[MPlayer-users] -idx is not working properly in SVN r29979

[Reimar Döffinger]

On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 02:26:17AM +0100, rvm wrote:
> 2009/12/8, RVM <rvm3000 at ya.com>:
> > I've been noticing a problem with -idx in the latest revisions. I've just
> >  compiled SVN r29979 and the problem is still present.
> >
> >  I try to play a file which doesn't have an index, so I use -idx
> >
> >  mplayer video.avi -idx
> >
> >  The problem is that when I press the right cursor to seek 10 seconds, it seems
> >  it seeks to the end of the file and then mplayer closes. If I press the left
> >  cursor instead it seeks to 10 seconds before the end of the file.
> >
> >  If I press the down cursor if goes to 1 minute before the end the file. (At
> >  this point the cursor keys work ok, pressing left goes 10 seconds backwards,
> >  right goes 10 seconds forward).
> >
> >  If I play the file and press the up cursor mplayer closes again, I suppose it
> >  tries to go to the end of file + 1 minute.
> >
> >  So the problem seems that when seeking for first time, the starting point is
> >  the end of the file instead of the beginning.
> >
> >  By the way, -forceidx has the same behaviour.
> 
> I think the problem was introduced in revision 29914:
> 
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> r29914 | reimar | 2009-11-16 11:44:00 +0100 (lun, 16 nov 2009) | 2 lines
> 
> Use calloc instead of initializing each struct member individually to 0.
> 
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> 
> -idx worked ok before that revision.

Hm, idx should only have an issue with files lacking an index.
Hopefully it should be fixed though.