[mythtv-users] Does Fast Forward Work for anyone?

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Mon Apr 21 19:34:05 UTC 2008


(fixed top-posting)

On 04/21/2008 03:21 PM, allene222 wrote:

>  From: "Michael T. Dean"
>
> > On 04/21/2008 12:53 PM, Sarah Katherine Hayes wrote:
> >
> >> Must admit it doesn't for me, in MythVideo using Internal, but
> >> I'm using a pretty flaky wifi setup which might well have
> >> something to do with it.   :)
> >>
> >> What sort of problems are you getting?
> >
> > It almost definitely won't work (though it may appear to kind-of
> > work) in MythVideo with MPEG CODEC's if you don't build a seektable
> > with mythcommflag --video or (quite likely, instead) mythtranscode
> > --video.
>
>  Mike, could you expand on that thought?  Is this something I need to
>  do to my programs before watching or something I need to enable so
>  that I can use ff?  Specifically, can I ff a program that isn't
>  finished yet. You know, start watching 1/3 of the way through and ff
>  something before the show is done?

My statement applies only to videos in MythVideo.  It has no bearing on 
MythTV recordings.  However, it's something you must do before watching.

Mike




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