3 files changed, 10 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/stream/stream.c b/stream/stream.c
index 7fd6700cdd..271e268a1c 100644
--- a/stream/stream.c
+++ b/stream/stream.c
@@ -692,13 +692,13 @@ bool stream_seek(stream_t *s, int64_t pos)
     return stream_seek_unbuffered(s, pos);
 }
 
-bool stream_skip(stream_t *s, int64_t len)
+// Like stream_seek(), but strictly prefer skipping data instead of failing, if
+// it's a forward-seek.
+bool stream_seek_skip(stream_t *s, int64_t pos)
 {
-    if (!stream_seek(s, stream_tell(s) + len))
-        return false;
-    // Make sure s->eof is set correctly, even if a seek happened.
-    stream_read_more(s, 1);
-    return true;
+    return !s->seekable && pos > stream_tell(s)
+        ? stream_skip_read(s, pos - stream_tell(s))
+        : stream_seek(s, pos);
 }
 
 int stream_control(stream_t *s, int cmd, void *arg)
@@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ int stream_skip_bom(struct stream *s)
     bstr data = {buf, len};
     for (int n = 0; n < 3; n++) {
         if (bstr_startswith0(data, bom[n])) {
-            stream_skip(s, strlen(bom[n]));
+            stream_seek_skip(s, stream_tell(s) + strlen(bom[n]));
             return n;
         }
     }
diff --git a/stream/stream.h b/stream/stream.h
index 4a38d28109..d054e54914 100644
--- a/stream/stream.h
+++ b/stream/stream.h
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ typedef struct stream {
     void (*close)(struct stream *s);
 
     int64_t pos;
-    int eof;
+    int eof; // valid only after read calls that returned a short result
     int mode; //STREAM_READ or STREAM_WRITE
     void *priv; // used for DVD, TV, RTSP etc
     char *url;  // filename/url (possibly including protocol prefix)
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ inline static int64_t stream_tell(stream_t *s)
     return s->pos + s->buf_cur - s->buf_end;
 }
 
-bool stream_skip(stream_t *s, int64_t len);
+bool stream_seek_skip(stream_t *s, int64_t pos);
 bool stream_seek(stream_t *s, int64_t pos);
 int stream_read(stream_t *s, void *mem, int total);
 int stream_read_partial(stream_t *s, void *buf, int buf_size);
diff --git a/stream/stream_libarchive.c b/stream/stream_libarchive.c
index ab8fda0f34..e3109dfb0a 100644
--- a/stream/stream_libarchive.c
+++ b/stream/stream_libarchive.c
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ static int64_t skip_cb(struct archive *arch, void *priv, int64_t request)
     if (!volume_seek(vol))
         return -1;
     int64_t old = stream_tell(vol->src);
-    stream_skip(vol->src, request);
+    stream_seek_skip(vol->src, old + request);
     return stream_tell(vol->src) - old;
 }