[MPlayer-users] RE:-ss feature request,RC

[The Wanderer]

Martin Kopun wrote:

> //On Sat Nov 18 12:39:59 CET 2006// RC <rcooley at spamcop.net>
> wrote:
> <mailto:mplayer-users%40mplayerhq.hu?Subject=%5BMPlayer-users%5D%20-ss%20feature%20request&In-Reply-To=455EE31B.2060305%40gmail.com>//
> 
> 
>> First, why not use the right tool for the job?  avisplit works
>> quite well, and is 100% frame-accurate, unlike -ss/-endpos
> 
> I think Avisplit is only for Windows. I'm going to find a linux tool.

Nope:

wanderer at pegasus:~$ which avisplit
/usr/local/bin/avisplit

 From a quick 'locate avisplit', I think I got it from transcode.

>> Second, it wouldn't be hard to script what you want to do.  Just
>> use mplayer -identify to find the length in seconds of the first
>> 10mb segment, and pass that to -ss for the second segment...
> 
> Thanks. This solution works.

It's imprecise, if you want to match exact filesize marks, but it should
suffice if you have a certain amount of wiggle room as to exactly where
you end your segments.

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