[MPlayer-users] Re: -ss switch broken in current 3-pass-mode of mencoder

[Arpi]

Hi,

> > Hmmm. I was under the impression that it was, in fact, the duration, only
> > misnamed. And I think it's described as such in manpage. Either way, it
> > seems it doesn't behave consistently, so it should be fixed and I vote for
> > having two options, mutually exclusive: -endpos and -duration.
> 
> Sorry, it was originally misnamed but consistent (always a duration)
> when I added it a long time ago. Changes since then must have broken
> it. I agree both forms should be available, and most importantly, they
> should have names that make sense.

ok i've found the problem around -ss and 3-pass.
the _user_ has 2 choices:
1. do the first pass for the whole file, and use -ss for 2nd/3rd pases
2. do all the 3 passes with the same -ss value

it was originally written for 2., but was commited a patch later to seek in
frameno.avi too, it changed behaviour to 1.
also, -endpost ignores the -ss it seems.


A'rpi / Astral & ESP-team

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