[MPlayer-users] insane compulsive maniacal mencoder settings

[Michael Waters]

On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 01:43 +0000, Martin Collins wrote:
> > I've had no problems watching xcds with mplayer.  Do not use the
> > CDFS kernel module as suggested by some of the people in the
> > newsgroup.  It does not work.  Just burn the image with cdrdao and
> > then `mplayer -vcd 2`.  Sometimes you might need to play around with
> > the`-ss` option. like `-ss 5:00`... try different timings.  If
> > playback is choppy, use `-cache`.
> 
> Ah, track 2. I should've thought of that. I've not dealt with vcd type
> things before. Works beautifully now, apart from seeking but I believe
> that's a known problem with oggs. Thanks for the swift and useful reply.

no prob... :)  ogm seeking is bad.  If you mean however, mplayer starts
playing the xcd, then you try fast-forward and mplayer hangs, then I
kill mplayer and try with a different `-ss` value. Usually somewhere
between 3:00 & 10:00, if you briefly see the OSD timeline right after
mplayer opens the video window, playback is fine.  `-cache` is usually
good too.