VLC wrongly "corrects" track lengths

[vpprof]

Hello,

I have a large m4a file and a list of timestamps at which individual pieces start within that file. With the help of an Excel spreadsheet I have created an m3u playlist to access each piece independently. The playlist contains this info:

#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:108,,Piece no. 1
#EXTVLCOPT:start-time=0
#EXTVLCOPT:stop-time=108
MyFile.m4a

and so on for all pieces. However, when the playlist is loaded, VLC initially displays correct lengths of the pieces and then — a second later — "corrects" them by replacing them with the length of the whole file.

Can this be altered? Is there a better way to solve the problem?

Thanks

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

No.

[vpprof]

That's a "no" to which of the two questions?

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

This is intended behaviour. Start and stop time are just that, start and stop time. They don't affect the timeline as such, only the fraction of it that is performed.

[vpprof]

Oh, I see. Thanks.