I guess it's pretty much official that the original MPlayer is on the road to deprecation.
http://www.mplayer2.org/ ** Summary changed: - [needs-packaging] Please package mplayer-mt with multithreading support (ffmpeg-mt) + [needs-packaging] Please package mplayer2 with multithreading support (ffmpeg-mt) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/611851 Title: [needs-packaging] Please package mplayer2 with multithreading support (ffmpeg-mt) -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs