For some reason I can't get cropdetect to work with sstep. I found a previous message where someone had an issue, but that wasn't really resolved. I am using the latest version of mplayer in svn: here is my configuration flags: Install prefix: ~/bin/mplayer Data directory: ~/bin/mplayer/share/mplayer Config direct.: ~/bin/mplayer/etc/mplayer Byte order: little-endian Optimizing for: Languages: Messages/GUI: en Manual pages: en Enabled optional drivers: Input: ftp pvr tv-teletext tv-v4l2 tv-v4l tv cddb cdda libdvdcss(internal) dvdread(internal) vcd dvb smb network Codecs: x264 xvid libavcodec real xanim faad2 faac libmpeg2 liba52 mp3lib libtheora tremor(internal) libmad liblzo gif Audio output: alsa oss v4l2 sdl mpegpes(dvb) Video output: v4l2 sdl gif89a pnm jpeg png mpegpes(dvb) fbdev aa xvidix cvidix opengl dga xv x11 xover md5sum tga Disabled optional drivers: Input: dvdnav vstream radio tv-dshow live555 nemesi Codecs: libdv libamr_wb libamr_nb qtx win32 musepack libdca speex toolame twolame Audio output: sun openal jack pulse esd arts ivtv dxr2 nas Video output: zr zr2 ivtv dxr3 dxr2 vesa svga caca ggi xmga mga winvidix 3dfx xvmc dfbmga directfb bl xvr100 tdfx_vid s3fb tdfxfb so here is what happens: $ ~/mplayer/mplayer -vf cropdetect -vo null -nosound -sstep 100 -frames 10 Judge\ Dredd.vob MPlayer dev-SVN-r26916-4.2.4 (C) 2000-2008 MPlayer Team CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz (Family: 6, Model: 15, Stepping: 11) CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1 Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 SSE SSE2 Cannot load bitmap font: /home/osmo/.fonts/microsoft-vista/calibri.ttf Playing Judge Dredd.vob. MPEG-PS file format detected. VIDEO: MPEG2 720x480 (aspect 2) 29.970 fps 9800.0 kbps (1225.0 kbyte/s) dvdsublang...judge dredd fi fin en eng dvdsublang...judge dredd fi fin en eng Opening video filter: [cropdetect] ========================================================================== Opening video decoder: [mpegpes] MPEG 1/2 Video passthrough VDec: vo config request - 720 x 480 (preferred colorspace: Mpeg PES) Could not find matching colorspace - retrying with -vf scale... Opening video filter: [scale] Opening video filter: [lavc] Could not find matching colorspace - retrying with -vf scale... Opening video filter: [scale] The selected video_out device is incompatible with this codec. Try appending the scale filter to your filter list, e.g. -vf spp,scale instead of -vf spp. VDecoder init failed :( Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family Selected video codec: [ffmpeg2] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg MPEG-2) ========================================================================== Audio: no sound Starting playback... VDec: vo config request - 720 x 480 (preferred colorspace: Planar YV12) VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0) Movie-Aspect is 1.33:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect. [mpeg1video @ 0xb50d60]removing common factors from framerate VO: [null] 720x480 => 720x540 Mpeg PES V: 208.9 9/ 7 ??% ??% ??,?% 0 0 demux_mpg: 24000/1001fps progressive NTSC content detected, switching framerate. V: 0.0 51/ 48 ??% ??% ??,?% 0 0 Could it be a compile flag I have left out or something? Thanks