[MPlayer-users] Re: Playing xcd image files

[Jonathan Rogers]

Martin Collins wrote:
> Well no, given OGM's inherent seeking limitations the time you give to
> -ss is not the actual time it skips to. You just need to find a value
> that skips to a few seconds in. In my experience this trick is only
> needed in a few cases anyway, but if you have a problem movie it's worth
> a try.

I've certainly noticed MPlayer's lack of precise seeking in OGMs, though 
I'm not certain if it has to be that way. Xmms seems to be able to seek 
precisely on Oggs. Thanks for the tip; I'll certainly keep it in mind.

Jonathan Rogers