[MPlayer-users] report position in file for cutting

[Martin Collins]

On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 02:00:19 -0500
Johan <johan at ccs.neu.edu> wrote:

> Googling the list archives got me nowhere, so perhaps this isn't a
> faq:

I'm afraid it is.

> 1) is there any way to adjust playback speed on the fly

No. You could find the rough position at full speed then run again with
-ss and -speed to get an exact frame.

> 2) How can I ask mplayer to spit out the place where I am in the
> file: either/both in time offset or/and byte offset?

The terminal output displays this info. 

> 3) perhaps this is the wrong tool for the job. Can you suggest any
> better?

avidemux?

Martin