[MPlayer-users] Re: [-] Will -edl be available in mencoder some time?

[D Richard Felker III]

On Tue, Feb 22, 2005 at 01:32:45PM -0500, Jeff_Mitchell at accessbusinessgroup.com wrote:
> 
> mplayer-users-bounces at mplayerhq.hu wrote on 02/22/2005 01:25:38 PM:
> 
> > On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 17:51:14 +0100
> > Matthias Wieser <mwieser at gmx.de> wrote:
> >
> > > Looks like this scrpit works lossless (e.g. without reencoding). Am
> > > I right?
> >
> > Yes, it just copies. It is only really useful for mjpeg or other codecs
> > that mencoder can seek accurately.
> >
> > Martin
> 
> I have had some strange behavior with use of the -ss and -endpos parameters
> when using a MPEG-2 .mpg file (captured by catting /dev/video0, which is a
> Hauppauge PVR-250).  Does MPlayer have a hard time accurately seeking
> MPEG-2, or should I be looking for a different culprit?

yes, seeking in mpeg is totally hopeless. :)

rich