[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] fftools/ffmpeg: check sseof value and clash with ss

[Gyan Doshi]

On 29-06-2018 01:58 AM, Morten With wrote:

>> av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_WARNING, "-sseof value seeks to before start of file
> %s; ignored\n", filename);
> 
> should be an AV_LOG_ERROR and an exit_program(1) afterwards. The warning is
> very high up and on a file with lots of info you will probably miss it and
> wonder what's going on. Throwing an error will instantly clear it up.

The user can't do anything about it. If one is seeking to *before* start 
of file, then at most one can start from start of file, which is what 
ffmpeg falls back on.

Regards,
Gyan