[MPlayer-users] RTSP and trick-play

[Christophe Lemoine]

The seek does not work: it pauses the video, then start from where it 
was, with some artifacts. The player control does not include the option 
to seek the video when playing the stream: so, yes, it does really looks 
like it is not supported. And I want to use streams to offer Video on 
Demand services. So trick play is a must if I want to equal the quality 
of service of playing a local file (else I would probably switch to HTTP 
progressive download.....).

Tric play works not too bad on VLC (but VLC does not have yet VDPAU 
support, so I cannot use it....).


Oliver Seitz wrote:
>> Thanks for your quick and clear answer.
>> So, mplayer is definitely not the right choice to build a multi media
>> set top box....., except if one consider that streaming and RTSP are a
>> mess that no one needs.
>>     
>
> If Nico hadn't answered that quick my first suggestion would have been to
> try a version that's not three years old. There have been made only a few
> thousand improvements by then, perhaps some of them affect your seeking
> issue.
>
> And, you say seeking worked, just not as smooth as you would like it to
> be... I agree, streaming is important and MPlayer should do it. But it
> does, doesn't it?
>
> I'm used to watch streams starting at the beginning, then moving forward
> in real-time-speed, until the end. In few cases I pause the stream of
> rewind a few minutes, but I'm content if it just works, I don't mind a
> little pause nor some seconds with artifacts. I think they're funny.
>
> If I have to jump instantly to a certain point within a video, I don't use
> a stream but a file in MJPEG or similar coding.
>
> Greets,
> Kiste
>
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