Definitions
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- adjective Capable of being
sought . - adjective computing Through which one can
seek back and forth ; not purelysequential .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Don't worry about warning messages like "unknown object" or "Stream not seekable!"
Boing Boing: August 28, 2005 - September 3, 2005 Archives 2005
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Cool Edit (minor cleanup) > CDWAV > mkwact (seekable)
bt.etree.org 2010
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The first is a bug fix. wdiff can now cope with non-seekable input, e.g. in the form of a bash command substitution, like the following:
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Cool Edit > CDWAV > mkwact > SHN (seekable) mvernon54@attbi.com
bt.etree.org 2010
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Source: aud (unknown mics)? cdr eac (secure) mkwact (seekable)
bt.etree.org 2010
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Unfortunately we don't recognize resources hosted on these servers as seekable.
Planet Mozilla Planet Mozilla Module Team 2010
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If your own videos are not seekable or showing a duration then you may be facing a similar issue and it might be worthwhile trying a nightly build and seeing if that fixes it.
Planet Mozilla Planet Mozilla Module Team 2010
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Cool Edit (minor cleanup) > CDWAV > mkwact (seekable)
bt.etree.org 2010
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Once we see the '206' we mark the resource as seekable.
Planet Mozilla Planet Mozilla Module Team 2010
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Now, the code I was working on created a PNG and when you create a PNG you need a seekable stream.
ASP.NET Weblogs Latest Microsoft Blogs 2010
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