SMPlayer Support Forum

If I try to skip forward in an M4A file the file stops playing. Is there a setting or option that fixes this problem?

You can try the options "absolute seeking" and "relative seeking" in preferences -> interface -> seeking.

Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately it didn't help. Is this a common problem? I only encounter it with M4A's, not MP3's.

I never had this problem with m4a, but maybe it depends on the version of mplayer or mpv you have installed.

I have MPlayer r37343 and the M4A file is here:

http://www.macgeekgab.com/media/cachefl ... 150712.m4a

Seek work with this file using and enabling "precise seeking" in preferences -> interface -> seeking. However seek is very slow and it doesn't seem possible to go beyond 1:00:00.

How do add mpv to a portable version of smplayer?

You can get a mpv build here:
http://mpv.srsfckn.biz/

Copy mpv.exe in the mplayer folder.

Don't forget to change in the preferences the mplayer binary to point to mpv.exe instead of mplayer.exe.

I changed the preferences to point to mpv.exe instead of mplayer.exe. There's an error when I open a file.

Error parsing option slave-broken (option not found)
Setting command line option '--slave-broken=' failed.
Exiting... (Fatal error)

You need to update smplayer. You'll find a portable version here:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/smplaye ... -unstable/