[MPlayer-dev-eng] Strange behavior with audio delayed video files

[Ingo Brückl]

Reimar Döffinger wrote on Thu, 20 Feb 2014 21:21:49 +0100:

> On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 07:29:50PM +0100, Ingo Brückl wrote:
>> When I use FFmpeg (ffmpeg -i file.mkv -itsoffset 60 -i file.mkv -codec copy
>> -map 0:v -map 1:a sync.mkv) to adjust an audio delay (60 seconds in this
>> example) I'm experiencing a strange behavior with MPlayer playback. The audio
>> firstly starts at the very beginning as if no delay had been set. When I jump
>> back to the beginning, it runs silent until 60 seconds have been played, and
>> every seeking is OK, i.e. the audio is in sync now.
>>
>> So, is the first playback with immediate audio a MPlayer bug?

> MPlayer always plays audio right from the start.
> I guess you could call that a bug, [...]

I would do so, if audio timestamps say that it should play only later.

Could that easily be changed? If so, what about an option to enable a silent
playback from the start (and could you point me to the respective code)?

Ingo