diff -ur main.orig/cfg-mencoder.h main.patchtest/cfg-mencoder.h
--- main.orig/cfg-mencoder.h	2006-02-13 12:55:36.000000000 -0800
+++ main.patchtest/cfg-mencoder.h	2006-02-16 19:26:10.000000000 -0800
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@
 
 	{"audio-density", &audio_density, CONF_TYPE_INT, CONF_RANGE|CONF_GLOBAL, 1, 50, NULL},
 	{"audio-preload", &audio_preload, CONF_TYPE_FLOAT, CONF_RANGE|CONF_GLOBAL, 0, 2, NULL},
-	{"audio-delay",   &audio_delay_fix, CONF_TYPE_FLOAT, CONF_MIN|CONF_GLOBAL, 0, 0, NULL},
+	{"audio-delay",   &audio_delay_fix, CONF_TYPE_FLOAT, CONF_GLOBAL, 0, 0, NULL},
 
 	{"x", "-x is obsolete, use -vf scale=w:h for scaling.\n", CONF_TYPE_PRINT, CONF_NOCFG, 0, 0, NULL},
 	{"xsize", "-xsize is obsolete, use -vf crop=w:h:x:y for cropping.\n", CONF_TYPE_PRINT, CONF_NOCFG, 0, 0, NULL},
diff -ur main.orig/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 main.patchtest/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
--- main.orig/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1	2006-02-13 12:55:38.000000000 -0800
+++ main.patchtest/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1	2006-02-16 19:26:10.000000000 -0800
@@ -1098,7 +1098,7 @@
 .br
 .I NOTE:
 When used with MEncoder, this is not guaranteed to work correctly
-with \-ovc copy.
+with \-ovc copy; use \-audio-delay instead.
 .
 .TP
 .B \-demuxer <[+]name>
@@ -6058,11 +6058,15 @@
 .SH "GENERAL ENCODING OPTIONS (MENCODER ONLY)"
 .
 .TP
-.B \-audio-delay <0.0\-...>
-Sets the audio delay field in the header.
-Default is 0.0, negative values do not work.
-This does not delay the audio while encoding, but the player will see the
-default audio delay, sparing you the use of the \-delay option.
+.B \-audio-delay <any floating-point number> 
+Delays either audio or video by setting a delay field in the header
+(default: 0.0).
+This does not delay either stream while encoding, but the player will
+see the delay field and compensate accordingly.
+Positive values delay the audio, and negative values delay the video.
+Note that this is the exact opposite of the \-delay option. 
+For example, if a video plays correctly with \-delay 0.2, you can 
+fix the video with MEncoder by using \-audio-delay -0.2.
 .
 .TP
 .B \-audio-density <1\-50>
diff -ur main.orig/help/help_mp-en.h main.patchtest/help/help_mp-en.h
--- main.orig/help/help_mp-en.h	2006-02-13 12:55:41.000000000 -0800
+++ main.patchtest/help/help_mp-en.h	2006-02-16 19:26:10.000000000 -0800
@@ -261,7 +261,8 @@
 #define MSGTR_CBRPCMAudioSelected "CBR PCM audio selected\n"
 #define MSGTR_MP3AudioSelected "MP3 audio selected\n"
 #define MSGTR_CannotAllocateBytes "Couldn't allocate %d bytes\n"
-#define MSGTR_SettingAudioDelay "Setting AUDIO DELAY to %5.3f\n"
+#define MSGTR_SettingAudioDelay "Setting audio delay to %5.3fs\n"
+#define MSGTR_SettingVideoDelay "Setting video delay to %5.3fs\n"
 #define MSGTR_SettingAudioInputGain "Setting audio input gain to %f\n"
 #define MSGTR_LamePresetEquals "\npreset=%s\n\n"
 #define MSGTR_LimitingAudioPreload "Limiting audio preload to 0.4s\n"
diff -ur main.orig/libmpdemux/muxer_avi.c main.patchtest/libmpdemux/muxer_avi.c
--- main.orig/libmpdemux/muxer_avi.c	2006-02-13 12:55:43.000000000 -0800
+++ main.patchtest/libmpdemux/muxer_avi.c	2006-02-16 19:26:10.000000000 -0800
@@ -285,6 +285,19 @@
     mp_msg(MSGT_MUXER, MSGL_INFO, "ODML: vprp aspect is %d:%d.\n", aspect >> 16, aspect & 0xffff);
   }
 
