[vlc] VLC media player suggestion and question.

[Stuart McGraw]

On 01/10/2010 08:01 PM, Richard Hole wrote:
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> It would be good to be able to step back or forward a certain number of 
> seconds. Currently, the only way I know how to do this is to click on 
> the scroll bar. This steps back or forward but often it is too far and I 
> have to listen to a lot of things again in order to replay the last bit 
> that I missed. It would be good to have a button or a keystroke to step 
> back perhaps about 10 seconds. If the button or keystroke is pressed 
> twice it could be back 20 seconds. Each time it is pressed it could go 
> back an extra 10 seconds. Another button could be used to step forward a 
> certain number of seconds. Are these features available or could you 
> possibly include them in the next version?
>[...]

I would like to second this request.  I use VLC to watch movies for
learning a foreign language.  I often want to move back just a few 
seconds to listen to a phrase again, and often do this multiple times.

Rather than just a single button moving a fixed amount of time, I 
wonder if a second, "vernier" scroll bar could be provided.  The 
control lever would be positioned at the right end of the scrollbar
normally, and when moved all the way to the left, it would step back 
by a fixed amount of time (say 15 sec, settable in preferences).  
Or maybe a checkbox could be provided to make the main scrollbar 
work normally, or in this vernier mode.

I know this would make VLC enormously easier to use for me.