diff -ur mplayer-cvs/libmpcodecs/vf_eq2.c mplayer-dev/libmpcodecs/vf_eq2.c
--- mplayer-cvs/libmpcodecs/vf_eq2.c	2003-03-17 21:53:02.000000000 +0100
+++ mplayer-dev/libmpcodecs/vf_eq2.c	2003-10-15 10:35:31.000000000 +0200
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
 #include "mp_image.h"
 #include "vf.h"
 
+#include "m_option.h"
+#include "m_struct.h"
+
 #ifdef USE_SETLOCALE
 #include <locale.h>
 #endif
@@ -40,8 +43,6 @@
 } eq2_param_t;
 
 typedef struct vf_priv_s {
-  eq2_param_t param[3];
-
   double        contrast;
   double        brightness;
   double        saturation;
@@ -51,12 +52,26 @@
   double        ggamma;
   double        bgamma;
 
+  eq2_param_t   param[3];
+
   unsigned      buf_w[3];
   unsigned      buf_h[3];
   unsigned char *buf[3];
 } vf_eq2_t;
 
 
+static vf_eq2_t vf_eq2_dflt = {
+  1.0,
+  0.0,
+  1.0,
+  1.0,
+  1.0,
+  1.0,
+  1.0
+  /* remaining fields are initialized at run time */
+};
+
+
 static
 void create_lut (eq2_param_t *par)
 {
@@ -396,14 +411,17 @@
 {
   unsigned i;
   vf_eq2_t *eq2;
-  double   par[7];
 
   vf->control = control;
   vf->query_format = query_format;
   vf->put_image = put_image;
   vf->uninit = uninit;
 
-  vf->priv = (vf_eq2_t *) malloc (sizeof (vf_eq2_t));
+  if (vf->priv == NULL) {
+    vf->priv = (vf_eq2_t *) malloc (sizeof (vf_eq2_t));
+    memcpy (vf->priv, &vf_eq2_dflt, sizeof (vf_eq2_t));
+  }
+
   eq2 = vf->priv;
 
   for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
@@ -418,16 +436,9 @@
     eq2->param[i].lut_clean = 0;
   }
 
-  eq2->contrast = 1.0;
-  eq2->brightness = 0.0;
-  eq2->saturation = 1.0;
-
-  eq2->gamma = 1.0;
-  eq2->rgamma = 1.0;
-  eq2->ggamma = 1.0;
-  eq2->bgamma = 1.0;
-
   if (args != NULL) {
+    double par[7];
+
     par[0] = 1.0;
     par[1] = 1.0;
     par[2] = 0.0;
@@ -445,24 +456,48 @@
     setlocale (LC_NUMERIC, "");
 #endif
 
+    eq2->gamma = par[0];
+    eq2->brightness = par[1];
+    eq2->contrast = par[2];
+    eq2->saturation = par[3];
+
     eq2->rgamma = par[4];
     eq2->ggamma = par[5];
     eq2->bgamma = par[6];
-
-    set_gamma (eq2, par[0]);
-    set_contrast (eq2, par[1]);
-    set_brightness (eq2, par[2]);
-    set_saturation (eq2, par[3]);
   }
 
+  set_gamma (eq2, eq2->gamma);
+  set_contrast (eq2, eq2->contrast);
+  set_brightness (eq2, eq2->brightness);
+  set_saturation (eq2, eq2->saturation);
+
   return 1;
 }
 
+#define ST_OFF(f) M_ST_OFF(struct vf_priv_s,f)
+static m_option_t vf_opts_fields[] = {
+  {"gamma", ST_OFF(gamma), CONF_TYPE_DOUBLE, M_OPT_RANGE, 0.001, 1000.0, NULL},
+  {"brightness", ST_OFF(brightness), CONF_TYPE_DOUBLE, 0, 0.0, 0.0, NULL},
+  {"contrast", ST_OFF(contrast), CONF_TYPE_DOUBLE, 0, 0.0, 0.0, NULL},
+  {"saturation", ST_OFF(saturation), CONF_TYPE_DOUBLE, M_OPT_MIN, 0.0, 0.0, NULL},
+  {"gamma_red", ST_OFF(rgamma), CONF_TYPE_DOUBLE, M_OPT_RANGE, 0.001, 1000.0, NULL},
+  {"gamma_green", ST_OFF(ggamma), CONF_TYPE_DOUBLE, M_OPT_RANGE, 0.001, 1000.0, NULL},
+  {"gamma_blue", ST_OFF(bgamma), CONF_TYPE_DOUBLE, M_OPT_RANGE, 0.001, 1000.0, NULL},
+  { NULL, NULL, 0, 0, 0, 0,  NULL }
+};
+
+static m_struct_t vf_opts = {
+  "eq2",
+  sizeof (vf_eq2_t),
+  &vf_eq2_dflt,
+  vf_opts_fields
+};
+
 vf_info_t vf_info_eq2 = {
   "Software equalizer",
   "eq2",
   "Hampa Hug, Daniel Moreno, Richard Felker",
   "",
   &open,
-  NULL
+  &vf_opts
 };
diff -ur mplayer-cvs/m_option.c mplayer-dev/m_option.c
--- mplayer-cvs/m_option.c	2003-09-05 18:31:33.000000000 +0200
+++ mplayer-dev/m_option.c	2003-10-15 08:03:01.000000000 +0200
@@ -243,6 +243,49 @@
   NULL
 };
 
+
+// Double
+
+#undef VAL
+#define VAL(x) (*(double*)(x))
+
+static
+int parse_double (m_option_t *opt, char *name, char *param, void *dst, int src)
+{
+  int   r;
+  float val;
+
+  /* parse_double() calls parse_float(). better would be the other way around. */
+  r = parse_float (opt, name, param, &val, src);
+
+  if ((r == 1) && (dst != NULL)) {
+    VAL(dst) = val;
+  }
+
+  return (r);
+}
+
+static
+char *print_double (m_option_t *opt, void *val)
+{
+  opt = NULL;
+  return dup_printf ("%f", VAL(val));
+}
+
+m_option_type_t m_option_type_double = {
+  "Double",
+  "floating point number or ratio (numerator[:/]denominator)",
+  sizeof(double),
+  0,
+  parse_double,
+  print_double,
+  copy_opt,
+  copy_opt,
+  NULL,
+  NULL
+};
+
+
 ///////////// Position
 #undef VAL
 #define VAL(x) (*(off_t*)(x))
diff -ur mplayer-cvs/m_option.h mplayer-dev/m_option.h
--- mplayer-cvs/m_option.h	2003-08-27 01:49:19.000000000 +0200
+++ mplayer-dev/m_option.h	2003-10-14 14:05:54.000000000 +0200
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 extern m_option_type_t m_option_type_flag;
 extern m_option_type_t m_option_type_int;
 extern m_option_type_t m_option_type_float;
+extern m_option_type_t m_option_type_double;
 extern m_option_type_t m_option_type_string;
 extern m_option_type_t m_option_type_string_list;
 extern m_option_type_t m_option_type_position;
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@
 #define CONF_TYPE_FLAG		(&m_option_type_flag)
 #define CONF_TYPE_INT		(&m_option_type_int)
 #define CONF_TYPE_FLOAT		(&m_option_type_float)
+#define CONF_TYPE_DOUBLE        (&m_option_type_double)
 #define CONF_TYPE_STRING	(&m_option_type_string)
 #define CONF_TYPE_FUNC		(&m_option_type_func)
 #define CONF_TYPE_FUNC_PARAM	(&m_option_type_func_param)