[MPlayer-users] Bug 1 of 2: MKV fast forward doesn't work correctly - Mac OS X 10.3.9

[Guillaume POIRIER]

Hi,

On 4/14/06, Ergzay <ergzay at everyoneproductions.com> wrote:
>
> On 2006/04/14, at 0:00, RC wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 13 Apr 2006 23:44:11 -0400
> > Ergzay <ergzay at everyoneproductions.com> wrote:
> >
> >> So is anyone going to consider  fixing this or am I stuck permanently
> >> with a broken mkv player and will  I just have to use VLC if I want to
> >> fast forward?
> >
> > Nobody can fix it if they don't know where the problem is.  Have you
> > uploaded a sample?
>
> Why would I need to upload a sample if every .mkv file does it. Grab
> one of your own for a sample.
> I was just about to go and upload a mkv just to show that it happens
> with all but I found I don't know where to upload to. The documentation
> says to upload to ftp://mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/incoming/ but that doesn't
> exist.
> As a compromise, these sample videos from matroska also exhibit the
> fast forwarding problem.
> http://www.matroska.org/samples/matrix/index.html
> And for those of you who are lazy, direct links:
> http://www.matroska.org/samples/matrix/Matrix.Reloaded.Trailer-RV9-
> Karl640x432_HE_AAC_subtitled_chapters.mkv
> http://www.matroska.org/samples/matrix/Matrix.Reloaded.Trailer-640x346-
> XviD-1.0beta2-HE_AAC_subtitled.mkv
>
> Like I said it happens with ALL and ANY mkv files.

All of them work just fine on my machine (debian-based x86-64), and
they have always been. Seeking is fast and accurate. No problem
whatsoever.

The problem _may_ be with Mac OS X, but if it's the case, you're all
alone: few ppl on the core team have that setup thus, it's hard for
them to reproduce the problem and fix it.

Guillaume
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