Output of MPlayer suggested sending to FTP for your inspection. Partial output is as follows: using MPlayer CVS-021215-01:48-3.2.2 Playing kreuk_MSTR.mov MOV: Reference Media file!!! REF: [url ] kreuk_MSTR.mov REF: [url ] rtsp://demand1.stream.aol.com/time/gl/teenpeople/050302/kreuk_288_S.mov REF: [url ] rtsp://demand1.stream.aol.com/time/gl/teenpeople/050302/kreuk_56k_S.mov REF: [url ] rtsp://demand1.stream.aol.com/time/gl/teenpeople/050302/kreuk_T1_S.mov Detected QuickTime/MOV file format! -------------- MOV track #0: 1 chunks, 0 samples Image size: 240 x 180 (0 bpp) Display size: 240 x 180 Fourcc: rle Codec: 'Animation' -------------- MOV: best streams: A: #-1 (0 samples) V: #0 (1 samples) vo: X11 running at 1280x1024 with depth 16 and 16 bpp (":0" => local display) Disabling DPMS ========================================================================== Opening video decoder: [qtrle] Quicktime Animation (RLE) decoder *** FYI: This Quicktime file is using 0-bit RLE Animation encoding, which is not yet supported by MPlayer. But if you upload this Quicktime file to the MPlayer FTP, the team could look at it. VDecoder init failed :(