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Problem: “mplayer fo[TAB]” won’t work because “foo.bar” is not a “recognized media extension”, like .avi or .mpg. bash tab completion decides what files can be opened by which commands.

Solution:
echo "complete -r mplayer" >> ~/.bashrc

References:
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-discuss/2007-October/001946.html
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-623031.html