Of course, immediately after I sent that, I noticed that decode_video() was called in two places, and so that patch will not initialize vdecode_time correctly. A new mplayer.c diff (still from the original 7/31 snapshot) is attached. 228c228,229 < int divx_quality=0; ---

int divx_quality=-1; int output_quality; 387a389,390 extern int get_video_quality_max(sh_video_t *sh_video); extern void set_video_quality(sh_video_t *sh_video,int quality); 878a882,887 /*Set the initial video quality on codecs that support it.*/ output_quality=get_video_quality_max(sh_video); if(divx_quality<0||divx_quality>output_quality)divx_quality=output_quality; else output_quality=divx_quality; set_video_quality(sh_video,output_quality);

997c1006 < //float frame_correction=0; // average of A-V timestamp differences ---

float frame_correction=0; // average of A-V timestamp differences 1007a1017,1019 double cvideo_base_vtime; double cvideo_base_vframe; double vdecode_time; 1189a1202,1203 cvideo_base_vframe=sh_video->timer; cvideo_base_vtime=video_time_usage; 1246a1261 vdecode_time=video_time_usage; 1247a1263 vdecode_time-=video_time_usage; 1289c1305 <

1367a1384

frame_correction=0; 1404c1421 < float x=(a_pts-delay-audio_delay)-v_pts;

float x=frame_correction=(a_pts-delay-audio_delay)-v_pts;

1438a1456,1474

/*Output quality adjustments:*/ /*If we took a long time decoding this frame, downgrade the quality.*/ if(output_quality>0&& (video_time_usage-cvideo_base_vtime)*sh_video->timer>= (0.95*sh_video->timer-(vout_time_usage+audio_time_usage))* (sh_video->timer-cvideo_base_vframe-frame_correction)){ output_quality>>=1; /*printf("Downgrading quality to %i.\n",output_quality);*/ set_video_quality(sh_video,output_quality);} /*If we had plenty of extra time, upgrade the quality.*/ if(output_quality<divx_quality&& vdecode_time<0.5*frame_time&& (video_time_usage-cvideo_base_vtime)*sh_video->timer< (0.67*sh_video->timer-(vout_time_usage+audio_time_usage))* (sh_video->timer-cvideo_base_vframe-frame_correction)){ output_quality++; /*printf("Upgrading quality to %i.\n",output_quality);*/ set_video_quality(sh_video,output_quality);}