</para>
<para>
- &GStreamer; derives several times from the clock and the playback state.
+ &GStreamer; derives several <emphasis>time value</emphasis> from the clock
+ and the playback state.
It is important to note, that a <emphasis>clock-time</emphasis> is
monotonically rising, but the value itself is not meaningful.
Subtracting the <emphasis>base-time</emphasis> yields the
<emphasis>running-time</emphasis>. It is the same as the
<emphasis>stream-time</emphasis> if one plays from start to end at original
rate. The <emphasis>stream-time</emphasis> indicates the position in the
- media.
+ media. The <emphasis>running-time</emphasis> is (re-)set to 0 when the
+ pipeline starts to play and also after <emphasis>flushing</emphasis> seeks.
</para>
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