diff -dur MPlayer-1.0pre7/input/input.c MPlayer-1.0pre7-elphel-1/input/input.c
--- MPlayer-1.0pre7/input/input.c	2005-04-15 19:52:33.000000000 +0500
+++ MPlayer-1.0pre7-elphel-1/input/input.c	2005-07-21 19:45:17.000000000 +0500
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@
   { MP_CMD_BRIGHTNESS, "brightness",1,  { {MP_CMD_ARG_INT,{0}}, {MP_CMD_ARG_INT,{0}}, {-1,{0}} }  },
   { MP_CMD_HUE, "hue",1,  { {MP_CMD_ARG_INT,{0}}, {MP_CMD_ARG_INT,{0}}, {-1,{0}} } },
   { MP_CMD_SATURATION, "saturation",1,  { {MP_CMD_ARG_INT,{0}}, {MP_CMD_ARG_INT,{0}}, {-1,{0}} }  },
+  { MP_CMD_LOWRES, "lowres",0,  { {MP_CMD_ARG_INT,{-1}}, {-1,{0}} }  },
   { MP_CMD_FRAMEDROPPING, "frame_drop",0, { { MP_CMD_ARG_INT,{-1} }, {-1,{0}} } },
   { MP_CMD_SUB_POS, "sub_pos", 1, { {MP_CMD_ARG_INT,{0}}, {MP_CMD_ARG_INT,{0}}, {-1,{0}} } },
   { MP_CMD_SUB_ALIGNMENT, "sub_alignment",0, { {MP_CMD_ARG_INT,{-1}}, {-1,{0}} } },
@@ -358,6 +359,8 @@
   { { KEY_XF86_PREV, 0 }, "seek -60" },
   { { KEY_XF86_NEXT, 0 }, "seek +60" },
 
+  { { 'W', 0 }, "lowres -1" },
+
   { { 0 }, NULL }
 };
 
diff -dur MPlayer-1.0pre7/input/input.h MPlayer-1.0pre7-elphel-1/input/input.h
--- MPlayer-1.0pre7/input/input.h	2005-04-03 19:08:26.000000000 +0500
+++ MPlayer-1.0pre7-elphel-1/input/input.h	2005-07-21 18:55:12.000000000 +0500
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 #define MP_CMD_RUN 60
 #define MP_CMD_SUB_LOG 61
 #define MP_CMD_SWITCH_AUDIO 62
+#define MP_CMD_LOWRES 63
 
 #define MP_CMD_GUI_EVENTS       5000
 #define MP_CMD_GUI_LOADFILE     5001
diff -dur MPlayer-1.0pre7/libmpcodecs/dec_video.c MPlayer-1.0pre7-elphel-1/libmpcodecs/dec_video.c
--- MPlayer-1.0pre7/libmpcodecs/dec_video.c	2004-02-18 19:23:41.000000000 +0400
+++ MPlayer-1.0pre7-elphel-1/libmpcodecs/dec_video.c	2005-07-21 19:36:20.000000000 +0500
@@ -73,6 +73,11 @@
     mpvdec->control(sh_video,VDCTRL_SET_PP_LEVEL, (void*)(&quality));
 }
 
+void set_lowres(sh_video_t *sh_video, int v){
+  if(mpvdec)
+    mpvdec->control(sh_video,VDCTRL_SET_LOWRES,&v);
+}
+
 int set_video_colors(sh_video_t *sh_video,char *item,int value)
 {
     vf_instance_t* vf=sh_video->vfilter;
diff -dur MPlayer-1.0pre7/libmpcodecs/dec_video.h MPlayer-1.0pre7-elphel-1/libmpcodecs/dec_video.h
--- MPlayer-1.0pre7/libmpcodecs/dec_video.h	2004-02-18 19:23:41.000000000 +0400
+++ MPlayer-1.0pre7-elphel-1/libmpcodecs/dec_video.h	2005-07-21 19:28:05.000000000 +0500
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 extern int get_video_quality_max(sh_video_t *sh_video);
 extern void set_video_quality(sh_video_t *sh_video,int quality);
+extern void set_lowres(sh_video_t *sh_video, int v /* 0..3,-1=decr,-2=incr */);
 
 extern int get_video_colors(sh_video_t *sh_video,char *item,int *value);
 extern int set_video_colors(sh_video_t *sh_video,char *item,int value);
diff -dur MPlayer-1.0pre7/libmpcodecs/vd_ffmpeg.c MPlayer-1.0pre7-elphel-1/libmpcodecs/vd_ffmpeg.c
--- MPlayer-1.0pre7/libmpcodecs/vd_ffmpeg.c	2005-04-08 03:04:08.000000000 +0500
+++ MPlayer-1.0pre7-elphel-1/libmpcodecs/vd_ffmpeg.c	2005-07-21 19:43:33.000000000 +0500
@@ -155,6 +155,22 @@
     case VDCTRL_RESYNC_STREAM:
         avcodec_flush_buffers(avctx);
     return CONTROL_TRUE;
+    case VDCTRL_SET_LOWRES:
+       {
+	    int v = *(int*)arg;
+           lavc_param_lowres = v&~3 ? (lavc_param_lowres + 3 + v*2)&3 : v;
+           mp_msg(MSGT_DECVIDEO,MSGL_V,"INFO: reopen codec!\n");
+           if (avctx->codec->close(avctx) < 0)
+               mp_msg(MSGT_DECVIDEO,MSGL_ERR, MSGTR_CantCloseCodec);
+           memset(avctx->priv_data, 0, avctx->codec->priv_data_size);
+           avctx->lowres=lavc_param_lowres;
+           ctx->ip_count= ctx->b_count= 0;
+           if (avctx->codec->init(avctx) < 0) {
+               mp_msg(MSGT_DECVIDEO,MSGL_ERR, MSGTR_CantOpenCodec);
+               return CONTROL_FALSE;
+           }
+       }
+       return CONTROL_TRUE;
     }
     return CONTROL_UNKNOWN;
 }
diff -dur MPlayer-1.0pre7/libmpcodecs/vd.h MPlayer-1.0pre7-elphel-1/libmpcodecs/vd.h
--- MPlayer-1.0pre7/libmpcodecs/vd.h	2004-02-18 19:23:41.000000000 +0400
+++ MPlayer-1.0pre7-elphel-1/libmpcodecs/vd.h	2005-07-21 19:30:04.000000000 +0500
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #define VDCTRL_SET_EQUALIZER 6 /* set color options (brightness,contrast etc) */
 #define VDCTRL_GET_EQUALIZER 7 /* get color options (brightness,contrast etc) */
 #define VDCTRL_RESYNC_STREAM 8 /* seeking */
+#define VDCTRL_SET_LOWRES    9 /* set lowres codec option */
 
 // callbacks:
 int mpcodecs_config_vo(sh_video_t *sh, int w, int h, unsigned int preferred_outfmt);
diff -dur MPlayer-1.0pre7/mplayer.c MPlayer-1.0pre7-elphel-1/mplayer.c
--- MPlayer-1.0pre7/mplayer.c	2005-04-15 17:14:24.000000000 +0500
+++ MPlayer-1.0pre7-elphel-1/mplayer.c	2005-07-21 19:28:34.000000000 +0500
@@ -3133,6 +3155,9 @@
 #endif // USE_OSD
       }
     } break;
+    case MP_CMD_LOWRES :  {
+      set_lowres(sh_video, cmd->args[0].v.i);
+    } break;
     case MP_CMD_FRAMEDROPPING :  {
       int v = cmd->args[0].v.i;
       if(v < 0){