I have discovered a bug when using TOGETHER the expand and scale filters. (tested with 1.0pre5 and CVS) Try this: mplayer -vf expand=1000:0,scale=720:576 dvd://1 or (with a different pirotecnic effect) mplayer -vf expand=0:800,scale=720:576 dvd://1 Is this bug already known? Giacomo