical Broadcast Dates

Notice what happens during the metadata download step for each episode:

  1. For the 9/15 recording:

    • WMC recorded it on 2026-09-15.
    • Original Broadcast Date from WMC metadata: 2026-09-15T07:00:00Z
    • Online Match (TMDB): Season 25, Episode 4 (Guest: Stephen Colbert)

  2. For the 9/18 recording:

    • WMC recorded it on 2026-09-18.
    • But look at the broadcast timestamp embedded in the 9/18 recording:
      W M / M e d i a O r i g i n a l B r o a d c a s t D a t e T i m e : 2026 - 0 9 - 1 5 T 0 7 : 0 0 : 0 0 Z
      (This happens frequently with syndicated repeats, late reruns, or guide data reuse—it retained the original 9/15 air date).
    • Online Match (TMDB): Season 25, Episode 4 (the exact same episode metadata).

Why the 9/18 show “erased”

Look at your Conversion Task settings:

  • Destination Path: F:\Recorded TV
  • Rename by Series: False
  • Auto Increment Filename: False
  • Download Series Details: True
  • Write Metadata: True

Because:

  1. Both recordings were identified as the same show/season/episode (Season 25, Episode 4).
  2. Both files had their destination pointed back into F:\Recorded TV.
  3. When MCEBuddy processes and replaces a file in-place, having identical destination paths and matching metadata will cause MCEBuddy to overwrite the existing target file, or cause Windows Media Center’s DVR catalog to discard one of them because it treats duplicate recordings of the exact same episode ID as redundant.

Furthermore, because you are outputting directly into F:\Recorded TV (the active WMC directory) rather than a separate directory, WMC gets confused whenever an in-place .wtv file is rewritten, and removes the entry from the Recorded TV menu.

How to Fix This Completely

  1. Do not output directly back into the monitored recording folder:

    • Go to MCEBuddy Settings → select your task Comskip to.wtv → click Edit.
    • Change Destination Path from F:\Recorded TV to a separate folder (e.g., F:\Recorded TV\Processed or F:\Processed TV).
    • This prevents MCEBuddy from overwriting files in-place and prevents WMC’s database from corrupting or purging the recording listing.

  2. Enable Auto Increment Filename:

    • In your conversion task settings, enable Auto increment filename.
    • If two recordings ever share similar names or match the same metadata, MCEBuddy will append -1, -2, etc., ensuring no file is ever overwritten or lost.
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Entiendo totalmente tu solución, pero… Mientras WMC escribe en una carpeta y comskip la mueve a otra, ¿cómo puedo ver el programa con WMC? ¿WMC seguirá mirando la carpeta 1 y no la carpeta 2, verdad?

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¡Puedes añadir fácilmente la segunda carpeta a Windows Media Center para que todas las grabaciones procesadas aparezcan y se reproduzcan directamente dentro de WMC!

Windows Media Center te permite ver grabaciones de múltiples carpetas o unidades sin problemas:

Opción A: Añadir la carpeta procesada a la Biblioteca de TV grabada de WMC (Recomendado)

  1. Abre Windows Media Center.
  2. Desplázate a Tareas → selecciona Configuración.
  3. Selecciona TV → TV grabada → Carpetas de TV grabada.
  4. Elige Añadir carpetas para ver y haz clic en Siguiente.
  5. Selecciona la unidad o ubicación donde está tu nueva carpeta procesada (por ejemplo, F:\Processed TV o F:\Recorded TV\Processed) y marca la casilla al lado.
  6. Haz clic en Siguiente y Finalizar.

Ahora, Windows Media Center agregará automáticamente y mostrará los archivos .wtv convertidos de ambas carpetas, la de grabaciones en vivo y la de procesadas, en el menú TV grabada sin confundir o corromper la base de datos durante el proceso de corte.

Opción B: Añadirlo a la Biblioteca de “Videos” de WMC

Alternativamente, si decides convertir los programas a .mp4 o .mkv en lugar de .wtv:

  1. En WMC, ve a Tareas → Configuración → Bibliotecas de medios.
  2. Selecciona Videos → Añadir carpetas a la biblioteca.
  3. Busca y selecciona tu carpeta procesada.
  4. Luego podrás acceder y reproducir todos los programas sin comerciales bajo la Biblioteca de videos en el menú principal de WMC.

Configurar MCEBuddy para que coincida:

  1. En MCEBuddy, edita tu tarea de conversión Comskip to.wtv.
  2. Cambia la Ruta de destino a la carpeta recién creada (por ejemplo, F:\Recorded TV\Processed).
  3. En la configuración de la tarea de conversión, también marca Incrementar automáticamente el nombre de archivo para que las emisiones repetidas con metadatos idénticos nunca entren en conflicto ni se sobrescriban.
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¡Puedes configurar fácilmente Windows Media Center para que supervise ambas carpetas!

Por defecto, WMC mira tu unidad de grabación primaria (F:\Recorded TV), pero permite que añadas múltiples carpetas observadas a su biblioteca. Una vez añadidas, cualquier grabación colocada en esa carpeta aparecerá junto a tus grabaciones regulares dentro de Media Center.

Así es como se configura:

Método 1: Añadir la nueva carpeta a la Biblioteca de Windows Media Center

  1. Abre Windows Media Center.
  2. Desplázate a Tareas → Configuración.
  3. Selecciona Bibliotecas multimedia (o TV → TV grabada según la configuración del menú de WMC).
  4. Elige TV grabada (o Películas / Vídeos si deseas que se agrupen por separado), luego selecciona Siguiente.
  5. Elige Añadir carpetas a la biblioteca y haz clic en Siguiente.
  6. Selecciona En este equipo (incluye unidades de red mapeadas) y navega a tu nueva carpeta (por ejemplo, F:\Processed TV o F:\Recorded TV\Processed).
  7. Marca la casilla junto a tu nueva carpeta, completa el asistente y haz clic en Finalizar.

Ahora, cada vez que MCEBuddy termine de procesar un programa en esa carpeta de destino, WMC lo mostrará directamente dentro de tu biblioteca sin intentar sobrescribir la entrada activa de la base de datos de grabación.

Alternativa: Mantenerlos directamente en TV grabada (usando Incremento automático)

Si prefieres no crear una segunda carpeta y quieres que todos los archivos permanezcan físicamente dentro de F:\Recorded TV:

  1. En MCEBuddy, edita tu tarea de conversión Comskip to.wtv.
  2. Marca la casilla Incremento automático de nombre de archivo (o habilita un formato de nombre personalizado).
  3. Esto garantiza que MCEBuddy nunca reemplace/sobrescriba un archivo .wtv existente en su lugar con el mismo nombre exacto, lo que es lo que rompe los manejos de archivos y el seguimiento de la base de datos de WMC.