[FFmpeg-user] Frame-accurate seekingin FFplay?

[Paul B Mahol]

On 9/23/19, Stuart Bruce <stuartrbruce at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello
>
> I've been tasked with making a Python-based, cross-platform application
> that centres around (but which is not limited to) a central video player
> window. As a regular user of FFmpeg, I want to use FFplay, via the
> ffpyplayer library.
>
> However the problem I'm having is that while FFmpeg has had frame-accurate
> seeking for some time, and I can accurately pull images or conversions of a
> MOV file from FFmpeg, it seems that FFplay's seek is not frame accurate,
> even on the same MOV file. Frame accuracy is absolutely essential to my
> application, as users need to be able to jump or step to specific frames
> with confidence. Presently, using ffpyplayer's seek function, or the Kivy
> video library which is essentially a front end for ffpyplayer it seems,
> tends to land me on the keyframe prior to the frame that I want- sometimes
> up to 4 seconds out.
>
> This question is likely to be out of my league, but how difficult would it
> be to make FFplay frame accurate on the same principles as FFmpeg? I don't
> imagine it's as simple as just lifting code from one into the other? Is
> there a reason why this discrepancy between FFmpeg's ability and FFplay's
> ability still exists?
>
> This application is a rebuild of software that was using the QuickTime API
> and then Microsoft's MediaElement, both of which are frame-accurate when
> setting a position on the same MOV file.
>
> If FFplay cannot work frame accurately, can anyone recommend an alternative
> Pythonable video player library with frame-accurate control playback and
> MOV support? (I've already tried VLC, but it is nowhere near frame accurate
> either.)

Try mpv.

>
> Thanks
>
> Stuart
>
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