Here the results of my tests: 1) ffplay test ==> the video is displayed correctly, but I can't hear any sound ==> the output of ffplay command is: ############################################### nicola@nicola-laptop:~$ ffplay '/home/nicola/Video/Miei/Telefono/VIDEO0003.3gp' FFplay version SVN-r0.5.1-4:0.5.1-1ubuntu1, Copyright (c) 2003-2009 Fabrice Bellard, et al. configuration: --extra-version=4:0.5.1-1ubuntu1 --prefix=/usr --enable-avfilter --enable-avfilter-lavf --enable-vdpau --enable-bzlib --enable-libgsm --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-pthreads --enable-zlib --disable-stripping --disable-vhook --enable-runtime-cpudetect --enable-gpl --enable-postproc --enable-swscale --enable-x11grab --enable-libdc1394 --enable-shared --disable-static libavutil 49.15. 0 / 49.15. 0 libavcodec 52.20. 1 / 52.20. 1 libavformat 52.31. 0 / 52.31. 0 libavdevice 52. 1. 0 / 52. 1. 0 libavfilter 0. 4. 0 / 0. 4. 0 libswscale 0. 7. 1 / 0. 7. 1 libpostproc 51. 2. 0 / 51. 2. 0 built on Mar 4 2010 12:41:55, gcc: 4.4.3 nicola@nicola-laptop:~$ ############################################### 2) melt test ==> the video is displayed correctly, but I can't hear any sound ==> the output of melt command is: ############################################### nicola@nicola-laptop:~$ melt '/home/nicola/Video/Miei/Telefono/VIDEO0003.3gp' +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ |1=-10| |2= -5| |3= -2| |4= -1| |5= 0| |6= 1| |7= 2| |8= 5| |9= 10| +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ | H = back 1 minute, L = forward 1 minute | | h = previous frame, l = next frame | | g = start of clip, j = next clip, k = previous clip | | 0 = restart, q = quit, space = play | +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ Current Position: 367 nicola@nicola-laptop:~$ ############################################### 3) ffmpeg -i info ==> the output of ffmpeg command is: ############################################### nicola@nicola-laptop:~$ ffmpeg -i '/home/nicola/Video/Miei/Telefono/VIDEO0003.3gp' FFmpeg version SVN-r0.5.1-4:0.5.1-1ubuntu1, Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Fabrice Bellard, et al. configuration: --extra-version=4:0.5.1-1ubuntu1 --prefix=/usr --enable-avfilter --enable-avfilter-lavf --enable-vdpau --enable-bzlib --enable-libgsm --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-pthreads --enable-zlib --disable-stripping --disable-vhook --enable-runtime-cpudetect --enable-gpl --enable-postproc --enable-swscale --enable-x11grab --enable-libdc1394 --enable-shared --disable-static libavutil 49.15. 0 / 49.15. 0 libavcodec 52.20. 1 / 52.20. 1 libavformat 52.31. 0 / 52.31. 0 libavdevice 52. 1. 0 / 52. 1. 0 libavfilter 0. 4. 0 / 0. 4. 0 libswscale 0. 7. 1 / 0. 7. 1 libpostproc 51. 2. 0 / 51. 2. 0 built on Mar 4 2010 12:41:55, gcc: 4.4.3 Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from '/home/nicola/Video/Miei/Telefono/VIDEO0003.3gp': Duration: 00:02:52.47, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 7968 kb/s Stream #0.0(eng): Video: mpeg4, yuv420p, 1280x720 [PAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 60 tbr, 1k tbn, 60 tbc Stream #0.1(eng): Audio: samr / 0x726D6173, 8000 Hz, mono, s16 At least one output file must be specified nicola@nicola-laptop:~$ ############################################### 4) In this moment I haven't a short video to upload for you, but I can confirm you that all my phone 3gp videos behave the same way: video ok, audio ko.