For mplayer issue you might find this tread helpful http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=60110 You can also try out different video_out (vo) drivers, to see which one works best. To get the list of avalible video out drivers; mplayer -vo help.
bandito > > > Video (mplayer) in fullscreen is choppy and slow. Complaints of my > hardware > being too slow etc. > >
