Hi guys, first post. I too am getting the black screen when trying to boot mplayer ce from either a channel or from HBC. Searched a bit on google and found several references to this issue, but never any solid advice for resolving it. My mplayer ce went down exactly the same as liquidtmd described, in the middle of a film I was watching last night. I've tried reinstalling mplayer but bby Callmemitchs - Homebrew Applications