[MPlayer-users] seeking in a video file with an invalid video codec crashes mplayer

[Ergzay]

On 2005/10/01, at 4:55, Guillaume POIRIER wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On 10/1/05, Ergzay <ergzay at everyoneproductions.com> wrote:
>> If you play video with an invalid video codec by doing -vc blabla (or
>> whatever) all that happens is the audio plays. (The result is 
>> different
>> from doing -vo null). If you try seeking in this what happens is that
>> mplayer crashes. CVS is updated to about 2 hours ago from this 
>> posting.
>> I have tried both -ao macosx and -ao sdl and this happens with both.
>> iBook G4 1.2Ghz 256mb ram radeon 9200 mobility video card
>> gcc version 3.3 20030304 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 1495)
>
> I don't think it can be called a bug. It's just MPlayer allowing you
> to shoot yourself on the foot, that's all!

Actually this is a bug. What should happen is that mplayer should 
behave exactly as if your playing a straight audio file. It should 
allow you to seek as normal even if you aren't playing the video.