[MPlayer-dev-eng] PATCH: Fixes seeking based on percentage for mpg's with timestamps not starting at 0

[Nico Sabbi]

Oded Shimon wrote:

>On Sat, Apr 02, 2005 at 06:00:55PM +0200, Nico Sabbi wrote:
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>>I don't understand what guarantees that (mpg_d->final_pts - firstpts) > 
>>0 and (oldpts - firstpts).
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>Yeah, I've seen some mpg files which are a total mess with pts.. a popular 
>one, usually with DVD's, are 0:00:00, until 0:00:20, then back to 0:00:00, 
>and then continue until the end of the movie. Not sure what this patch does, 
>but IMO I'd expect MPlayer in this case to treat percentage against the entire 
>file, not by subsection. All MPG seeking should be against the entire file.. I 
>don't really see how pts should ever be considered here.
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>- ods15
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unless someone implements -idx (any volunteer?), seeking in mpeg files 
is a hopeless dream