# Comskip deletes part of show at start of each commercial break
**URL:** https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/comskip-deletes-part-of-show-at-start-of-each-commercial-break/3862
**Category:** Commercial Removal
**Created:** [September 9, 2020, 12:31pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/comskip-deletes-part-of-show-at-start-of-each-commercial-break/3862 "2020-09-09T12:31:13Z")
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### Author:  [@AtomToggy](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/u/AtomToggy)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2020, 12:31pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/comskip-deletes-part-of-show-at-start-of-each-commercial-break/3862/1 "2020-09-09T12:31:13Z")
Ran an MCEbuddy conversion with comskip commercial removal on a .ts file recorded by Plex with a HDHomerun Prime. Used the MP4 Unprocessed default profile. It consistently was removing the last couple of seconds of the show before it went to commercial. I haven’t noticed this on my other conversions, but this is the first time I’ve done a movie conversion on this channel.
New to this so 2 questions-
1. Why is this happening?
2. what is the best way to fix this that won’t mess up other conversions I do.
I’m a little leery of messing with settings to try to fix it as it works pretty good as is for my other shows and I don’t want to break it. I was looking at the tuning comskip file here-\> [http://www.kaashoek.com/files/tuning.htm](http://www.kaashoek.com/files/tuning.htm)
I wasn’t sure if I needed to change the ‘threshold’ setting or the ‘padding’ setting.
Is there a setting that will let me keep the first and last 3 seconds of a commercial break so this doesn’t happen (I think that’s what padding will do but not sure)?
Any suggestions would be helpful please.
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### Author:  [@Goose](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/u/Goose)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2020, 7:59pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/comskip-deletes-part-of-show-at-start-of-each-commercial-break/3862/2 "2020-09-09T19:59:59Z")
You’re on the right track, try using the GUI tool included which explains each setting. You can simply make a backup of your working INI file and then tweak it. Only the INI file (for comskip) has an impact on commercial detection: [Tuning Comskip and Custom Comskip INI's (Country / Channel specific)](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/tuning-comskip-and-custom-comskip-inis-country-channel-specific/29)