diff -ruN ./mplayer.c /usr/src/MPlayer-0.90rc1/mplayer.c
--- ./mplayer.c	Thu Dec  5 01:18:56 2002
+++ /usr/src/MPlayer-0.90rc1/mplayer.c	Wed Dec 11 15:49:50 2002
@@ -2682,6 +2682,25 @@
   current_module=NULL;
 }
 
+#if 1
+  if(slave_mode){
+    float position=0.0;
+    float time=0.0;
+    if(demuxer->file_format==DEMUXER_TYPE_AVI && sh_video->video.dwLength>2) {
+      // get pos from frame number / total frames
+      position=(float)d_video->pack_no*100.0/(float)sh_video->video.dwLength;
+      }
+    else {
+      off_t len = ( demuxer->movi_end - demuxer->movi_start );
+      off_t pos = ( demuxer->file_format == DEMUXER_TYPE_AUDIO?stream->pos:demuxer->filepos );
+      if(len>0) position=( pos - demuxer->movi_start ) * 100.0 / len;
+      }
+    if(sh_video) time=d_video->pts;
+    else if(sh_audio) time=sh_audio->delay;
+    mp_msg(MSGT_OSD,MSGL_ERR,"SLAVE: time=%.2f position=%.2f\r",time,position);
+    }
+#endif
+
 #ifdef HAVE_NEW_GUI
       if(use_gui){
         guiEventHandling();