Moreover, in gmplayer this causes the raise of pop up window with "Couldn't resolve name for AF_INET6: bla.com..." message which is definitely not user friendly.
Modification of mplayer.conf as given above solves the problem. ** Changed in: mplayer (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed -- mplayer slowly starting because of AF_INET6 https://launchpad.net/bugs/60473 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs