Index: mplayer.c
===================================================================
--- mplayer.c   (revision 23684)
+++ mplayer.c   (working copy)
@@ -217,6 +217,8 @@
 static int total_frame_cnt=0;
 static int drop_frame_cnt=0; // total number of dropped frames
 int benchmark=0;
+int frames_skipped;
+int frames_to_skip;

 // options:
        int auto_quality=0;
@@ -1620,6 +1622,10 @@
            max_framesize = in_size;
        current_module = "decode video";
        decoded_frame = decode_video(sh_video, start, in_size, 0, pts);
+       if (frames_skipped < frames_to_skip) {
+           decoded_frame = 0;
+           frames_skipped++;
+       }
        if (decoded_frame) {
            update_subtitles(sh_video, mpctx->d_sub, 0);
            update_osd_msg();
@@ -2677,6 +2683,7 @@
   { int i; for (i = 0; i < SUB_SOURCES; i++) mpctx->global_sub_indices[i] = -1; }

   if (filename) load_per_file_config (mconfig, filename);
+  frames_skipped = 0;

 // We must enable getch2 here to be able to interrupt network connection
 // or cache filling
Index: cfg-mplayer.h
===================================================================
--- cfg-mplayer.h       (revision 23684)
+++ cfg-mplayer.h       (working copy)
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@
        {"noalsa", "-noalsa has been removed. Remove it from your config file.\n",
             CONF_TYPE_PRINT, 0, 0, 0, NULL},
        {"edlout", &edl_output_filename,  CONF_TYPE_STRING, 0, 0, 0, NULL},
+       {"skipframes", &frames_to_skip,  CONF_TYPE_INT, 0, 0, 0, NULL},

 #ifdef HAVE_X11
        {"display", &mDisplayName, CONF_TYPE_STRING, 0, 0, 0, NULL},