Tablo Premium Service

Subscribers to Tablo's Premium Service can enable Automatic Commercial Skip via the settings screen of the Tablo app on Roku.

To disable Tablo Automatic Commercial Skip on a per-recording basis from within the playback screen press down on the D-pad for Options. 

Subscribers to Tablo's Premium Service can enable Automatic Commercial Skip via the settings screen of the Tablo app on Amazon Fire TV.

To disable Tablo Automatic Commercial Skip on a per-recording basis from within the playback screen press down on the D-pad for Settings. 

NOTE - Automatic Commercial Skip is NOT supported on playback via Tablo Connect unless you are streaming at full quality.

Subscribers to Tablo's Premium Service can enable Automatic Commercial Skip via the settings screen of the Tablo app Android TV.

To disable Tablo Automatic Commercial Skip on a per-recording basis from within the playback screen press down on the D-pad for Settings. 

Subscribers to Tablo's Premium Service can enable Automatic Commercial Skip via the settings screen of the Tablo app on Apple TV.

To disable Tablo Automatic Commercial Skip on a per-recording basis from within the playback screen swipe down on the touchpad for Settings. 

Subscribers to Tablo's Premium Service can enable Automatic Commercial Skip via the settings screen of the Tablo app on iOS or Android mobile devices, the Windows 10 app on PC, and the web app at my.tablotv.com on MACs.

To disable Tablo Automatic Commercial Skip on a per-recording basis from within the playback screen, toggle the Commercial Skip icon which looks like this: 

NOTE - The Android mobile app and the web app will not show Automatic Commercial Skip success/failure messages.

Subscribers to Tablo's Premium Service can enable Automatic Commercial Skip via the settings screen of the Tablo interface on TV-Connected Tablo DVRs like Tablo DUAL HDMI and Tablo QUAD HDMI.

They can also enjoy Automatic Commercial Skip on supported secondary streaming devices. 

To disable Tablo Automatic Commercial Skip on a per-recording basis from within the playback screen press down on the D-pad for Settings. 

In order to be eligible for commercial skip processing, your Tablo DVR’s recordings must:

• NOT be a manual recording
  Manual recordings lack 'program type' details and therefore are ineligible 
• Be completed successfully
  In-progress, failed, and incomplete recordings are ineligible.
• Be created AFTER commercial skip has been enabled in your Tablo’s settings screen
• Have completed Fast-Forward Preview processing successfully

Certain networks, program types, and shows are always ineligible for commercial skip processing including:

• [NETWORK] PBS
• [NETWORK] TVO
• [PROGRAM TYPE] Manual Recording
• [SHOW] Bonanza
• [SHOW] Gilligans Island
• [SHOW] Good Morning America

Details about why certain shows/networks are ineligible as well as a complete list of ineligible networks and programs can be found on the Tablo Knowledge Base.

NOTE - ATSC 3.0 recordings made on the Tablo ATSC 3.0 QUAD HDMI are also not eligible for Automatic Commercial Skip. 

When Tablo's Automatic Commercial Skip detection is enabled, all recordings that have been processed will show a commercial skip message identifying either success or one of several error messages:

• SUCCESS - Commercial skip is ready.
• FILTERED - Program ineligible for Commercial Skip.
• NETWORK - Commercial Skip upload failed.
• UNSUITABLE - Recording does not meet criteria for Commercial Skip.
• RECEPTION - Commercial Skip failed due to poor reception.
• OTHER FAILURE - Commercial Skip detection failed. 
   

For a full overview of the meanings of these error messages, head over to the Tablo Knowledge Base.