hi, wondering if anyone can help me out with a sync problem I am having. I am encoding files from dvd using 3 pass encoding, and the latest version of mplayer, 0.90. Can I also say firstly, that I am eternally grateful for mplayer, it has meant that I can use linux fulltime. I recommend it to everyone, it is one of the best pieces of software I have ever seen. Anyway, I use the following commands: mplayer -dumpstream -dvd 1 mencoder -ovc frameno -o frameno.avi -oac mp3lame -lameopts fast:preset=standard stream.dump mencoder -oac copy -o /dev/null -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vhq:aspect=4/3:vbitrate=540:vpass=1 -vop lavcdeint stream.dump mencoder -oac copy -o divx.avi -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vhq:aspect=4/3:vbitrate=540:vpass=2 -vop lavcdeint stream.dump Now the problem that I am having, is that every time I play a file created with these commands, the video and sound are slightly out of sync, enough so that I can notice it, but not enough to really be annoying. When I encode files with 2 pass encoding, using the following commands, I don't have the same problem. mencoder -o /dev/null -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vhq:aspect=4/3:vpass=1 -vop lavcdeint -oac copy stream.dump mencoder -o divx.avi -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vhq:aspect=4/3:vpass=2 -vop lavcdeint -oac copy stream.dump Can anyone enlighten me as to what I am doing wrong here, or is this a limitation of mplayer? thanks, Renai LeMay