[MPlayer-users] mplayer as a background process

[Yemu]

hi
i try to start mplayer in background. when i try:

mplayer foo.avi & 

i get:

MPlayer 1.0pre3-3.3.1 (C) 2000-2003 MPlayer Team
CPU: Advanced Micro Devices Athlon MP/XP Thoroughbred 1808 MHz (Family: 6, 
Stepping: 1)
Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes
CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0
Skompilowany dla procesora z rozszerzeniami: MMX MMX2 3DNow 3DNowEx SSE

Reading config file /usr/etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf: Nie ma takiego pliku ani 
katalogu
Reading config file /home/yemu/.mplayer/config
Reading /home/yemu/.mplayer/codecs.conf: Can't open '/home/yemu/.mplayer/
codecs.conf': Nie ma takiego pliku ani katalogu
Reading /usr/etc/mplayer/codecs.conf: Can't open '/usr/etc/mplayer/
codecs.conf': Nie ma takiego pliku ani katalogu
Używam wbudowanego (domyślnego) pliku codecs.conf.
font: can't open file: /usr/share/mplayer/font/arial.ttf
Nie mogę załadować czcionki: /usr/share/mplayer/font/arial.ttf
Używam sprzętowego zegara czasu rzeczywistego (Linux RTC) (1024Hz).
Input config file /home/yemu/.mplayer/input.conf parsed: 53 binds
Włączam obsługę LIRC...

and it hangs

what can i do to have mplayer starting in background (i need it to make script 
which turns on tv-out and plays movie on a tv)

thanks for any suggestions
yemu 

ps. sorry for the output, it is in polish, i don't know how to change it to 
english without recompiling