Hi Andrew and Kevin , first of all thanks for your help. I try to follw your instruction , but if I use ssh -X and export DISPLAY=:0.0 ( I see on the mnitor of client what the server are playing with mplayer . I try to rexplain my problem. I want to connect from my client , A , to a server B by ssh. I want to launch from A to B , using ssh , che command : mplayer file.mpg -vo XXXX and the result is that the file.mpg are played by mplayer on the screnn of B , the server , not on the scrren of client. Is it possible? Thanks for the attention Goodbye Pierpaolo _______________________________________________ MPlayer-users mailing list MPlayer-users@xxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-users