# Comskip not detecting commercials
**URL:** https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/comskip-not-detecting-commercials/2623
**Category:** Commercial Removal
**Created:** [February 19, 2019, 6:15pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/comskip-not-detecting-commercials/2623 "2019-02-19T18:15:38Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
**Page:** 2
### Author:  [@Goose](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/u/Goose)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2019, 1:00am UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/comskip-not-detecting-commercials/2623/21 "2019-02-26T01:00:32Z")
Your logs show that it found the commercials and removed them:
> 2019-02-24T08:36:20 MCEBuddy.AppWrapper.Comskip → **Commercials were found**.
> → Process exited with code 1
> 2019-02-24T08:36:23 MCEBuddy.CommercialScan.Scanner → Commercial Scan: Percentage Complete 98
> INFORMATION\> 2019-02-24T08:36:23 MCEBuddy.CommercialScan.Scanner → Skipping EDLP, using EDL file for commercial removal
> 2019-02-24T08:36:23 MCEBuddy.CommercialScan.Scanner → Testing EDL File Validity
> 2019-02-24T08:36:23 MCEBuddy.CommercialScan.Scanner → ParseEDL: Cut Segment Start:511.230 End:541.870 Action:0
> → ConvertCutListToKeepList: Keep segment Start:0.000 Stop:511.230
> → ConvertCutListToKeepList: Keep end segment Start:541.870 Stop:933.217
> → ConvertKeepListToCutList: Skip segment, too small Start:0.000 Stop:0.000
> → ConvertKeepListToCutList: **Cut segment Start:511.230 Stop:541.870**
> → ConvertKeepListToCutList: Skip end segment, too small Start:933.217 Stop:933.217
> → ConvertKeepListToCutList Done
Comskip only found one commercial which was cut by MCEBuddy.
If you think Comskip is not being aggressive enough to find commercials you can use the Comskip INI tool included to tune it to be more aggressive or use one of the ready made Comskip INI files described here:
> [@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):
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> Tuning Comskip Commercial Detection See [this post for details if you’re want to install a custom version of Comskip](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/64). Tuning Comskip INI’s Comskip can be fine tuned to better detect and cut commercials for each country/region. There is a file called comskip.ini in the comskip directory in the MCEBuddy installation directory (by default C:\Program Files\MCEBuddy2x). The details of the tuning parameters can be found at: [http://www.kaashoek.com/files/tuning.htm](http://www.kaashoek.com/files/tuning.htm) NOTE: Starting v2.4.1 there is a GU…
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### Author:  [@Mike\_Negron](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/u/Mike_Negron)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2019, 12:00pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/comskip-not-detecting-commercials/2623/22 "2019-02-26T12:00:40Z")
but when i go thru them i see so much commercials, and before this i had read and installed verizon ini and no luck. This is so complicated.
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### Author:  [@Goose](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/u/Goose)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2019, 4:54pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/comskip-not-detecting-commercials/2623/23 "2019-02-26T16:54:55Z")
Which is why there are tools provided to adjust the commercial detection to your needs. Did you you check out the link and use the Comskip Ini Editor tool provided with MCEBuddy?
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### Author:  [@Mike\_Negron](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/u/Mike_Negron)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2019, 5:14pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/comskip-not-detecting-commercials/2623/24 "2019-02-26T17:14:48Z")
Yes, i had added verizon ini, but still the same. I appreciate your help so much, thanks, but it gets frustrating when you can’t get it to work. Its hard to do it, can you log into my pc via teamviewer, i will allow you. Of course, if you have time.
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### Author:  [@Mike\_Negron](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/u/Mike_Negron)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2019, 5:24pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/comskip-not-detecting-commercials/2623/25 "2019-02-26T17:24:03Z")
i registered and asked in verizon forum ini if someone can create an ini for me. Thanks again buddy, i owe you. And again let me know if you want to log into my pc, Thanks
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### Author:  [@Mike\_Negron](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/u/Mike_Negron)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2019, 7:27pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/comskip-not-detecting-commercials/2623/26 "2019-02-26T19:27:53Z")
i posted a reply to their forum cause it did not work. Back to square one.
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### Author:  [@Mike\_Negron](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/u/Mike_Negron)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2019, 9:09pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/comskip-not-detecting-commercials/2623/27 "2019-02-26T21:09:56Z")
yep no help, but thanks again for trying. I really was hoping i can get it too work.
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### Author:  [@fragmaster007](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/u/fragmaster007)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2021, 12:51am UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/comskip-not-detecting-commercials/2623/28 "2021-04-19T00:51:36Z")
Hey, I also have verizon fios, here is my ini file, it works pretty well to remove commercials and the beginning of the next show, for the most part. Give this a try and let me know. Im working on trying to get it to remove the ending of the previous show since I have set plex to dvr 1 min. before and after the show time
[comskip.ini](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/uploads/short-url/oIYgLFFR42hy7H9LgYTtuAml5ga.ini) (6.2 KB)
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### Author:  [@Bob\_Williams](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/u/Bob_Williams)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2025, 12:01am UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/comskip-not-detecting-commercials/2623/29 "2025-12-15T00:01:49Z")
I edited comskip.ini and changed all the ‘commercial’ settings to 4 thinking any commercials would be limited to 4 seconds. Number one I don’t know what I’m doing as my knowledge level is 1st grade, second it did not have any effect on commercial length. Release 2.5.7
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### Author:  [@Goose](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/u/Goose)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2025, 7:05am UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/comskip-not-detecting-commercials/2623/30 "2025-12-15T07:05:15Z")
4 seconds is way to short. Infact MCEBuddy won’t even cut commercials if they’re smaller than 20 seconds by default. You can this setting in the system settings page but I would not recommend making it smaller than 10 seconds as it can have other side effects.
Now coming to Comskip, check out the [tuning Comskip](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/29) guide to get started. There’s an easy to use Comskip ini editor app included to adjust the Comskip ini that explains each of the settings in the ini file and impact it has on commercial detection. The job of Comskip is to detect commercials and tell MCEBuddy where they are located for MCEBuddy to then further process them. That’s all Comskip does.
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