Re: No FF or Rew on Video???

From: Paul (Paul_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/24/04 

Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 12:17:04 -0800

That begs the question. what formats do support REW and FFWD (and skip
prev/next) and how do I convert videos to that format. i have many files in
MPEG2 and some work and some dont and some are mixed (REW, FFWD dont work,
but skip does work). Some skip prev and next dont work at all and neither do
REW and FFWD.

I dont mind spending the time converting files to the correct format, but
dont know what format I should get them in etc.

"Andy Vanosdale [MCE MVP]" wrote:

> Most video formats do not support FF or REW on videos. They just don't have
> the placeholders to detect when a frame should be shown at particular
> point...
>
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> Andy Vanosdale
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> "Char" <Char@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:77B1FE66-D50A-415B-B57D-63189BF2A77F@microsoft.com...
> > Using a guide I found through forum, I converted a couple of dvds to vob
> > files to mpeg 2, so I can watch dvd movies over the extender. The files
> > play
> > very nice in the extender but for whatever reason, you can't rewind
> > videos
> > in MCE or MCX, I can only jump in 30 second intervals. This is really
> > bugging me, as there is no way for me to get to certain parts any video
> > without sitting there and pressing the skip button over and over.
> >
> > I actually have the extender and the computer in the same room, so I can
> > play the DVDs from the desktop directly but when I do this the picture
> > quality is not as good as the extender.
> >
> > Is there anyway to get around this or is there anyway to improve the dvd
> > quality from the MCE itself.
> >
> > I have the hp1170n w/ a Ati Radeon 300 graphics card and the dvd decoder
> > is
> > intervideo decoder. I am using an s-video connector between the computer
> > and
> > the tv and a component connection from the linksys to the tv.
> >
> > Any ideas?
>
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