[MPlayer-users] mplayer blips at start of song

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>> Try to remove the ID3V2 tag on a trouble file.
>>
>> mpg123 (powered by mp3lib engine) had this problem too, so I'm still used
>> to strip id3v2 headers from all my mp3s
>
> Unless someone else broke it, the mp3 "demuxer" in mplayer strips the
> id3v2 tag itself when demuxing. I wrote the code to do that..
>
> Rich

Stripping the id3v2 header is still worth the try: too many apps out there 
writing tags!

Next step:
decode to wav using -ao pcm.
Then you'll know what to blame: decoding process or audio output

Adrian