[vlc] Problems with RTSP streams

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

On Thu, 5 Feb 2009 03:21:44 +0200, Dotan Cohen <dotancohen at gmail.com>
wrote:
> 1) Time counter does not count. I can jump to a position and the timer
> updates, but it still does not count time. If I don't jump position,
> then the counter shows 00:00 for the entire duration of the video.

Not all RTSP streams can be seeked, and most do not specify their duration.

> 2) Pause and unpause occur 2-3 seconds after the button is pushed.

That's network and bufferring latency. As far as I know, this is fixed in
VLC 1.0.

> 3) Cannot speed up or slow down video.

Not all RTSP servers support this.

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Rémi Denis-Courmont