Is there a software player that can play files backwards?

[Black Evil]

Just a random idea..

[rigel]

playing files backwards is very problematic
it can be successfully done only in case of uncompressed video, or video that has been compressed by certain types of compression
most video compression systems store video data in a way that frames are dependent on frames that came before them
to enable seeking, they have every once in a while so called "keyframes" which are independent
to play video backwards the player should decode all video frames beginning with a keyframe FORWARDS, store the uncompressed images (A LOT of information !!! ) and play them backwards, while uncompressing another set of frames......... and it is not uncommon to have files where there are keyframes only after every 100...500 frames.
as a conclusion..... it can be done.... but it is quite problematic
by the way - most software dvd players can play backwards

[pernas]

Originally posted by Black Evil
Just a random idea..
Yes, use (some)player + Avisynth & reverse - see http://www.avisynth.org/Reverse

Regards,
Per