[MPlayer-users] Seek command in slave mode is not precise

[RC]

On Wed, 5 Nov 2008 09:07:41 +0100
"Dusan Halicky" <dusan.halicky at gmail.com> wrote:

> The problem is, when I use command "seek 4 2", it jump to 00:09:00.
> Also when I use "seek 60 2", it actually seek to 64 or so. But
> sometimes it jump on correct time (usually when I choose different
> time, e.g. "seek 300 2" jumps to 00:05:00). 

MPlayer (and almost all other video players) can only jump to the
nearest I-frame/keyframe in a video.  You could reencode the video as
all-I-frames, or seek some distance before the time you want, and let it
play until it reaches the proper time.

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