Idea #3746: Ability to rewind videos in small increments.

Written by beetlejuice321 the 7 Mar 08 at 16:10. Category: Multimedia.
Related to: Nothing/Others. Status: New

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When watching DVD's or videos in Ubuntu. Its impossible to rewind video just a few moments.

Say you missed something in the video, or are wanting to re-read some subtitles. Currently users are unable to back track just a few seconds when when watching a video. When a user hits the "left-arrow" for examble, they are warped (rewinded) almost 1-2 minutes into the previous video content. Using the mouse to adjust the timeline is nearly impossible on longer videos.

Forward skip, and forward-seek (fast-forward) works, but there is no backward seek support.

I am proposing that the default media players in Ubuntu have the ability backward-seek, and to skip backward in small intervals when pressing the left-arrow key (the same as happens in Windows and Mac). In addition it would be nice if the user had the ability to adjust the sensativity of the fast-forward/rewind options in some sort of config file.

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Mårten Woxberg wrote on the 7 Mar 08 at 17:59

Yes.

Please Totem, take a hint from VLC!

jakeg wrote on the 7 Mar 08 at 23:09

I get this annoyance all the time - there must be a way to easily rewind a few seconds, but I fail to find it in VLC or any other media player. Make it obvious if it exists. When I move my mouse when in full screen, I want to see an easy button I can click and hold to visually rewind and then let go when I'm where I want to be.

devz0r wrote on the 10 Mar 08 at 03:16

You should try "SMPlayer" in the repositories. It includes the ability to move forward/back (by default) 10 seconds, 1 minute, and 10 minutes, and these can be changed in preferences.

gaspard.leon wrote on the 10 Apr 08 at 04:37

in totem, hold shift when pressing left arrow, it reduces the amount of time seeked.

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