diff --git a/src/add-ons/media/plugins/avi_reader/libOpenDML/FallbackIndex.cpp b/src/add-ons/media/plugins/avi_reader/libOpenDML/FallbackIndex.cpp
index 60080064db..33d5054f3a 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/media/plugins/avi_reader/libOpenDML/FallbackIndex.cpp
+++ b/src/add-ons/media/plugins/avi_reader/libOpenDML/FallbackIndex.cpp
@@ -57,12 +57,11 @@ status_t
 FallbackIndex::Init()
 {
 	// Attempt to build an index by parsing the movi chunk
+	TRACE("Constructing a Fallback Index\n");
 
 	bool end_of_movi = false;
 	chunk aChunk;
 
-	TRACE("Building Fallback index\n");
-
 	int stream_index;
 	off_t position;
 	uint32 size;
diff --git a/src/add-ons/media/plugins/avi_reader/libOpenDML/OpenDMLParser.cpp b/src/add-ons/media/plugins/avi_reader/libOpenDML/OpenDMLParser.cpp
index e900a53df9..813613d353 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/media/plugins/avi_reader/libOpenDML/OpenDMLParser.cpp
+++ b/src/add-ons/media/plugins/avi_reader/libOpenDML/OpenDMLParser.cpp
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #include "OpenDMLParser.h"
 #include "avi.h"
 
-#define TRACE_ODML_PARSER
+//#define TRACE_ODML_PARSER
 #ifdef TRACE_ODML_PARSER
   #define TRACE printf
 #else
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ OpenDMLParser::ParseChunk_strh(uint64 start, uint32 size)
 
 	TRACE("stream_header, Stream %d, is_audio %d, is_video %d:\n", fStreamCount - 1, fCurrentStream->is_audio, fCurrentStream->is_video);
 	TRACE("fourcc_type           = '"FOURCC_FORMAT"'\n",FOURCC_PARAM(fCurrentStream->stream_header.fourcc_type));
-	TRACE("fourcc_handler        = '"FOURCC_FORMAT"'\n",FOURCC_PARAM(fCurrentStream->stream_header.fourcc_handler));
+//	TRACE("fourcc_handler        = '"FOURCC_FORMAT"'\n",FOURCC_PARAM(fCurrentStream->stream_header.fourcc_handler));
 	TRACE("flags                 = 0x%lx\n", fCurrentStream->stream_header.flags);
 	TRACE("priority              = %u\n", fCurrentStream->stream_header.priority);
 	TRACE("language              = %u\n", fCurrentStream->stream_header.language);
diff --git a/src/add-ons/media/plugins/avi_reader/libOpenDML/StandardIndex.cpp b/src/add-ons/media/plugins/avi_reader/libOpenDML/StandardIndex.cpp
index fabdb9b0a2..6189303c70 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/media/plugins/avi_reader/libOpenDML/StandardIndex.cpp
+++ b/src/add-ons/media/plugins/avi_reader/libOpenDML/StandardIndex.cpp
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@
 #include "StandardIndex.h"
 #include "OpenDMLParser.h"
 
-#include <StopWatch.h>
-
 
 //#define TRACE_START_INDEX
 #ifdef TRACE_START_INDEX
@@ -43,6 +41,11 @@
 
 #define ERROR(a...) fprintf(stderr, a)
 
+struct chunk {
+	uint32 chunk_id;
+	uint32 size;
+};
+
 
 StandardIndex::StandardIndex(BPositionIO *source, OpenDMLParser *parser)
  :	Index(source, parser)
@@ -62,14 +65,11 @@ StandardIndex::~StandardIndex()
 status_t
 StandardIndex::Init()
 {
+	TRACE("Constructing a Standard Index\n");
 	uint32 indexBytes = fParser->StandardIndexSize();
 	fIndexSize = indexBytes / sizeof(avi_standard_index_entry);
 	indexBytes = fIndexSize * sizeof(avi_standard_index_entry);
 	
-#ifdef TRACE_START_INDEX
-{ BStopWatch w("StandardIndex::Init: malloc");
-#endif
-
 	if (indexBytes > 0x1900000) { // 25 MB
 		ERROR("libOpenDML: StandardIndex::Init index is way too big\n");
 		return B_NO_MEMORY;
@@ -85,10 +85,6 @@ StandardIndex::Init()
 		ERROR("libOpenDML: StandardIndex::Init out of memory\n");
 		return B_NO_MEMORY;
 	}
-#ifdef TRACE_START_INDEX
-}
-{ BStopWatch w("StandardIndex::Init: file read");
-#endif
 
 	if ((int32)indexBytes != fSource->ReadAt(fParser->StandardIndexStart(),
 			fIndex, indexBytes)) {
@@ -97,15 +93,7 @@ StandardIndex::Init()
 		fIndex = NULL;
 		return B_IO_ERROR;
 	}
-#ifdef TRACE_START_INDEX
-}
-	//DumpIndex();
-#endif
 
-#ifdef TRACE_START_INDEX
-{ BStopWatch w("StandardIndex::Init: scan index");
-#endif
-	
 	int stream_index;
 	off_t position;
 	uint32 size;
@@ -131,7 +119,28 @@ StandardIndex::Init()
         keyframe = (fIndex[i].flags >> AVIIF_KEYFRAME_SHIFT) & 1;
         size = fIndex[i].chunk_length;
         
-        // Some muxers write chunk_offset as non-relative, need to handle this case.
+        // Some muxers write chunk_offset as non-relative.  So we test if the first index actually points to a chunk
+        if (i == 0) {
+        	off_t here = fSource->Position();
+
+        	// first try and validate position as relative to the data chunk
+	        position = fDataOffset + fIndex[i].chunk_offset;
+	        TRACE("Validating chunk position %Ld as relative\n",position);
+			if (!IsValidChunk(position,size)) {
+			
+	        	// then try and validate position as an absolute position that points to a chunk
+				fDataOffset = 0;
+		        position = fDataOffset + fIndex[i].chunk_offset;
+		        TRACE("Validating chunk position %Ld as absolute\n",position);
+				if (!IsValidChunk(position,size)) {
+					ERROR("Index is invalid, chunk offset does not point to a chunk\n");
+					return B_ERROR;
+				}
+			}
+			
+			fSource->Seek(here, SEEK_SET);
+        }
+        
         position = fDataOffset + fIndex[i].chunk_offset;
 		frame_no = frame[stream_index];
 
@@ -177,3 +186,14 @@ StandardIndex::Init()
 	return B_OK;
 }
 
+bool
+StandardIndex::IsValidChunk(off_t position, uint32 size) {
+
+	chunk aChunk;
+
+	if ((int32)8 != fSource->ReadAt(position, &aChunk, 8)) {
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	return (aChunk.size == size);
+}
diff --git a/src/add-ons/media/plugins/avi_reader/libOpenDML/StandardIndex.h b/src/add-ons/media/plugins/avi_reader/libOpenDML/StandardIndex.h
index 5db4d303af..e303dd7416 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/media/plugins/avi_reader/libOpenDML/StandardIndex.h
+++ b/src/add-ons/media/plugins/avi_reader/libOpenDML/StandardIndex.h
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ public:
 	status_t			Init();
 
 private:
+	bool				IsValidChunk(off_t position, uint32 size);
+	
 	avi_standard_index_entry *fIndex;
 	uint32				fIndexSize;
 	int64				fDataOffset;