some rpm will not run?
 

mplayer-0.90-fr2.i386.rpm was just down loaded and I see it open like its going to install then nothing I have a few others that do same thing, why?
Please help :)

have you tried typing
rpm -U mplayer****.rpm

and seeing what the messages are? ofcourse this should be done as root.

You mean it just hangs during the install? Sound like a stale lock file. Try doing this(as root):

rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db*
rpm --rebuilddb

tried typing
rpm -U mplayer****.rpm

warning: mplayer-0.90-fr2.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID e42d547b
error: Failed dependencies:
aalib is needed by mplayer-0.90-fr2
alsa-lib is needed by mplayer-0.90-fr2
faad2 is needed by mplayer-0.90-fr2
lame is needed by mplayer-0.90-fr2
libaa.so.1 is needed by mplayer-0.90-fr2
libasound.so.2 is needed by mplayer-0.90-fr2
libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9) is needed by mplayer-0.90-fr2
libdv is needed by mplayer-0.90-fr2
libdv.so.2 is needed by mplayer-0.90-fr2
libdvdread is needed by mplayer-0.90-fr2
libdvdread.so.3 is needed by mplayer-0.90-fr2
libfaad.so.0 is needed by mplayer-0.90-fr2
liblirc_client.so.0 is needed by mplayer-0.90-fr2
liblzo.so.1 is needed by mplayer-0.90-fr2
libmp3lame.so.0 is needed by mplayer-0.90-fr2
libpostproc = 0.90-fr2 is needed by mplayer-0.90-fr2
libpostproc.so.0 is needed by mplayer-0.90-fr2
libxvidcore.so is needed by mplayer-0.90-fr2
lirc is needed by mplayer-0.90-fr2
lzo is needed by mplayer-0.90-fr2
mplayer-fonts is needed by mplayer-0.90-fr2
xvidcore is needed by mplayer-0.90-fr2

the hang file sounds like the right term but I do not understand

rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db*
rpm --rebuilddb

sorry i new :)

Well, you have a bunch of failed dependencies (you need to install those packages before you install your rpm). Ofcourse you can force the rpm installation although thats not recommended. Which distribution are u using? Go to control center of your distribution and install those packages b4 trying to install mplayer.
Hope it helps

getting the extras
I am using red hat 9
and on a athlon :)