That extension doesn't actually step backwards frame by frame. It just tries to seek back by a small increment which will only be the previous frame if you're lucky and have a cooperative format.
Well, in the end we decided to have our hired programmer try and build us a basic player, based on ffmpeg, which could framestep forward and backward. But indeed, like mentioned in the previous post, it poses many problems! Nevertheless, we do now have a player with, albeit limited, possibilities f...
What if we don't always save a buffer of previous frames during normal play, but build it on demand? For example, assume the user's video is paused. 1. User asks VLC to step back one frame. 2. The position of the current frame is saved (using PTS or byte location?): call it frame x. 3. Then you seek...
Background: Compiling on Ubuntu 14.04 32-bit for Windows 32-bit. I am following the instructions here: https://wiki.videolan.org/Win32Compile/. When I get to the make under "Building VLC", I get the following errors. One thing that is particularly strange to me about the output is that the...
I have a quick patch for backward stepping. It is very very very very ugly and will not be merged. But if needed contact me (if you are a programmer, of course). How can I get a copy of this patch? I only need to be able to back-step for I-frame only MPEG-2 videos. I'm also willing to work on imple...