I can confirm this problem. Problem occurs even on totem.
killing pulseaudio helps.
Interestingly there are some words on mplayer-current-svn about problems
with pulseaudio.
** Also affects: pulseaudio
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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mplayer pulseaudio freeze
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/212493
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