[gst-devel] Seeking for mp4/3gp files

[Michael Smith]

On Thu, 2006-10-19 at 09:44 +0530, Deeptendu Bikash wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm using gstreamer to play local movies. When I try to seek on MPEG2
> movies, in some movies I get some kind of seeking, but the interval of
> seek is variant. In some other movies, and in all mp4 and 3gp movies,
> everytime I try to do a seek, the movie starts playing from the
> beginning.
>  
> I use the code:
> event = gst_event_new_seek(1.0, GST_FORMAT_TIME,
> GstSeekFlags(GST_SEEK_FLAG_FLUSH | GST_SEK_FLAG_ACCURATE),
>                                            GST_SEEK_TYPE_CUR,
> 100*GST_MSECOND, GST_SEEK_TYPE_END, 0);
> gst_element_send_event(pipeline, event);
>  
> My questions are: 
> 1. Though this code calls for 100 msec seek from the current position,
> the movement at times is more than 10 mins. Is there a way to correct
> this behaviour? 

GST_SEEK_TYPE_CUR does not seek from the current position. You want to
use GST_SEEK_TYPE_SET, and you almost certainly want to use
GST_SEEK_TYPE_NONE for the second (end) time.

I wouldn't be at all suprised if many plugins implement
GST_SEEK_TYPE_CUR incorrectly; there aren't many things that use it.

You probably want to issue a position query (to get the current
position), then seek to a specific location by adding/subtracting from
that.

Mike

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