[MPlayer-users] Seeks to a wrong position with -ss option in wmv files

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> Hello.
>
> I have a problem with seek position in wmv file.
>
> ...
> # /usr/bin/mplayer -ss 10 -nosound -vo null /video/2
>
> with -ss 10 - start at 28 sec
> with -ss 59 - start at 101 sec
> with -ss 100 - start at 188 sec
>
> with -ss 365 -
>                  Starting playback...
>                  V: 572.9   1/  1 ??% ??% ??,?% 0 0
>
>                  Exiting... (End of file)
> What to do?
> Can I set a position not on seconds (under frames for example)?

-sb is probably your only chance to get it somehow working. It will seek
to certain byte positions so you probably have to play with some values to
get it right..AFAIK seeking to certain frames is unfortunately impossible.


Sebastian