For what it's worth, mpv lets you choose which style of seeking you want with the seekbarkeyframes OSC option. Leave it on (the default) and mpv will seek to th

For what it's worth, mpv lets you choose which style of seeking you want with the seekbarkeyframes OSC option. Leave it on (the default) and mpv will seek to the nearest keyframe when you click on the seekbar. Switch it off, and mpv will seek to the most recent prior keyframe and silently decode to the exact point you clicked on, so you should get that pause as mentioned in the article. Depending on how quickly your computer can decode video, it should still be pretty fast.