fedora 10 weird mplayer playback

[Janez Košmrlj]

Roberto Ragusa wrote:
> Janez Košmrlj wrote:
>   
>> I upgraded to fedora 10 about a month ago. And since then mplayer
>> doesn't play videos smoothly. The sound is ok, but the video plays to
>> slow for a couple of seconds, then it plays to fast, to catch up with
>> the sound, then it slows down again and so on.
>>     
>
> Sometimes these problems are related to the audio playback.
>
> Try if the smoothness is back with the option
>   --nosound
>
> If so, you have to concentrate on the audio layers:
> pulseaudio and alsa.
> First try:
>   -ao alsa:device=front
>
> Best regards.
>   
A little late but still.
Thanx for your advice. It works perfectly now.