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diff --git a/youtube_dl/downloader/mplayer.py b/youtube_dl/downloader/mplayer.py
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+import os
+import subprocess
+
+from .common import FileDownloader
+from ..utils import (
+    encodeFilename,
+)
+
+
+class MplayerFD(FileDownloader):
+    def real_download(self, filename, info_dict):
+        self.report_destination(filename)
+        tmpfilename = self.temp_name(filename)
+
+        args = ['mplayer', '-really-quiet', '-vo', 'null', '-vc', 'dummy', '-dumpstream', '-dumpfile', tmpfilename, url]
+        # Check for mplayer first
+        try:
+            subprocess.call(['mplayer', '-h'], stdout=(open(os.path.devnull, 'w')), stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+        except (OSError, IOError):
+            self.report_error(u'MMS or RTSP download detected but "%s" could not be run' % args[0] )
+            return False
+
+        # Download using mplayer. 
+        retval = subprocess.call(args)
+        if retval == 0:
+            fsize = os.path.getsize(encodeFilename(tmpfilename))
+            self.to_screen(u'\r[%s] %s bytes' % (args[0], fsize))
+            self.try_rename(tmpfilename, filename)
+            self._hook_progress({
+                'downloaded_bytes': fsize,
+                'total_bytes': fsize,
+                'filename': filename,
+                'status': 'finished',
+            })
+            return True
+        else:
+            self.to_stderr(u"\n")
+            self.report_error(u'mplayer exited with code %d' % retval)
+            return False