diff -ruN mplayerplug-in.orig/Source/plugin-setup.cpp mplayerplug-in/Source/plugin-setup.cpp
--- mplayerplug-in.orig/Source/plugin-setup.cpp	2005-11-26 16:07:08.000000000 +0100
+++ mplayerplug-in/Source/plugin-setup.cpp	2006-01-07 22:10:55.000000000 +0100
@@ -1236,6 +1236,16 @@
 		    continue;
 		}
 
+		if (strncasecmp(buffer, "mplayer", 7) == 0) {
+		    snprintf(parse, 1000, "%s", strtok(buffer, "="));
+		    snprintf(parse, 1000, "%s", strtok(NULL, "=\n"));
+		    if (instance->mplayer_binary != NULL)
+			free(instance->mplayer_binary);
+		    if (strstr(parse, "`") == NULL)	// don't allow shell commands
+			instance->mplayer_binary = strdup(parse);
+		    continue;
+		}
+
 		if (strncasecmp(buffer, "dload-dir", 9) == 0) {
 		    snprintf(parse, 1000, "%s", strtok(buffer, "="));
 		    snprintf(parse, 1000, "%s", strtok(NULL, "=\n"));
diff -ruN mplayerplug-in.orig/Source/plugin-threads.cpp mplayerplug-in/Source/plugin-threads.cpp
--- mplayerplug-in.orig/Source/plugin-threads.cpp	2005-11-30 17:37:02.000000000 +0100
+++ mplayerplug-in/Source/plugin-threads.cpp	2006-01-07 22:09:49.000000000 +0100
@@ -360,8 +360,15 @@
     }
 
     i = 0;
-    snprintf(buffer, 1024, "mplayer");
-    instance->td->argv[i++] = strdup(buffer);
+
+    if (instance->mplayer_binary) {
+	snprintf(buffer, 1024, "%s", instance->mplayer_binary);
+	instance->td->argv[i++] = strdup(buffer);
+    } else {
+	snprintf(buffer, 1024, "mplayer");
+	instance->td->argv[i++] = strdup(buffer);
+    }
+
     if (instance->novop == 1) {
 	snprintf(buffer, 1024, "-vop");
 	instance->td->argv[i++] = strdup(buffer);
diff -ruN mplayerplug-in.orig/Source/plugin.cpp mplayerplug-in/Source/plugin.cpp
--- mplayerplug-in.orig/Source/plugin.cpp	2005-12-05 21:19:42.000000000 +0100
+++ mplayerplug-in/Source/plugin.cpp	2006-01-07 23:13:25.000000000 +0100
@@ -273,6 +273,7 @@
     keep_download = 0;
     maintain_aspect = 1;
     download_dir = strdup(getenv("HOME"));
+    mplayer_binary = NULL;
     cachesize = 512;
     output_display = NULL;
     osdlevel = 0;
@@ -548,6 +549,11 @@
 	download_dir = NULL;
     }
 
+    if (mplayer_binary != NULL) {
+	free(mplayer_binary);
+	mplayer_binary = NULL;
+    }
+
     if (td->list != NULL) {
 	pthread_mutex_lock(&playlist_mutex);
 	deleteList(td->list);
diff -ruN mplayerplug-in.orig/Source/plugin.h mplayerplug-in/Source/plugin.h
--- mplayerplug-in.orig/Source/plugin.h	2005-11-30 17:37:02.000000000 +0100
+++ mplayerplug-in/Source/plugin.h	2006-01-07 22:08:01.000000000 +0100
@@ -347,6 +347,7 @@
     int maintain_aspect;
     int qt_speed;
     char *download_dir;
+    char *mplayer_binary;
     int cachesize;
     char *output_display;
     int osdlevel;
diff -ruN mplayerplug-in.orig/mplayerplug-in.conf mplayerplug-in/mplayerplug-in.conf
--- mplayerplug-in.orig/mplayerplug-in.conf	2005-08-18 02:05:20.000000000 +0200
+++ mplayerplug-in/mplayerplug-in.conf	2006-01-07 22:14:15.000000000 +0100
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@
 #mc=1
 #black-background=0
 #user-agent=NSPlayer
+#mplayer=mplayer-bin