[MEncoder-users] problem with -ss

[The Wanderer]

Guillaume POIRIER wrote:

> On 6/21/06, Sean Brady <sbrady at oversee.net> wrote:
> 
>> Hello everyone.  I'm having a problem with seeking during
>> encoding...
>> 
>> running this version of mencoder:
>> 
>> MEncoder dev-SVN-r18712-3.4.4
>> 
>> Here's the command:
>> 
>> mencoder thefile.flv -o test.flv -of lavf -lavfopts 
>> format=flv:i_certify_that_my_video_stream_does_not_use_b_frames 
>> -oac mp3lame -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=flv -ss 25
>> 
>> -endpos  works, but -ss does not.... here's the response:
> 
> AFAIK, seeking isn't yet supported on flv files.

Although that doesn't mean that it should segfault; please read the
message printed by MPlayer upon such a crash (which you apparently
snipped, along with some of the rest of the output) and follow the
crash-bug-reporting guidelines.

-- 
       The Wanderer

Warning: Simply because I argue an issue does not mean I agree with any
side of it.

Secrecy is the beginning of tyranny.