[MPlayer-users] ogg causes endless loop

[Alban Bedel]

Hi gabor,

on 22 Apr 2002 01:55:14 -0400 you wrote:

> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> 
> > > 
> > I added seeking but the init seems long even with little files.I don't have any big ogg 
> > so I don't know how many time it take for a really big file. Make a samples with the 
> > first Meg of the file. If it does play you just have to wait. If it doesn't send a bugreport
> > and upload the sample.
> > 	Albeu
> 
> for a 700Mb movie the init takes 30secs on an 1ghz athlon....
> 
> i don't really know how's the seeking implemented, but in windows i can
> play-and-seek in ogg files instantly, so there must be a way to doit
> without init ( i think you're generating some kind of index, the same
> way as for avi files )..
Yes, I build an index and it seems way too long. I must look at it and/or use an 
other way. The advantage of this solution is that you can seek quickly to any
point in the movie. You know the drawbacks.
> 
> of course even this kind of indexing is better than nothing, but then at
> least could you add an option to start a movie without seeking, but
> instantly?
Use a non-seekable source like this : cat your_file | mplayer -
	Albeu