as for the man page, there are several references to the GUI, but no mention on how to start it.

perhaps you missed line 55 of the man page gmplayer is MPlayer with a graphical user intreface. It has the same options as MPlayer. and 2 lines down Also see the HTML documentation! -- __________________________________________________________ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup