[mythtv] [PATCH] better avi seek support

[Isaac Richards]

On Tuesday 03 May 2005 07:58 am, Mark Spieth wrote:
> I have implemented a patch that allows avis to be played and seeked
> correctly. it shows correct length too! I know its a bit of a nasty hack.
> The reasons for doing it this way is to minimise the impact on libavformat
> which Isaac has stressed. Thus avidec.c has 1 new function and is thus easy
> to merge.
> The new function is the same as avi_read_seek except without the url_fseek.
> It is needed to sync the audio and video stream timestamps otherwise they
> diverge uncontrollably. It is only activated if there is an index in the
> avi file.
> The structures in avidec are partially reproduced in avformatdecoder.cpp to
> allow scanning of the index table. This has been annoying me for a while
> now and have finally done something about it. note that I use myth to play
> my avi's instead of mplayer or xine due to timestretch and thus it was
> higher on my priority list. feedback welcome.

Is there any reason why the avformat seeking functions can't be used for cases 
where there's no myth seektable?

Isaac