>#debug=1 >#logfile=$HOME/mpp.log >#vo=xv,x11 >#ao=arts,esd,oss >#download=1 >#dload-dir=$HOME/tmp >#keep-download=1 >#noembed=1 >#cachesize=256 >#use-mimetypes=1 >#enable-real=1 >#enable-wm=0 >#enable-qt=0 >#enable-mpeg=0 You apparently don't have the use-gui flag in your mplayerplug-in.conf file (and everything else is commented out). So, the default behavior should take effect, which is "use-gui=no". If you want to make sure the plugin is not attempting to use gmplayer, you can add "use-gui=no" to the mplayerplug-in.conf file - it won't hurt anything. The only other difference my conf file has from yours is to make the plugin use Gnome's esd sound daemon (uncomment and set line to "ao=esd"). You can test to see if mplayer is properly streaming video by entering the following command at the shell prompt (Its the Daredevil trailer :-): mplayer http://a772.g.akamai.net/5/772/51/20b9f288dddd83/1a1a1aaa2198c627970773d80669d84574a8d80d3cb12453c02589f25382f668c9329e0375e8177dec6493f758ca2f93f86ed743/daredevil-tlr_320.mov That will confirm that mplayer can handle a QT video stream (as opposed to just playing a local file). Cheers, Bryan