First, become root. Then create a new file named /usr/bin/runmplayer $ vi /usr/bin/runmplayer Add these lines to it and save it: Code: #!/bin/sh /usr/bin/mplayer -fs -framedrop -vo x11 -ao sdl -cache 800 "$1" Make it globally executable. $ chmod 0755 /usr/bin/runmplayer
#!/bin/sh /usr/bin/mplayer -fs -framedrop -vo x11 -ao sdl -cache 800 "$1"