[MPlayer-users] VOB file : mplayer does not give the correct time

[Nico Sabbi]

Il giorno sab, 23/08/2008 alle 09.24 +0200, Jerome Vandermeersch ha
scritto:
> Hi folks,
> 
> I am a GNU/Linux User (Ubuntu Hardy 8.04) using mplayer 1.0rc2-4.1.3-DFSG-free
> 
> For some VOB files, mplayer does not give
> the correct time. The time reset to
> 0 each time the chapter is changing.
> 
> The code I am using to get those VOB files is : mplayer -dumpstream dvd://$title -dumpfile $movie_name.vob
> 
> As I am using mplayer to crop (mplayer $source -nosound -vf cropdetect -ss 1800 -frames 252), timer is a concern for me !
> 
> Thanks for any tips you would provide.
> 

this answer was already answred one million times: vobs may have
timers resets, but playing dvd:// will show the ~correct dvd time
(without resets) in the status line and in the OSD menu