[MPlayer-users] How many seconds for -ss command

[Jack Smith]

On Nov 15, 2007 11:04 AM, Alexander Roalter <alex at roalter.it> wrote:
> Jack Smith wrote:
> > A while back someone asked about using the -ss command to restart
> > mplayer and I never noticed an answer.  If they still haven't figured
> > it out, here's how I do it.  When I run mplayer I get a lot of
> > messages in the window I run it from.  If I break out (say with a "q")
> > one of the last looks like this
> >
> > A:1216.7 V:1216.7 A-V:  0.008 ct:  0.112 29172/29172  5%  0%  0.6% 3 0
> >
> > 1216 is the parameter to use with the -ss command.
> >
> On DVDs (or mpeg streams in general) it might as well look as this:
>
>  > A:6.7 V:6.7 A-V:  0.008 ct:  0.112 29172/29172  5%  0%  0.6% 3 0
>
> Which means, after 29172 Frames played (@23,997fps = 1216 seconds), the
> timestamp (which is reported with A: and V:) can easily be reset to zero
> every now and then, in which case you're out of luck.
>
> Almost all of my DVDs show this behavior with a counter reset at least
> once. With AVIs or other containers I did not notice this behavior.
>
> As the timestamp is reported 'as-it-is' from the medium, this isn't also
> likely to change in the near future, and seeking beyond the first reset
> point is impossible, sadly.
>
> --
> cheers,
> Alex

Gotcha.  I almost never run DVDs at my computer (the TV has better
chairs) so hadn't noticed.
Thanks,
-- 
Jack Smith

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