# Multiple Conversions?
**URL:** https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/multiple-conversions/697
**Category:** Commercial Removal
**Created:** [October 1, 2017, 8:59pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/multiple-conversions/697 "2017-10-01T20:59:16Z")
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### Author:  [@mmontone](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/u/mmontone)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2017, 8:59pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/multiple-conversions/697/1 "2017-10-01T20:59:17Z")
How would you create multiple conversions?
I have three directories. 1. dvr-recordings. 2. mce-converted. 3. comskip.
I want one directory to record my dvr recorninds: “dvr-recordings”, which I monitor use mcebuddy to convert from MP4/MPEG2 format to H.264 placing
the converted video in “mce-converted”. Then I want a second conversion to remove commercials. e.g. Monitor “mce-converted” and remove ads and place in “comskip”.
When using free versions of MCEBuddy and Comskip I lost 90% of my show, so I want to determine how to tune the comskip software. It appears the tools have two windows, on is monitoring tasks, and the other conversion tasks, but I don’t see how they are mapped. I don’t want to double convert videos.
Thank you. P.S. Now I have the donated versions of both.
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### Author:  [@Goose](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/u/Goose)
#### Post date: [October 2, 2017, 8:48pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/multiple-conversions/697/2 "2017-10-02T20:48:56Z")
Looks like you have a good handle on how to setup conversion tasks and monitor locations.
You can create a second monitor location to monitor the mce-converted folder. In the Expert Settings make sure you select the `Remonitor Converted Files` options, by default MCEBuddy will not monitor converted files to avoid an infinite monitoring/conversion loop, hence this option was provided for users who wanted to daisy-chain the conversions (output of one as the input of the next).
Once that is done, create a new conversion task and in the Expert Settings select your monitor location and select the second monitor location you just created. This allows for one to one mapping. Make sure you do that for the first conversion task also (like to the first monitor task).
Here is a step by step example of daisy chaining with a delay into it:
> [@Move Scheduling to the Task level](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/feature-move-scheduling-to-the-task-level/1425/3):
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> Features are prioritized based on votes. Here a neat way to do what you want in the mean time. It’s called “Daisy Chaining” conversions. Basically you setup one monitor task which feeds into the first conversion task (MKV Unprocessed), then you setup a second monitor task which monitors the output of the first conversion task, but with a delay, which then feeds into a second conversion task (MP4). Here are some screenshots for a step by step working tutorial on setting up a daisy chain (using …
Once you’ve done that you can refer to this post for details on how to tune Comskip.
> [@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…