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Thank you, that was exactly what I needed.
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Thank you, that was exactly what I needed.

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I am using the ShowAnalyzer from Dragon Global to detect commercials on live TV (the broadcast is delayed). &nbsp;Their program outputs to a .edl file which lists the blocks of commercials (in seconds). &nbsp;The .edl file is constantly being updated and I was wondering what would be the best way to have my VB.Net program read and act upon a new commercial. &nbsp;Thanks for the help, Ron<br />

<pre><code id="code-318361">Contents of .edl file 
387.84	538.92	0
1257.32	1438.96	0
1930.84	2061.56	0
2239.68	2510.92	0
2747.76	2981.56	0
3771.4	3902.16	0
4121.28	4372.36	0
4546.92	4793.84	0
5082.72	5347.28	0
5527.28	5527.28	0
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I am using the ShowAnalyzer from Dragon Global to detect commercials on live TV (the broadcast is delayed).  Their program outputs to a .edl file which lists the blocks of commercials (in seconds).  The .edl file is constantly being updated and I was wondering what would be the best way to have my VB.Net program read and act upon a new commercial.  Thanks for the help, Ron

Reading a .edl file for commercial detection in Visual Basic 2008

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