--- running the following command on the latest ffmpeg with this mp3 input, I got the following "could not find codec params" error. The mp3 seems to be ok, as it is playable by my itune/windows media players. Command: /usr/local/bin/ffmpeg -i could_not_find_codec_params.mp3 -y -ab 32k -ar 11025 -acodec libmp3lame result.mp3 FFmpeg version SVN-r10677, Copyright (c) 2000-2007 Fabrice Bellard, et al. configuration: --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib --mandir=/usr/share/man --enabl e-gpl --enable-pthreads --enable-shared --enable-swscaler --enable-libmp3lame -- enable-libfaac --enable-libfaad --enable-libfaadbin --enable-libxvid --enable-pp --enable-libogg --enable-libvorbis --enable-liba52bin --enable-libgsm --enable- libx264 --enable-liba52 --enable-libtheora --enable-libamr-wb --enable-libamr-nb libavutil version: 49.5.0 libavcodec version: 51.44.0 libavformat version: 51.14.0 built on Oct 7 2007 01:41:08, gcc: 4.1.2 20070626 (Red Hat 4.1.2-13) /mnt/generator/20071013/3677/p/f_PBbJlRMeR/src/media/-story-telling.mp3: could n ot find codec parameters