Ok more detalies. vdr-1.7.6 vdr-xine-1.9.1 on an gentoo distro and i start xine from .xinitrc like this: /usr/bin/xine -V vdpau -f -pq -A alsa --post vdr_video --post vdr_audio vdr://tmp/vdr-xine/stream#demux:mpeg_pes and for mplayer ihave this on mplayer.sh #!/bin/sh CMDLINE="mplayer -fs -vo vdpau -ao alsa -cache 4096 -slave -nolirc -quiet" DISPLAY=:0.0 $CMDLINE "$1" |logger exit but I have an question for others too! how to make mplayer to load subtitles from media or video directory? _______________________________________________ vdr mailing list vdr@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr