# Some of my conversions are getting truncated
**URL:** https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/some-of-my-conversions-are-getting-truncated/3253
**Category:** Commercial Removal
**Created:** [November 16, 2019, 2:21pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/some-of-my-conversions-are-getting-truncated/3253 "2019-11-16T14:21:45Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@Sammy](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/u/Sammy)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2019, 2:21pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/some-of-my-conversions-are-getting-truncated/3253/1 "2019-11-16T14:21:45Z")
I have an issue where the end of some, not all, of my TV Series are getting the last minute or even few seconds truncated. What settings in Comskip.ini will improve this? I’d rather have a few seconds of the last commercial than be missing the last few minutes of a show.
WAF would go up orders of magnitude by fixing this, BTW!
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### Author:  [@Goose](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/u/Goose)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2019, 10:01pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/some-of-my-conversions-are-getting-truncated/3253/2 "2019-11-16T22:01:52Z")
Use the Comskip GUI configuration tool to browse through the available settings and tweak them. I would recommend looking at `always_keep_last_seconds=0` and change it to a higher number like 120.
> [@Sammy](#):
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> WAF
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### Author:  [@Sammy](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/u/Sammy)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2019, 1:44pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/some-of-my-conversions-are-getting-truncated/3253/3 "2019-11-17T13:44:11Z")
Wife Acceptance Factor
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### Author:  [@Sammy](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/u/Sammy)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2019, 1:49pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/some-of-my-conversions-are-getting-truncated/3253/4 "2019-11-17T13:49:21Z")
> [@Goose](#):
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> Use the Comskip GUI configuration tool to browse through the available settings and tweak them. I would recommend looking at `always_keep_last_seconds=0` and change it to a higher number like 120.
Done. I’ll see how it goes and report back. Thanks.
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### Author:  [@Sammy](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/u/Sammy)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2020, 2:57pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/some-of-my-conversions-are-getting-truncated/3253/5 "2020-03-10T14:57:12Z")
Guess I never reported back. Right after this and unrelated to this my HTPC crashed. I built a new Ryzen 3700x and then merged two computers into one, drives and all. in between that I got frustrated with my Asus Router and mesh system so I put together a UniFi setup… at any rate, I just now made the setting again and will monitor it, reporting back for sure!
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### Author:  [@lightvox](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/u/lightvox)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2020, 10:31pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/some-of-my-conversions-are-getting-truncated/3253/6 "2020-05-02T22:31:01Z")
Hi Sammy,
This happens to me as well where I’m losing chunks of time big and small from the ends of TV shows that are processed with comskip. Any update on whether the suggested setting change has helped? Thanks.
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### Author:  [@Sammy](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/u/Sammy)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2020, 1:16pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/some-of-my-conversions-are-getting-truncated/3253/7 "2020-05-03T13:16:06Z")
> [@lightvox](#):
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> Any update on whether the suggested setting change has helped?
Interesting you should ask…
It was working fine for a while and recently my wife is telling me of truncated recordings again. I go and check and sure enough, my comskip.ini has always\_keep\_last\_seconds=0 again. I went into the .ini file with notepad ++ elevated to admin and changed it again. I think this may correspond to installing the latest update so in the future I’m going to back up my comskip.ini to comskip.old then restore it after the installation of an MCEBuddy update.
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### Author:  [@Goose](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/u/Goose)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2020, 5:26pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/some-of-my-conversions-are-getting-truncated/3253/8 "2020-05-04T17:26:32Z")
> [@Sammy](#):
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> my comskip.ini has always\_keep\_last\_seconds=0 again. I went into the .ini file with notepad ++ elevated to admin and changed it again
It’s best to keep your custom INI file in a separate folder and point them to MCEBuddy. This topic will help explain it:
> [@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…