Start VideoPlayer at certain position

Question

I have a VideoPlayer in Scene and I would like to start my video at certain position. On user swipe, the same video should start at another position (something like youtube videos with arrow keys).

I was trying to use set_stream_position as is stated in documentation, but it won't work. The video always starts at the beginning. I also created completely new scene and tried to instantly start from certain position (without swiping), but didn't succeed.

$VideoPlayer.stream = load(get_current_video()) # path to video
$VideoPlayer.play()
$VideoPlayer.set_stream_position(20) # start video at 20 seconds

I also tried to set stream position and then to play it.

Similar question: https://godotengine.org/qa/52188/how-to-start-a-videoplayer-stream-at-a-certain-position - unfortunately they didn't solve it using set_stream_position (I would also agree on using some other logic if possible)

Answer 1

Seeking isn't implemented yet, the methods do nothing: https://github.com/godotengine/godot/issues/14430

Comments

Any idea if this feature will be implemented in Godot 4?

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We don't know yet – video playback may be moved out of core to be provided by a FFmpeg-based add-on, given how broken the current implementation is.