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create e new repo for yum
vi /etc/yum.repos.d/atrpms.repo
and write:
[atrpms]
name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - ATrpms
baseurl=http://dl.atrpms.net/fc$releasever-$basearch/atrpms/stable
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1


Import the key:
rpm --import http://atrpms.net/RPM-GPG-KEY.atrpms

install:
yum install mplayer mplayer-skins mplayer-fonts mplayerplug-in mplayer-gui


Make sure everything is installed correlty run:
rpm -qa | grep mplayer


If you need the codecs do the following from terminal:
wget ftp://ftp1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/essential-20050412.tar.bz2
tar jxvf essential-20050412.tar.bz2
mkdir /usr/lib/win32
cp essential-20050412/* /usr/lib/win32



UPDATE to FC 4: you will need to edit the /etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf and add this lines so that mplayerplug-in and mplayer can operate properly:
# Default video output is xvidix, then xv, then try others
vo=xvidix,xv,
# Default audio output is alsa, then try others
ao=alsa,alsa1x,
[imdeemvp@FC4Laptop ~]$ cat /etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf
# Default video output is xvidix, then xv, then try others
vo=xvidix,xv,
# Default audio output is alsa, then try others
ao=alsa,alsa1x,

another useful tip on yum:
yum provides PACKAGE-NAME