On Sun, 1 May 2005 11:23:47 -0600 Mark Zimmerman <mark at foresthaven.com> wrote: > How about an alias: > > alias mplaymc='mplayer -vo xvmc -vc ffmpeg12mc' How does that help? You still have to decide whether to use xvmc or not for each file. I don't think typing the command is the poster's problem.