[MPlayer-users] Re: Searching with "-ss 00:23:00" parameter inaccurate?

[Arpi]

Hi,

> > teh mpeg seekig code gets the average bitrate value from teh header,
> > multiply by -ss time and start playing the file at that position
> > if the actual bitrate differs from nominal or teh nominal value is bad or
> > nonexistant then it won't seek well.
> 
> But should it not check whether the positioned frame is at the requested
> time and reposition otherwise? The current behavior makes it

search teh archive it wa discussed already too long

the main problem is that those timestamps are not absolute values, sometimes
they look so but for multiangle or edited or broadcasted mpeg streams they
jumps at several points and don't start at zero.
even on normal simple dvd they restart counting several times, mostly at
chapter boundary.

the correct way of cutting dvd to 2 parts is using the -chapter n-m option


A'rpi / Astral & ESP-team

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