[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] Bind to seek to a given percent

[Clément Bœsch]

On Mon, Nov 08, 2010 at 11:18:16PM +0100, Clément Bœsch wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 08, 2010 at 01:58:25PM -0500, compn wrote:
> > On Mon, 8 Nov 2010 13:56:25 +0100, Clément Bœsch wrote:
> > >On Mon, Nov 08, 2010 at 08:03:29AM -0500, compn wrote:
> > >> On Mon, 8 Nov 2010 00:10:38 +0100, Clément Bœsch wrote:
> > >> >Hi,
> > >> >
> > >> >It's the second time a person tells me he prefers GUI over classic MPlayer
> > >> >because the progress bar allows them to seek to a given position
> > >> >immediately. So I was wondering about making a default bind for this.
> > >> >
> > >> >It seems there is not current solution to bind a combination of keys, just
> > >> >like KEY_CTRL + '1', so I just binded F1 to F9 ('1' to '9' are for most of
> > >> >them already in use). I know this bind is not really good (especially for
> > >> >those using desktop managers) but I didn't find any better.
> > >> >
> > >> >What do you think of this?
> > >> 
> > >> i think the users like seeking with the mouse, which is how its done in
> > >> every other video player with a gui. even flash plugin/youtube.
> > >> 
> > >> maybe it would be wiser to just remove GUI and replace it with smplayer?
> > >> 
> > >
> > >Why smplayer? Why not gnome-mplayer? It seems to be maintained too
> > >(release 1.0.0 2 days ago), and imo lighter
> > >http://code.google.com/p/gnome-mplayer/downloads/list
> > 
> > because smplayer works on windows and linux like gmplayer.
> > 
> 
> Oh, ok.
> 
> > i'm not all that happy about having another 9 keys just for seeking.
> 
> I agree.
> 
> > but after you figure out how to bind the Fx keys, maybe you can commit
> > it as commented out in input.conf for those few users who want function
> > key percentage seek.
> > 
> 
> Looks like a nice compromise. I'm not sure about the spelling, it does not
> sound that good to me:
> 
> ##
> ## Advanced seek
> ## Uncommenting the following lines binds keys to seek to n% of the media.
> ##
> #F1 seek 10 1
> #F2 seek 20 1
> #F3 seek 30 1
> #F4 seek 40 1
> #F5 seek 50 1
> #F6 seek 60 1
> #F7 seek 70 1
> #F8 seek 80 1
> #F9 seek 90 1

Added slightly differently, flame me on cvs log for my approximative
English.

PS: sorry to resurrect some old crap :)

-- 
Clément B.
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