The original complaint is that libmad causes sync issues with VBR MP3 and that Ubuntu used libmad by default for its mplayer package. I just upgraded to 13.04 and it appears that libmad is not the default anymore (ffmpeg is used instead). I installed libmad and tried to force mplayer to use it (-ac mad) and I got:
Forced audio codec: mad Requested audio codec family [mad] (afm=libmad) not available. Enable it at compilation. Since libmad is no longer compiled with Ubuntu's mplayer, this bug is fixed. ** Changed in: mplayer (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/244722 Title: VBR MP3 audio broken To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mplayer/+bug/244722/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs