mpeg 2 playback

[samsc]

current implementation takes a few seconds to load an mpeg movie, as it has to check all the i frames when the movie is loaded - to get frame positions in the movie.
this holds everything else up until done.

if you are going to have to use mpeg2 files, preload them well before you need them

[litemover]

It takes forever to even load one in quicktime.

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[samsc]

It takes forever to even load one in quicktime.

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i think its because they have to scan through all the frames to find the frame boundaries.
it might be possible to cache this information -

but mpeg2 is not really a usable format for most things anyway.