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As <application>MPlayer</application> doesn't have a skin included, you
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have to download one if you want to use the GUI. See the <ulink
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have to download at least one if you want to use the GUI. See Skins at the <ulink
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url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/dload.html">download page</ulink>.
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It should be extracted to the usual system-wide directory (<filename
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class="directory">$PREFIX/share/mplayer/skins</filename>), or to <filename
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class="directory">$HOME/.mplayer/skins</filename>.
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<application>MPlayer</application> by default looks in these directories
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for a directory named <filename class="directory">default</filename>, but
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you can use the <option>-skin <replaceable>newskin</replaceable></option>
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option, or the <literal>skin=newskin</literal> config file directive to use
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the skin in the <filename class="directory">*/skins/newskin</filename>
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A skin should be extracted to the usual system-wide directory <filename
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class="directory">$PREFIX/share/mplayer/skins</filename> or to the user
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specific directory <filename class="directory">$HOME/.mplayer/skins</filename>
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and resides as a subdirectory there.
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<application>MPlayer</application> by default first looks in the user specific
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directory, then the system-wide directory for a subdirectory named
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<filename class="directory">default</filename> (which
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simply can be a link to your favourite skin) to load the skin, but
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you can use the <option>-skin <replaceable>myskin</replaceable></option>
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option, or the <literal>skin=myskin</literal> config file directive to use
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a different skin from the <filename class="directory">skins</filename>