[MPlayer-users] arbitrary file location seeks & "remote" control?

[Arpi]

Hi,

> This is probably more of a feature request than anything else, but I think 
> I lack a really indepth knowledge of how mplayer works internally.  
> Here's what I'd like to do:
> 
> I've written a GOP-accurate MPEG2 editor, and I use stock mpeg2dec 
> right now to render individual GOPs.  I'd like to be able to use mplayer 
> to play them (that way I'd have proper framerate, audio, and av sync).
> 
> The first problem is controlling mplayer from another application.  I 
> figure that since lirc works, this wouldn't be hard for me to hack.
> 
> The second problem is telling mplayer "start playing at file position X, 
> and stop when you get to Y".  From what I can tell, all the seek 
> interfaces are time-based (as they should be for a player).
> 
> How possible would it be to do file position seeks?
see -ss and -sb options.

btw, if you want to use mplayer's stuff in your app, you should get
mplayer.c and modify for your needs - set the start/end file position after
opening the stream so it will play only that bytes.


A'rpi / Astral & ESP-team

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