VLC cannot skip to later parts of video

[hhg]

I am running Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS with Linux 4.15.0-47-generic. I cannot get the any video to go to later parts of a video. It simply restarts from the beginning.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Are you sure the videos are complete?

[hhg]

Yes, the videos are complete. This happens with every FLV and MP4

[unidan]

Hi, can you upload a sample and logs ?

To help you, we need messages, to completely understand what your problems is.
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2. Set Verbosity to 2
3. Start playback to reproduce your issue
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5. Then paste the full resulting log here between [​code]and[​/code] (or use Pastebin.com if it's too long)

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[eternal_fizzer]

I can replicate playback shutdown while playing an flv by using any of these steps:
1. move slider
2. use fast forward button
3. use right arrow (keyboard)
I used #1 to produce the text below (abbreviated since it exceeded max. message size).

I see where this has been a problem as far back as v0.8 (2007). I hope there's a workaround in the works, as I have the entire collection of my favourite series in flv.

Thanks for taking a look at this.

[​code]
main debug: VLC media player - 3.0.8 Vetinari
main debug: Copyright © 1996-2019 the VideoLAN team
main debug: revision 3.0.8-0-gf350b6b5a7
main debug: configured with /Users/d-fu/vlc-3.0/extras/package/macosx/../../../configure '--prefix=/Users/d-fu/vlc-3.0/build/vlc_install_dir' '--enable-macosx' '--enable-merge-ffmpeg' '--enable-osx-notifications' '--enable-faad' '--enable-flac' '--enable-theora' '--enable-shout' '--enable-ncurses' '--enable-twolame' '--enable-realrtsp' '--enable-libass' '--enable-macosx-qtkit' '--enable-macosx-avfoundation' '--disable-skins2' '--disable-xcb' '--disable-caca' '--disable-pulse' '--disable-sdl-image' '--disable-vnc' '--build=x86_64-apple-darwin17' '--host=x86_64-apple-darwin17' '--with-macosx-version-min=10.7' '--with-macosx-sdk=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.13.sdk' '--with-breakpad=https://mac.crashes.videolan.org' 'build_alias=x86_64-apple-darwin17' 'host_alias=x86_64-apple-darwin17' 'CC=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/clang' 'CFLAGS=-g' 'LDFLAGS=' 'CXX=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/clang++' 'CXXFLAGS=-g' 'OBJC=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/clang' 'OBJCFLAGS=-g'
main debug: processing request item: Castle s01e01 Flowers for your grave.flv, node: Playlist, skip: 0
main debug: resyncing on Castle s01e01 Flowers for your grave.flv
main debug: Castle s01e01 Flowers for your grave.flv is at 1
main debug: starting playback of new item
main debug: resyncing on Castle s01e01 Flowers for your grave.flv
main debug: Castle s01e01 Flowers for your grave.flv is at 1
main debug: creating new input thread
main debug: Creating an input for 'Castle s01e01 Flowers for your grave.flv'
main debug: requesting art for new input thread
main debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MiB
main debug: using default timeshift path
main debug: `file:///Volumes/Media/Castle/Castle%20s01e01%20Flowers%20for%20your%20grave.flv' gives access `file' demux `any' path `/Volumes/Media/Castle/Castle%20s01e01%20Flowers%20for%20your%20grave.flv'
main debug: creating demux: access='file' demux='any' location='/Volumes/Media/Castle/Castle%20s01e01%20Flowers%20for%20your%20grave.flv' file='/Volumes/Media/Castle/Castle s01e01 Flowers for your grave.flv'
main debug: looking for access_demux module matching "file": 14 candidates
main debug: looking for meta fetcher module matching "any": 1 candidates
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in /Users/rboileau/Library/Application Support/org.videolan.vlc/lua/meta/fetcher
...
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...
main debug: Received first picture
main debug: end of video preroll
main debug: Decoder wait done in 30 ms
main warning: picture is too late to be displayed (missing 32 ms)
avcodec warning: DEMUX_SET_POSITION: 11699185
main debug: Received first picture
main error: Timestamp conversion failed for 5839001: no reference clock
main error: Could not convert timestamp 0 for FFmpeg
avcodec warning: DEMUX_SET_POSITION: 25692332
avcodec debug: Trying to seek too far : EOF?
main debug: EOF reached
main debug: killing decoder fourcc `mp3 '
main debug: removing module "mpg123"
...
main debug: Program doesn't contain anymore ES
main debug: dead input
main debug: changing item without a request (current 1/2)
main debug: nothing to play
main debug: destroying useless vout
...
macosx debug: toggle playlist from state: removed splitview 0, minimized view 0. Event 2
macosx debug: toggle playlist to state: removed splitview 0, minimized view 0
macosx debug: Playback has been ended
macosx debug: Releasing IOKit monitor sleep blocker (37200)
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