+  /* deal with stream delays */
+  for (i = 0; muxer->streams[i] && i < MUXER_MAX_STREAMS; ++i) {
+      muxer_stream_t *s = muxer->streams[i];
+      if (s->type == MUXER_TYPE_AUDIO && muxer->audio_delay_fix > 0.0) {
+          s->h.dwStart = muxer->audio_delay_fix * s->h.dwRate/s->h.dwScale;
+          mp_msg(MSGT_MUXER, MSGL_INFO, MSGTR_SettingAudioDelay, (float)s->h.dwStart * s->h.dwScale/s->h.dwRate);
+      }
+      if (s->type == MUXER_TYPE_VIDEO && muxer->audio_delay_fix < 0.0) {
+          s->h.dwStart = -muxer->audio_delay_fix * s->h.dwRate/s->h.dwScale;
+          mp_msg(MSGT_MUXER, MSGL_INFO, MSGTR_SettingVideoDelay, (float)s->h.dwStart * s->h.dwScale/s->h.dwRate);
+      }
+  }
+  
   if (isodml) {
       unsigned int rifflen, movilen;
       int i;
diff -ur main.orig/libmpdemux/muxer.h main.patchtest/libmpdemux/muxer.h
--- main.orig/libmpdemux/muxer.h	2006-02-13 12:55:43.000000000 -0800
+++ main.patchtest/libmpdemux/muxer.h	2006-02-16 19:26:10.000000000 -0800
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@
   off_t movi_start;
   off_t movi_end;
   off_t file_end; // for MPEG it's system timestamp in 1/90000 s
+  float audio_delay_fix;
   // index:
   AVIINDEXENTRY *idx;
   int idx_pos;
diff -ur main.orig/mencoder.c main.patchtest/mencoder.c
--- main.orig/mencoder.c	2006-02-16 18:09:41.000000000 -0800
+++ main.patchtest/mencoder.c	2006-02-16 19:26:10.000000000 -0800
@@ -723,6 +723,8 @@
 }
 if(out_file_format == MUXER_TYPE_MPEG) audio_preload = 0;
 
+muxer->audio_delay_fix = audio_delay_fix;
+
 // ============= VIDEO ===============
 
 mux_v=muxer_new_stream(muxer,MUXER_TYPE_VIDEO);
@@ -864,6 +866,8 @@
 	mux_v->bih->biCompression, (char *)&mux_v->bih->biCompression);
 }
 
+    muxer->audio_delay_fix -= sh_video->stream_delay;
+
 //if(demuxer->file_format!=DEMUXER_TYPE_AVI) pts_from_bps=0; // it must be 0 for mpeg/asf!
 
 // ============= AUDIO ===============
@@ -942,7 +946,6 @@
 	mux_a->h.dwSampleSize=sh_audio->audio.dwSampleSize;
 	mux_a->h.dwScale=sh_audio->audio.dwScale;
 	mux_a->h.dwRate=sh_audio->audio.dwRate;
-//	mux_a->h.dwStart=sh_audio->audio.dwStart;
     } else {
 	mux_a->h.dwSampleSize=mux_a->wf->nBlockAlign;
 	mux_a->h.dwScale=mux_a->h.dwSampleSize;
@@ -958,10 +961,7 @@
 
 if (verbose>1) print_wave_header(mux_a->wf);
 
-if(audio_delay_fix!=0.0){
-    mux_a->h.dwStart=audio_delay_fix*mux_a->h.dwRate/mux_a->h.dwScale;
-    mp_msg(MSGT_MENCODER, MSGL_INFO, MSGTR_SettingAudioDelay,mux_a->h.dwStart*mux_a->h.dwScale/(float)mux_a->h.dwRate);
-}
+    muxer->audio_delay_fix += sh_audio->stream_delay;
 
 } // if(sh_audio)