mencoder. I'm using FC7 with the newest livna mplayer rpm. Another user in the IRC channel claims that this file played just fine in his version of mplayer (MPlayer 1.0rc1-3.4.6 (C) 2000-2006 MPlayer Team). Most of my .flv's play correctly. Only some have this problem. I just uploaded the file (playsAt44.197FpsShouldBe15.flv) to ftp://upload.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/incoming/ [paul@localhost ~]$ mplayer -v test.flv MPlayer SVN-r23784 rpm.livna.org (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer Team CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.70GHz (Family: 6, Model: 13, Stepping: 6) CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1 Compiled with runtime CPU detection. get_path('codecs.conf') -> '/home/paul/.mplayer/codecs.conf' Reading /home/paul/.mplayer/codecs.conf: Can't open '/home/paul/.mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory Reading /etc/mplayer/codecs.conf: Can't open '/etc/mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory Using built-in default codecs.conf. Configuration: --prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/bin --datadir=/usr/share/mplayer --mandir=/usr/share/man --confdir=/etc/mplayer --libdir=/usr/lib --codecsdir=/usr/lib/codecs --disable-encoder=FAAC --disable-encoder=MP3LAME --disable-encoder=X264 --enable-largefiles --disable-termcap --disable-bitmap-font --enable-lirc --enable-joystick --disable-smb --disable-dvdread-internal --disable-libdvdcss-internal --enable-menu --disable-faad-internal --disable-tremor-internal --disable-libamr_nb --disable-libamr_wb --disable-mad --disable-svga --enable-xvmc --disable-directfb --disable-svga --disable-arts --disable-esd --disable-jack --disable-openal --enable-runtime-cpudetection --target=i386-linux --language=all --with-xvmclib=XvMCW CommandLine: '-v' 'test.flv' init_freetype Using MMX (with tiny bit MMX2) Optimized OnScreenDisplay get_path('fonts') -> '/home/paul/.mplayer/fonts' Using nanosleep() timing get_path('input.conf') -> '/home/paul/.mplayer/input.conf' Can't open input config file /home/paul/.mplayer/input.conf: No such file or directory Parsing input config file /etc/mplayer/input.conf Input config file /etc/mplayer/input.conf parsed: 71 binds Setting up LIRC support... mplayer: could not connect to socket mplayer: No such file or directory Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control. get_path('test.flv.conf') -> '/home/paul/.mplayer/test.flv.conf' Playing test.flv. get_path('sub/') -> '/home/paul/.mplayer/sub/' [file] File size is 14568148 bytes STREAM: [file] test.flv STREAM: Description: File STREAM: Author: Albeu STREAM: Comment: based on the code from ??? (probably Arpi) Checking for YUV4MPEG2 ASF_check: not ASF guid! Checking for NuppelVideo Checking for REAL Checking for SMJPEG Searching demuxer type for filename test.flv ext: .flv LAVF_check: flv format libavformat file format detected. ==> Found video stream: 0 [lavf] Video stream found, -vid 0 ======= VIDEO Format ====== biSize 40 biWidth 320 biHeight 240 biPlanes 0 biBitCount 0 biCompression 827739206='FLV1' biSizeImage 0 =========================== ==> Found audio stream: 1 [lavf] Audio stream found, -aid 1 ======= WAVE Format ======= Format Tag: 85 (0x55) Channels: 1 Samplerate: 22050 avg byte/sec: 7000 Block align: 1 bits/sample: 16 cbSize: 0 ========================================================================== LAVF: 1 audio and 1 video streams found LAVF: build 3345409 VIDEO: [FLV1] 320x240 0bpp 44.917 fps 0.0 kbps ( 0.0 kbyte/s) [V] filefmt:44 fourcc:0x31564C46 size:320x240 fps:44.92 ftime:=0.0223 get_path('sub/') -> '/home/paul/.mplayer/sub/' X11 opening display: :0 vo: X11 color mask: FFFFFF (R:FF0000 G:FF00 B:FF) vo: X11 running at 1152x864 with depth 