[MPlayer-users] Re: Searching with "-ss 00:23:00" parameter inaccurate?

[Josef Wolf]

Hello!

>> Anyone seen the problem that seeking in .vob files with the -ss
>> parameter is very inaccurate? I have a .vob file here where
> yes, it's known

>> "-ss 1:00:00" positions to 1:29:40, which is _very_ inaccurate
> no, it's very accurate :)

Depends on the point of view :)

> teh mpeg seekig code gets the average bitrate value from teh header,
> multiply by -ss time and start playing the file at that position
> if the actual bitrate differs from nominal or teh nominal value is bad or
> nonexistant then it won't seek well.

But should it not check whether the positioned frame is at the requested
time and reposition otherwise? The current behavior makes it
impossible to split up a .vob into two (or more) .avi files with mencoder.

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