Looping ogg/theora videos

[David Johnson]

On Thursday, April 28, 2011 01:14:40 pm Stefan Kost wrote:
> Am 28.04.2011 03:28, schrieb David Johnson:
> > I need to loop some ogg/theora videos. I can do this, but I am getting a
> > noticable delay when looping. I need the looping to be seamless.
> > 
> > Depending on what times I am looping from/to, the delay can vary from not
> > noticable, to extreme. It can also vary depending on the file.
> > 
> > I have full sources of an example I can post if necessary. I have
> > included a short snippet to show what I am doing:
> > 
> > What am I doing wrong?
> 
> Only use GST_SEEK_FLAG_FLUSH for the first seek-event, when handling
> SEGMENT_DONE try without it.

This does not help any. I am still getting about a quarter second freeze at 
the end of the segment.

Some more investigation reveals that this only happens with ogg/theora (obv) 
video clips. It is not happening with some DV clips.

Is this the fault of the Theora format? Perhaps it is not suited for seamless 
looping?

-- 
David Johnson