24 and 32 bpp (":0" => local display) [x11] Detected wm supports NetWM. [x11] Detected wm supports FULLSCREEN state. [x11] Detected wm supports ABOVE state. [x11] Detected wm supports BELOW state. [x11] Detected wm supports STAYS_ON_TOP state. [x11] Current fstype setting honours FULLSCREEN STAYS_ON_TOP ABOVE BELOW X atoms Disabling DPMS DPMSDisable stat: 1 [xv common] Drawing colorkey manually. [xv common] Using colorkey from Xv (0x00001e). [xv common] Maximum source image dimensions: 2048x2048 ========================================================================== Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family INFO: libavcodec init OK! Selected video codec: [ffflv] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg Flash video) ========================================================================== ========================================================================== Opening audio decoder: [mp3lib] MPEG layer-2, layer-3 dec_audio: Allocating 4608 + 65536 = 70144 bytes for output buffer. mp3lib: using SSE optimized decore! MP3lib: init layer2&3 finished, tables done MPEG 2.0, Layer III, 22050 Hz 32 kbit Single-Channel, BPF: 104 Channels: 1, copyright: No, original: Yes, CRC: No, emphasis: 0 AUDIO: 22050 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 32.0 kbit/4.54% (ratio: 4000->88200) Selected audio codec: [mp3] afm: mp3lib (mp3lib MPEG layer-2, layer-3) ========================================================================== Building audio filter chain for 22050Hz/2ch/s16le -> 0Hz/0ch/??... [libaf] Adding filter dummy [dummy] Was reinitialized: 22050Hz/2ch/s16le [dummy] Was reinitialized: 22050Hz/2ch/s16le alsa-init: requested format: 22050 Hz, 2 channels, 9 alsa-init: using ALSA 1.0.14 alsa-init: setup for 1/2 channel(s) alsa-init: using device default alsa-init: pcm opened in blocking mode alsa-init: chunksize set to 1024 alsa-init: fragcount=16 alsa-init: got buffersize=65536 alsa-init: got period size 1024 alsa: 48000 Hz/2 channels/4 bpf/65536 bytes buffer/Signed 16 bit Little Endian AO: [alsa] 48000Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample) AO: Description: ALSA-0.9.x-1.x audio output AO: Author: Alex Beregszaszi, Zsolt Barat AO: Comment: under developement Building audio filter chain for 22050Hz/2ch/s16le -> 48000Hz/2ch/s16le... [dummy] Was reinitialized: 22050Hz/2ch/s16le [libaf] Adding filter lavcresample [dummy] Was reinitialized: 48000Hz/2ch/s16le [dummy] Was reinitialized: 48000Hz/2ch/s16le Starting playback... [libaf] Reallocating memory in module lavcresample, old len = 0, new len = 65524 [ffmpeg] aspect_ratio: 0.000000 VDec: vo config request - 320 x 240 (preferred colorspace: Planar YV12) Trying filter chain: vo VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0) Movie-Aspect is undefined - no prescaling applied. VO Config (320x240->320x240,flags=0,'MPlayer',0x32315659) VO: [xv] 320x240 => 320x240 Planar YV12 VO: Description: X11/Xv VO: Author: Gerd Knorr and others Xvideo image format: 0x41424752 (RGBA) packed Xvideo image format: 0x0 ( ) packed Xvideo image format: 0x54424752 (RGBT) packed Xvideo image format: 0x32424752 (RGB2) packed Xvideo image format: 0x32595559 (YUY2) packed Xvideo image format: 0x59565955 (UYVY) packed Xvideo image format: 0x32315659 (YV12) planar Xvideo image format: 0x30323449 (I420) planar using Xvideo port 73 for hw scaling [xv] dx: 0 dy: 0 dw: 320 dh: 240 *** [vo] Allocating (slices) mp_image_t, 320x240x12bpp YUV planar, 115200 bytes Unicode font: 4430 glyphs. [xv] dx: 0 dy: 0 dw: 320 dh: 240 *** [vo] Allocating (slices) mp_image_t, 320x240x12bpp YUV planar, 115200 bytes A: 35.5 V: 96.7 A-V:-61.200 ct: -3.220 1448/1448 5% 0% 2.6% 0 0 ===== PAUSE ===== Note the A: 35.5 , and V: 96.7 after I paused it. Thanks