diff -r f925d5c684fe jfxmedia-native/gstreamer/plugins/plugin_avcdecoder/avcdecoder.c
--- a/jfxmedia-native/gstreamer/plugins/plugin_avcdecoder/avcdecoder.c	Mon May 21 12:55:07 2012 -0700
+++ b/jfxmedia-native/gstreamer/plugins/plugin_avcdecoder/avcdecoder.c	Mon May 21 19:28:31 2012 -0700
@@ -335,7 +335,8 @@
     {
         GstClockTime ts = GST_BUFFER_TIMESTAMP(frame);
         if(GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE == decode->previous_timestamp ||
-           ts <= decode->previous_timestamp + decode->timestamp_ceil)
+           ts <= decode->previous_timestamp + decode->timestamp_ceil ||
+           decode->skip_count > GST_SECOND/decode->frame_duration)
         {
             decode->previous_timestamp = ts;
             if(!GST_BUFFER_FLAG_IS_SET(frame, GST_BUFFER_FLAG_GAP))
@@ -343,9 +344,11 @@
                 gst_pad_push(decode->srcpad, frame);
             }
             g_queue_pop_head(decode->ordered_frames);
+            decode->skip_count = 0;
         }
         else
         {
+            decode->skip_count++;
             break;
         }
     }
@@ -378,6 +381,7 @@
     decode->is_initialized = FALSE;
     decode->is_newsegment = FALSE;
     decode->frame_duration = GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE;
+    decode->skip_count = 0;
     decode->ordered_frames = g_queue_new();
 }
 
@@ -399,6 +403,8 @@
 #endif
     }
 
+    decode->skip_count = 0;
+
     // Unref all sorted buffers and clear the associated queue.
     if (NULL != decode->ordered_frames)
     {
diff -r f925d5c684fe jfxmedia-native/gstreamer/plugins/plugin_avcdecoder/avcdecoder.h
--- a/jfxmedia-native/gstreamer/plugins/plugin_avcdecoder/avcdecoder.h	Mon May 21 12:55:07 2012 -0700
+++ b/jfxmedia-native/gstreamer/plugins/plugin_avcdecoder/avcdecoder.h	Mon May 21 19:28:31 2012 -0700
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
     volatile gboolean is_flushing; // element is between flush start and stop
 
     GstClockTime frame_duration; // the duration of a single video frame (nsec)
+    int skip_count;
 
     GQueue* ordered_frames;      // decoded frames sorted into order of increasign time stamp