If you are having problems playing some movies then you might need more Codecs. Goto http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/dload.html and download the Codecs for your Linux installation. Example: Linux X86 tar -jxf essential-#####.tar.bz2 cd essential-##### ls -l /usr/lib/win32 To check if it is there. If not mkdir /usr/lib/win32 mv * /usr/lib/win32 That should do it. This is where ..