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

[belcampo]

RC wrote:
> 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). 
Does this happen with the same file ?
What kind of file is it, which container and which codec ?
What application created the file ?
> 
> 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.