[MPlayer-users] Stop time.
Hello again. Is there any stop function for mplayer in the last releases or cvs?
I want to do something like:
mplayer -ss 15 -stop 47 video.mpg
which means play the video.mpg starting at 15secs and stopping at 47secs. Of course the -stop does not exist but this is what I want to do if there is any way(?).
I have tried: mplayer -ss 15 -frames 800 video.mpg
where 800 frames=32secs*25fps, and it is 32 secs because we want to play 32 seconds after the 15 first secons to reach the 47 secs timing. I hope you understand.
Anyway, this works for me but there is a problem with that: *When the playback starts at the 15secs and you rewind or fast forward then the mplayer plays the 32 secs from the position you rewind or fast forward! I.e. if you rewind to e.g. 8secs then it will playback until the 40secs of the video.mpg clip and not until the 47 secs that is required to play! This is not a bug of course, but the (unexplained) lack of a stop functionality in mplayer that would do the "mplayer -ss 15 -stop 47 video.mpg", causes a lot of trouble.
So, as I asked in the beginning: Is there any stop function for mplayer in the last releases or cvs that I don't know? Is there going to be a stop function soon? Maybe we should also forward this questions to the mplayer developers as well.
Thanks a lot, please help if you know anything at all, best regards,
Kostas
Did you receive this? Because I can't see any answer at all in the mailing list! Thank you.
On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 09:34:20 +0300 "Konstantinos Karydas" <kkar@intracom.gr> wrote:
Is there any stop function for mplayer in the last releases or cvs that I don't know? Is there going to be a stop function soon? Maybe we should also forward this questions to the mplayer developers as well.
As far as i know, there isnt. But check the manpage. If it's not there it doesn't exist (or is so buggy that we dont want the avarage user to use it) Attila Kinali -- egp ist vergleichbar mit einem ikea bausatz fuer flugzeugtraeger -- reeler in +kaosu
On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 09:34:20 +0300 "Konstantinos Karydas" <kkar@intracom.gr> wrote:
Is there any stop function for mplayer in the last releases or cvs that I don't know? Is there going to be a stop function soon? Maybe we should also forward this questions to the mplayer developers as well.
As far as i know, there isnt. But check the manpage. If it's not there it doesn't exist (or is so buggy that we dont want the avarage user to use it)
Attila Kinali -- egp ist vergleichbar mit einem ikea bausatz fuer flugzeugtraeger -- reeler in +kaosu
I have triple-checked the man page. I have also printed the page so that I could take a more careful look! Of course, I can't find any stop function. It's strange for the mplayer not to have such a functionality, since it contains many much more complicated features such as filters and other quite difficult functions which are much more difficult to implement than a simple stop function to make feasible a complete start-stop functionality together with the seek function (-ss). Thanks for answering Kinali. Any other suggestions by anyone at all? Thanks, regards, Kostas
On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 12:25:00 +0300 "Konstantinos Karydas" <kkar@intracom.gr> wrote:
It's strange for the mplayer not to have such a functionality, since it contains many much more complicated features such as filters and other quite difficult functions which are much more difficult to implement than a simple stop function to make feasible a complete start-stop functionality together with the seek function (-ss).
It's not strange at all, it's just nobody ever needed it and thus nobody implemented it. That's how OSS work, you scratch where it itches.
Thanks for answering Kinali.
Attila wa ii. Attila Kinali -- egp ist vergleichbar mit einem ikea bausatz fuer flugzeugtraeger -- reeler in +kaosu
On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 12:25:00 +0300 "Konstantinos Karydas" <kkar@intracom.gr> wrote:
It's strange for the mplayer not to have such a functionality, since it contains many much more complicated features such as filters and other quite difficult functions which are much more difficult to implement than a simple stop function to make feasible a complete start-stop functionality together with the seek function (-ss).
It's not strange at all, it's just nobody ever needed it and thus nobody implemented it. That's how OSS work, you scratch where it itches.
Thanks for answering Kinali.
Attila wa ii.
Attila Kinali
That's not true, that nobody ever needed the stop function. There are many people from time to time wondering and/or complaining why there is no stop function in mplayer (something like -endpos in mencoder). I think the most reasonable and wise thing to do would be the mplayer people to consider implementing such a function for the new MPlayer release, say "MPlayer-1.0pre3". They would receive many "thank you" and "thank God" I believe. Regards, Kostas
Hi, Konstantinos Karydas schrieb: [...]
That's not true, that nobody ever needed the stop function. There are many
ok, but nobody really asked for it, or?
people from time to time wondering and/or complaining why there is no stop function in mplayer (something like -endpos in mencoder). I think the most
well there is no reason i could of imagine, to have such a feature, except unattended replay, or such alike.
reasonable and wise thing to do would be the mplayer people to consider implementing such a function for the new MPlayer release, say
well, good idea, why not try yourself :-)
"MPlayer-1.0pre3". They would receive many "thank you" and "thank God" I believe.
yes that could be, but who knows, i didn't find many complaints about mplayer not having a stop feature at google... Regards Onno
Konstantinos Karydas writes:
That's not true, that nobody ever needed the stop function. There are many people from time to time wondering and/or complaining why there is no stop function in mplayer (something like -endpos in mencoder). I think the most reasonable and wise thing to do would be the mplayer people to consider implementing such a function for the new MPlayer release, say "MPlayer-1.0pre3". They would receive many "thank you" and "thank God" I believe.
As a start I have added your request to the wishlist. Diego
That's not true, that nobody ever needed the stop function. There are many people from time to time wondering and/or complaining why
function in mplayer (something like -endpos in mencoder). I
Konstantinos Karydas writes: there is no stop think the most
reasonable and wise thing to do would be the mplayer people to consider implementing such a function for the new MPlayer release, say "MPlayer-1.0pre3". They would receive many "thank you" and "thank God" I believe.
As a start I have added your request to the wishlist.
Diego
Thank you very much Diego. I am grateful. I hope my wish comes true! :) Best regards, Kostas
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