i guess edl support in mencoder is a recent addition, so maybe its buggy, but i thought i'd ask. if i create a cutlist for a TV show (to get rid of the commercials), mplayer -edl foo skips the commercials accurately. however if i use mencoder -oac copy -ovc copy -edl foo to create a version of the file with no commercials, some of the cut-in points (where the content begins) happen a few seconds too late. changing the cutpoint to be progressively earlier has no effect until finally mencoder starts cutting in several seconds too early. the files in question were produced with mencoder using the lavc mpeg4 codec. does anyone have any experience with this? thanks. rob