[MPlayer-users] resume playback after closing mplayer

[Heitzso]

mplayer can seek to closest group of frames, I believe,
and it is possible to set how many frames are in a gof
(not sure about that when encoding w/ mencoder,
but possible with other tools so I assume also possible
w/ mencoder).  In any case, I've compressed avi files
with gof of 16 or thereabouts and gotten reliable
half second seeking with mplayer using -ss.

That still does not solve the problem of remembering
where you stopped, though you might be able to
scrape that from the console's (stdout's) last line
using cli tools.

Heitzso

>I agree about the unreliable seek, but it is extremely fast.  The files that
>I will be using with mplayer are recorded TV shows that I have converted to
>avi using mencoder.  I just record them in dvr-ms format, convert to mpg and
>then to avi using an automated process to save disk space until I watch and
>delete it.
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>I would still like to be able to do this if it is at all possible.  I have
>WAF to consider (Wife Approval Factor) with using compression and mplayer)
>:)
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>Paul
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>Paul Bartlett wrote:
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>>I currently use an application to playback dvr-ms, mpg2 and ts (transport
>>stream) files that has the ability to remember the point that each was
>>closed so that when you start it again it resumes playback from that point.
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>>avi (xvid) files, however, cannot be played back using this different
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>>and in anycase mplayer does a much better job of rendering these videos and
>>so I would like to use it for my playback.  But I can't find out how to get
>>it to resume playback.
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>>After reading through the documentation, I have found the -ss option that
>>allows playback to be started at any given time, but that is only half the
>>battle, I still need to know at what point that playback was ceased.
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>>Is there some way that mplayer can retun the value of the number of seconds
>>where it was stopped, or even if there is a way that it can output to the
>>console where it is up to every few seconds so that I can trap it with a
>>script?
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>>(I am running Windows XP Pro SP2)
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>>thanks,
>>Paul
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>mp
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