Can't skip ahead in recorded live Justin.tv broadcasts

**Kamachi** · 05-10-2009, 11:09 AM

When I record something live on Justin TV and try to watch it later on the FLV Player, I can't skip around on the file. The player says "unknown duration" and when I click info it says: "Can Seek to End? No".

This is pretty annoying since I am recording Japanese Baseball games that are three hours long and I would love to skip commercials and other superfluous stuff.

Is there a workaround that I am just missing? Perhaps a better FLV player?

Any help would be appreciated.

**sadsac** · 05-14-2009, 09:15 PM

Live streaming videos, by nature, do not have timecode metadata encoded into the flv.

Sometimes, SMPlayer can seek/skip flv files that don't have flv metadata:

http://smplayer.berlios.de/

Or, you can try injecting timecode metadata into the saved flv file by using a FLV MetaData Injector such as FLVMDI/FLVMDIGUI:

http://www.buraks.com/flvmdi/

However, FLVMDI/FLVMDIGUI is limited to file sizes of less than 700mb, and also sometimes will not work if the stream wasn't saved perfectly (absent any interruptions or hiccups in the video/audio)

**jacobson00** · 07-02-2009, 09:18 AM

it worked!!!!! WOW, i inserted the timecode into the flv. and was able to convert to other format
thanks

**gjhoe** · 07-30-2009, 04:57 PM

How you did it? thanks

**carlobee** · 08-05-2009, 08:46 PM

that actually confused me a little . can you expound more on how you were able to do it?

**Justin TV** · 08-13-2010, 08:26 PM

Oh, now I get it. Maybe that's the reason why whenever I would try to skip a particular timeline, nothing happens. It's really called "live stream" because there are no playbacks or rewind. Lolz. But it makes sense. Thanks a lot for posting. Are there screen shots too? screen shots will help our fellow members to get an idea of what you mean. Thanks.

**stream-recorder.com** · 08-13-2010, 10:46 PM

If I try to watch the recording while it is beeing recorded with RMC 4, I have a problem fast forwarding. However when the recording is finished, it is fixed and I don't see any problem fast forwarding and rewinding.

**paulrichardson** · 08-27-2011, 01:54 AM

Originally Posted by Kamachi

When I record something live on Justin TV and try to watch it later on the FLV Player, I can't skip around on the file. The player says "unknown duration" and when I click info it says: "Can Seek to End? No".

This is pretty annoying since I am recording Japanese Baseball games that are three hours long and I would love to skip commercials and other superfluous stuff.

Is there a workaround that I am just missing? Perhaps a better FLV player?

Any help would be appreciated.

Hi there,

I would LOVE to be able record Justin.tv for 3 hours, my Media Catcher keeps stopping and needs Justin to be refreshed before it starts again.

Are there some settings that I might have to change?

(I am a registered user)

Regards,

Paul