[FFmpeg-user] Problem: some videos freeze, other very similar videos do not--difference might be just in resolution (pixels)--how to convert?

[Roger Pack]

> Sometimes when that happens, I can shut down applications, or close web pages
> in a browser, or similar things, and when I try gmplayer again, the video
> works fine.  That is why I describe my system as marginal.

does ffplay show the same weirdness?