[MEncoder-users] mencoder/mplayer, -ss and DVDs

[D Richard Felker III]

On Wed, Apr 06, 2005 at 07:07:27AM +0300, Oded Shimon wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 05, 2005 at 11:36:39PM +0200, Nico Sabbi wrote:
> > sooner or later  we'll have to  make it clear in a FAQ: at the moment 
> > seeking in mpeg
> > streams is not  reliable, so you had better use -sb with a search&refine 
> > series of attempts.
> 
> Or, he can use MEncoder's new EDL feature, with -hr-edl-seek . Instead 
> of seeking, it just drops the unecessary frames.

Maybe you could make some option by which -ss could use the
hr-edl-seek code for precision seeking without the use of an actual
edl file.

Rich