Why is seeking disabled / greyed out during ASF playback?
If you’re playing back from a Windows Media Server, probably because the file was not indexed. Run the Windows Media File Editor (from the Windows Media Encoder package) on the file – use File:Save and Index there. If you’re playing back from a web server… because this isn’t really supported. If you’re playing back locally… probably because you’re using WMP6. Use the position slider to adjust your position. (Note that some people refer to this as fast-forwarding or rewinding, even though that’s not quite what it is.) It is critical that the file is indexed, though, so make sure it is. Do this using a utility that ships with the Windows Media 9 Encoder called the “Windows Media File Editor”. Just fire it up, and open your WMV file. File -> Save and Index, and the index should be applied. Note that almost all files produced with current tools are indexed by default – only older files or oddly produced files would need to have indexing set.
If you’re playing back from a Windows Media Server, probably because the file was not indexed. Run the ASF Indexer (from the Windows Media Tools or Windows Media Resource Kit packages) on the file. If you’re playing back from a web server… because this isn’t really supported. If you’re playing back locally… probably because you’re using WMP6. Use the position slider to adjust your position. (Note that some people refer to this as fast-forwarding or rewinding, even though that’s not quite what it is.
