Question: With Natty, the default music-player changed from Rhythmbox to Banshee. While my music seems to have moved along, the podcasts didn't. I have therefore two questions :

* How can I listen the podcasts I downloaded with Rhythmbox from Banshee ?
* How can I ask Banshee to automatically download the podcasts Rhythmbox was downloading for me?

**Edited to add** a clarification : I'm interested in a way to subscribe to all the podcasts I was subscribed to in Rhythmbox. I'm asking this question because I'd prefer not to subscribe to the podcasts one by one.

Answer: 
Someone already reported the bug to the ubuntu makers: [Bug #857243: (oneiric) mplayer does not install .desktop file and does not have an icon](https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mplayer/+bug/857243).

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To add an icon manually, create a file `~/.local/share/applications/mplayer.desktop` and put the following in it:

```
[Desktop Entry]
Name=MPlayer
GenericName=Media player
Exec=mplayer %U
TryExec=mplayer
Icon=totem
Type=Application
Categories=AudioVideo;Player;
NoDisplay=true

```

Here the totem media player icon is used.

Correct mplayer icon
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```
$ cd ~
$ wget http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/MPlayer.svg
$ cd /usr/share/icons/hicolor
$ for i in *x*; do sudo convert -background none ~/MPlayer.svg -resize $i $i/apps/mplayer.png; done
$ sudo gtk-update-icon-cache -q -t -f /usr/share/icons/hicolor

```

Then edit the `mplayer.desktop` and set `Icon=mplayer`.

That's it. You downloaded the mplayer icon from wikipedia, converted it to `.png` files of different resolution and cleaned up the icon cache.
try using UMplayer its mplayer with a nice ui,or make a launcher and add a icon of your choice,right click on the desktop than make new launcher give it a name and a command,then click on the little icon and browse for a new icon of your liking,form there drag and drop it into the unity launcher and put the launcher that you made some were for safe keeping.