[MPlayer-users] [mplayer bug report] a/v sync problem in RealVideo file (solved)

[Vladislav Naumov]

>>>>a/v sync problem in RealVideo file
>>>>a/v delay grows steadily in this short RealVideo cartoon, reaching
>>>>(unacceptable) ~2 seconds.
>>>
>>>I have seen this with many Real files.
>>>Solution: add -mc .1 (or a bigger value) to the command line.

>>"-mc .1" works very well!
>>Does it have some drawbacks or I can safely add it to my ~/.mplayer/config?
> 
> Probably not, but I'm not sure.
> I have seen some post in the past saying that for some situations -mc 0
> was the solution. I suspect that good -mc depends of your source video.
> I usually need -mc .1 only with real files.

"-mc 0" is what documentation suggests.
(MPlayer-1.0pre7/DOCS/HTML/en/bugs-audio.html#bugs-delay-specific)

Doesn't help - I tried it before reporting "bug".
It's a good idea to recommend "-mc .1" along with "-mc 0".
This will solve problem, at least for those who read the docs :-)

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