diff --git a/extra/mplayer/PKGBUILD b/extra/mplayer/PKGBUILD
index 8e531455a..f61df2354 100644
--- a/extra/mplayer/PKGBUILD
+++ b/extra/mplayer/PKGBUILD
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 # ALARM: Kevin Mihelich <kevin@archlinuxarm.org
 #  - remove --enable-runtime-cpudetection from configure
+#  - use kernel.org mirror for package source
+#  - --enable-armv5te to use v5 edsp (fails autodetect for v5)
 
 plugrel=1
 
@@ -18,7 +20,7 @@ makedepends=('libxxf86dga' 'libxxf86vm' 'libmad' 'cdparanoia' 'libxinerama' 'sdl
 license=('GPL')
 url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/"
 options=(!buildflags !emptydirs)
-source=(ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/other/$pkgbase/$pkgbase-$pkgver.tar.xz mplayer.desktop
+source=(ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/other/$pkgbase/$pkgbase-$pkgver.tar.xz mplayer.desktop
         live-media.patch)
 md5sums=('e8bd960bcdb48fdc5a1f45390dc13c53'
          'c0d6ef795cf6de48e3b87ff7c23f0319'
@@ -30,6 +32,7 @@ build() {
     patch -Np0 -i "$srcdir/live-media.patch"
 
     ./configure --prefix=/usr \
+        --enable-armv5te \
         --disable-gui \
         --disable-arts \
         --disable-liblzo \