[vlc] Re: The Navigation Slider

[Sigmund Augdal]

On Tue, May 24, 2005 at 01:10:18AM -0500, jegner at mail.utexas.edu wrote:
> 
> Hello.  I'm a great fan of the VLC media player, but it does have one major
> frustration.
> 
> VLC, like all media players has a navigation slider so the user can manipulate
> where in the file to play.  This can either be done by clicking and dragging
> the navigation slider button or by clicking somewhere along the navigation
> slider where the button is not.  (This is just to make sure I am communicating
> properly without the correct terminology.)
> 
> In VLC, when the user clicks (no dragging) along the navigation slider where the
> navigation slider button is not, VLC does not resume playing at the point the
> place was clicked.  Instead, VLC resumes playing at a fixed interval away from
> where the slider was.  This frustrates me.
You are not the only one. Lot's of people reports frustration about this.

> 
> I find it much more useful for the navigation slider to act like Windoes Media
> Player (and WMP classic).  With those applications, when the user clicks on a
> certain place on the navigation slider, the media player resumes playing at the
> part of the file where the person clicked along the navigation slider.
> 
> I hope this goes into consideration in your next version,
The next version is unfortunatly too close in time for this to be included
there. But it will surely be considered for 0.8.3.

Sigmund

> Jacob Egner
> 
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