[MPlayer-users] Frame by Frame Playing

[Oliver Seitz]

> * Akif Kucet on Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at 16:00:24 +0300
>> I'm an character animator and sometimes(not sometimes,usually:)I need to
>> revision scenes frame by frame.It's so important for animation.Also I
>> know a
>> lot of animation studios use Linux.(for instance:DreamWorks)But without
>> watching the scene carefully,it's impossible to animate a scene.So if
>> you
>> can add this feature to MPlayer.Belive me,it will be perfect for guys
>> like
>> me.Because of this,I can't invite animators to Linux.In Macs and
>> Windows,Apple's QuickTime Player handles it.But believe me I couldn't
>> find
>> any software that can handle frame by frame playing.
>> Also Quick Time's plugin works great on sites such this:
>> www.11secondclub.com
>> I can't watch videos frame-by-frame so I can't critic anything.Hope you
>> guys
>> can add this feature.Belive me this' an important feature.Thanks!
>
> Have you ever tried hitting "." while a movie plays? ... ;-)
>
> It's actually the first hit when you search for "frame" in
> man 1 mplayer:
>
> .
>    Step forward. Pressing once will pause movie, every consecutive
>    press will play one frame and then go into pause mode again (any
>    other key unpauses).

The point seems to be IMHO the lack of the key to "step one frame backward"

I think that's really not implemented yet, but then I think it's not
easyly done.

Greets,
Kiste