[Mplayer-users] fast forward problem

[Felix Bünemann]

> > Can't seek in raw .AVI streams! (index required)
> > 
> > Is there a solution to that problem?
> probably - create that index.
> windows players doesen't play avi files without index at all
> ( you can get around that using preview from windows commannder iirc )
> aviplay plays those, but it recreates index first ( this can get very long
> time when your .avi is on slow medium like cdrom or network )
> and mplayer just plays the file with lightning speed. 
> there is something in docs about mplayer developers thinking about other
> ways of dealing with index problem though.
> 

Under windooze you can use divx fix or virtual dub to add an index to the
file, anyhow if your software doesn't add it itself it sucks. Maybe there's a
divx fixer for linux, too. The windooze tools are available from
www.divx-digest.com and virtualdub.sourceforge.net).

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Best Regards,
   Felix

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