Videocenter>Tools>Settings...>Player>External allows one to choose mplayer //usr/bin/mplayer -cache 4096 %s Not quite sure what is the difference of "//" vs "/" at the beginning of the command. Anyhow, on top of setting the path and cache, there are quite some options one can play with mplayer, ________________________________________________ MPlayer 1.0rc1-maemo.29.n8x0 (C) 2000-2006 MPlayer Team CPU: ARM Internet Tablet OS version: unknown Usage: mplayer [options] [url|path/]filename Basic options: (complete list in the man page) -vo <drv> select video output driver ('-vo help' for a list) -ao <drv> select audio output driver ('-ao help' for a list) -ss <position> seek to given (seconds or hh:mm:ss) position -nosound do not play sound -fs fullscreen playback (or -vm, -zoom, details in the man page) -x <x> -y <y> set display resolution (for use with -vm or -zoom) -sub <file> specify subtitle file to use (also see -subfps, -subdelay) -playlist <file> specify playlist file -vid x -aid y select video (x) and audio (y) stream to play -fps x -srate y change video (x fps) and audio (y Hz) rate -pp <quality> enable postprocessing filter (details in the man page) -framedrop enable frame dropping (for slow machines) Basic keys: (complete list in the man page, also check input.conf) <- or -> seek backward/forward 10 seconds down or up seek backward/forward 1 minute pgdown or pgup seek backward/forward 10 minutes < or > step backward/forward in playlist p or SPACE pause movie (press any key to continue) q or ESC stop playing and quit program + or - adjust audio delay by +/- 0.1 second o cycle OSD mode: none / seekbar / seekbar + timer * or / increase or decrease PCM volume x or z adjust subtitle delay by +/- 0.1 second r or t adjust subtitle position up/down, also see -vf expand * * * SEE THE MAN PAGE FOR DETAILS, FURTHER (ADVANCED) OPTIONS AND KEYS * * * _____________________________________________ To fine tune mplayer, use emelfm2 to do the modification, /etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf added the following to the bottom of the file, mplayer.conf softvol=yes softvol-max=400 audio-delay=yes audio-delay=10 This increases vol and better AudioVisual de-sync. And of course, you can always use OSD to change on the last minute, +/- to adjust audio delay etc. If the clip you want to see is jerky, try some of these in degree of inconvenience, 1) try media player ---- it works better but decodes less video formats 2) dl and play -------- it always better 3) -nosound --------- this one works 100%, but there is sound , works well with a lot of wildlife channels, like oregon zoo or discovery channels 4) -framedrop ----- see very little effects. I guess it must on by default? Any more options? bun