asx file support.

I am pretty new to mplayer, but I have a couple of questions regarding as=
x=20
file support.


#1. What is the best command line option to use, it seems to buffer for=20
quite a while before playing.

#2. again for command line options - is there anyway I can improve the=20
sound quality, if I use the asx via windows the quality seems a lot bette=
r.

Is this a problem with my sound card setup (alsa) over mplayer.


other than that all my movies and everything else plays perfectly and=20
mplayer is by far the best player I have used.

Thanks for any help.

Lee.