[gst-devel] Several novice questions

[Tim Müller]

On Mon, 2008-01-21 at 00:12 -0700, Jeffrey Barish wrote:

> I am still wondering why query_position(gst.FORMAT_PERCENT) produces a
>  query error whereas query_position(gst.FORMAT_TIME) does not and
>  whether gst.FORMAT_PERCENT is a misnomer.

Hardly any element supports/implements PERCENT format queries, that's
why it fails. TIME is the best-supported format. If you want the current
position in percent you currently need to query the duration and the
position and then calculate the rest yourself.

Cheers
 -Tim