diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/mplayer/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/mplayer/default.nix
index c77486a30cf1..2afb7d1c68a5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/mplayer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/mplayer/default.nix
@@ -59,20 +59,21 @@ let
   codecs_src =
     let
       dir = http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/;
+      version = "20071007";
     in
     if stdenv.hostPlatform.system == "i686-linux" then fetchurl {
-      url = "${dir}/essential-20071007.tar.bz2";
+      url = "${dir}/essential-${version}.tar.bz2";
       sha256 = "18vls12n12rjw0mzw4pkp9vpcfmd1c21rzha19d7zil4hn7fs2ic";
     } else if stdenv.hostPlatform.system == "x86_64-linux" then fetchurl {
-      url = "${dir}/essential-amd64-20071007.tar.bz2";
+      url = "${dir}/essential-amd64-${version}.tar.bz2";
       sha256 = "13xf5b92w1ra5hw00ck151lypbmnylrnznq9hhb0sj36z5wz290x";
     } else if stdenv.hostPlatform.system == "powerpc-linux" then fetchurl {
-      url = "${dir}/essential-ppc-20071007.tar.bz2";
+      url = "${dir}/essential-ppc-${version}.tar.bz2";
       sha256 = "18mlj8dp4wnz42xbhdk1jlz2ygra6fbln9wyrcyvynxh96g1871z";
     } else null;
 
   codecs = if codecs_src != null then stdenv.mkDerivation {
-    name = "MPlayer-codecs-essential-20071007";
+    pname = "MPlayer-codecs-essential";
 
     src = codecs_src;
 
@@ -89,11 +90,12 @@ let
 in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "mplayer-1.3.0";
+  pname = "mplayer";
+  version = "1.4";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.3.0.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "0hwqn04bdknb2ic88xd75smffxx63scvz0zvwvjb56nqj9n89l1s";
+    url = "http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-${version}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "0j5mflr0wnklxsvnpmxvk704hscyn2785hvvihj2i3a7b3anwnc2";
   };
 
   prePatch = ''
@@ -218,6 +220,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage = http://mplayerhq.hu;
     license = "GPL";
     maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.eelco ];
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux ++ stdenv.lib.platforms.darwin;
+    platforms = [ "i686-linux" "x86_64-linux" "x86_64-darwin" ];
   };
 }