Why is it

[staabie66]

Why is it that on some videos I play in Windows Media Player it wont let me skip around on the video. Such as start at a minute and skip to 16 it won't let me. But on other videos it will. Why does this happen?

thanks

 

[staabie66]

also forgot to say, how can I make it so I can skip around on movies that originally wouldn't let me?

 

[ShadowBlade]

ive only ever noticed such an effect with damaged/corrupted files
idk

 

[imported_Noob]

Are you streaming those videos of the internet?

 

[TourGuide]

Originally posted by: ShadowBlade
ive only ever noticed such an effect with damaged/corrupted files
idk

Same here. An incomplete download will also do this.

 

[shimsham]

try the vlc player. doesnt really solve your problem with wmp, but i use it to get around that problem with vids in wmp.

 

[staabie66]

I'll try VLC and let you know if it works or not. Also the video isn't incomplete, I just downloaded it and its been done for about 6 hours.

 

[ddogg]

its quite rare to find those videos but once in a while i have come across them...really pain in the ass then, although im not sure why it doesnt let u skip. probably due to some corruption!! 😕

 

[The Boston Dangler]

i'm not sure this applies, but many audio files are not seekable. it's up to the creator of the file. 2 files with the same extension (.shn for example) one seeks, the other doesn't. maybe the same thing is happening here.

i use GSPOT to check file quality, it picks out corrupt files immediately.