Seeking mpv using arrow keys / seek commands does not update seek position in mpris

[hoyon]

Seeking mpv using arrow keys / seek commands does not update seek position in mpris

[mralext20]

after a bit more testing, it appears to be more reproducible by holding down the arrow up or down keys with default bindings.

[hoyon]

I've tested this using the KDE media player and the time when seeked is consistent with mpv until around 35:45 on a long file, where it goes back to the beginning.

That time is 2145 seconds which, in microseconds, is suspiciously close to 2^31 − 1, the largest number which can be stored in a 32 bit signed integer, which is what the KDE media player must be using internally and causing the issue.

For some reason, the MPRIS creators thought that we needed microsecond precision when seeking tracks, so the internal numbers are rather large and need to be handled with 64 bit integers.

The same issue is also present in VLC player.

[mralext20]

so its a kde bug?

[hoyon]

It seems so. You should create a bug report on the relevant kde bug tracker