~/.mplayer/config ~/.mplayer/codec.conf If you wish to utilize a freetype font, you need to link a TTF file to your ~/.mplayer directory. For example: ln -sf /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/luxisri.ttf ~/.mplayer/subfont.ttf If you put in the optional gui, your config file needs to be set up with the following commands executed from your source directory: cat > ~/.mplayer/config << "EOF" gui = yes skin = default EOF mkdir ~/.mplayer/Skin && tar -xvf ../default.tar -C ~/.mplayer/Skin