Bingo, thanks very much! I did search but I guess it wasn't good enough. I appreciate it.

For mplayer from the cli: "mplayer filename", and then I use the virtual keyboard for the pause/ vol+ and vol- inputs, which is something of an annoyance since some commands need a shift on the n800's virtual keyboard, like * to raise the volume, but you can remap it in that config file.

For a guide to commands: just typing "mplayer" gives a short guide to keystrokes. Googling for the man page for mplayer gives much more:

http://tivo-mplayer.sourceforge.net/...an.html#sect11

Actually from reading that page, I see that 9 and 0 are volume controls. I just learned that convenience now.

Thanks very much, problem solved.

Joe