Bug 200462

Summary:	xine-lib-1.1.8 cannot seek through FLAC files
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Dmitriy Turovec <D.Turovec>
Component:	[OLD] Library	Assignee:	Gentoo Media-video project <media-video>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	2007.0
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Dmitriy Turovec 2007-11-26 23:48:10 UTC

It is impossible to seek through FLAC files. At first I thought it was only amarok's problem, and I tried to play any flac file in kaffeine or xine-ui, and I got the same: it plays well, but it is impossible to seek: when i try, it stops playback for some seconds, then returns to the point it was playing before.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. open every player which plays using xine-lib
2. load any FLAC file
3. play and then try to seek through the file ;)

Actual Results:  
does not seek

Expected Results:  
it should've seeked!

Comment 1 Dmitriy Turovec 2007-12-21 15:05:32 UTC

In Amarok 1.4.8 it is now possible to seek through FLAC files. ;) Though seeking is not very precise - aiming at 1:15, for example, you'll get somewhere nearby, like at 1:00 or 1:29.

Comment 2 Dmitriy Turovec 2007-12-21 16:29:40 UTC

No, I have mistaken. The problem is not resolved at all.

Comment 3 Diego Elio Pettenò (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-12-29 21:50:42 UTC

Not a xine bug: seeking is implemented through flac seekpoints, if you can't seek on a flac file, that file does not have seek points. If you're an Amarok user, I would bet the problem is you ripped a CD with the audiocd:/ KIO slave, which is known to produce flac files without seekpoints. Check the manpage for the metaflac command (part of flac package) on how to both check for presence of seekpoints and how to add them.

Comment 4 Dmitriy Turovec 2007-12-30 19:19:34 UTC

Aha, I see, files created with k3b show such a baheviour, files created with kaudiocreator are well-made ;)