diff -ru src.orig/gst/mpegdemux/gstmpegdemux.c src/gst/mpegdemux/gstmpegdemux.c
--- src.orig/gst/mpegdemux/gstmpegdemux.c	2010-09-23 17:54:07.000000000 +0200
+++ src/gst/mpegdemux/gstmpegdemux.c	2011-03-01 02:34:58.295303001 +0100
@@ -1996,8 +1996,6 @@
     if (stream_type == -1) {
       /* no stream type, if PS1, get the new id */
       if (start_code == ID_PRIVATE_STREAM_1 && datalen >= 2) {
-        guint8 nframes;
-
         /* VDR writes A52 streams without any header bytes
          * (see ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/samples/MPEG-VOB/vdr-AC3) */
         if (datalen >= 4) {
@@ -2017,20 +2015,8 @@
 
           /* and remap */
           stream_type = demux->psm[id];
-
-          /* Now, if it's a subpicture stream - no more, otherwise
-           * take the first byte too, since it's the frame count in audio
-           * streams and our backwards compat convention is to strip it off */
-          if (stream_type != ST_PS_DVD_SUBPICTURE) {
-            /* Number of audio frames in this packet */
-            nframes = data[offset++];
-            datalen--;
-            GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (demux, "private type 0x%02x, %d frames", id,
-                nframes);
-          } else {
-            GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (demux, "private type 0x%02x, stream type %d", id,
-                stream_type);
-          }
+          GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (demux, "private type 0x%02x, stream type %d", id,
+              stream_type);
         }
       }
       if (stream_type == -1)