[mythtv-users] skipping forward not working right anymore

[Michael T. Dean]

On 11/06/2006 09:44 AM, Marco Nelissen wrote:
> That did the trick. Thanks!
> It seems a little strange to me that mythtv uses these seek-tables. I
> haven't seen any other media player that requires this in order to do
> proper seeking. Good to know though.
AFAIUI, the seektables allow /exact/ seeking instantaneously in 
variable-bitrate MPEG-2 (instead of seeking by reading the file as 
quickly as possible or "estimating", as most other media players do).

See, also, http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/226752#226752

Mike