Re: [xine-user] Playing Xvid with time offset?

[Marcel J. <ko...@ho...>]

On Thursday 11 May 2006 18:54, Ken Mandelberg wrote:
> I want to play an xvid file starting at a time offset. I can do this by
> manually seeking with the gui, but is there a way to specify the offset
> on the command line?
 
You can use keys or lirc (which I use) to jump to a certain position, but I'm 
not aware of a command line option. Check the keymap editor for some of the 
functionality.

> On a related theme, is there a Linux program for chopping segments out
> of an xvid?

Try avidemux or command line tool transcode.
http://avidemux.sourceforge.net/
http://www.transcoding.org

regards,
Marcel