Hi, On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 02:20:18PM +0200, Francesco Turco wrote: > $ mplayer -vo null -ao null -speed 15 <file> Maybe try (no need for -speed then I think): -ao pcm:file=/dev/null The syntax to specify the PCM file is a bit different in older versions... Greetings, Reimar Döffinger