--- main\mencoder.c	Wed Oct  5 20:40:38 2005
+++ main.new\mencoder.c	Wed Oct  5 20:42:54 2005
@@ -437,7 +437,39 @@
   mp_msg(MSGT_CPLAYER,MSGL_INFO,"\n\n");
 #endif
 #endif
-  
+
+#if defined(WIN32) && defined(USE_WIN32DLL)
+{  /*make our codec dirs available for LoadLibraryA()*/
+  char tmppath[MAX_PATH*2 + 1];
+  char win32path[MAX_PATH];
+  char realpath[MAX_PATH];
+#ifdef __CYGWIN__
+  cygwin_conv_to_full_win32_path(WIN32_PATH,win32path);
+  strcpy(tmppath,win32path);
+#ifdef USE_REALCODECS
+  cygwin_conv_to_full_win32_path(REALCODEC_PATH,realpath);
+  sprintf(tmppath,"%s;%s",win32path,realpath);
+#endif /*USE_REALCODECS*/
+#else
+  if(!strstr(WIN32_PATH,":")){
+    GetModuleFileNameA(NULL, win32path, MAX_PATH);
+    strcpy(win32path + strlen(win32path) - strlen("mencoder.exe"), WIN32_PATH);
+  }
+  else strcpy(win32path,WIN32_PATH);
+  strcpy(tmppath,win32path);
+#ifdef USE_REALCODECS
+  if(!strstr(REALCODEC_PATH,":")){
+    GetModuleFileNameA(NULL, realpath, MAX_PATH);
+    strcpy(realpath + strlen(realpath) - strlen("mencoder.exe"), REALCODEC_PATH);
+  }
+  else strcpy(realpath,REALCODEC_PATH);
+  sprintf(tmppath,"%s;%s",win32path,realpath);
+#endif /*USE_REALCODECS*/
+#endif /*__CYGWIN__*/
+  SetEnvironmentVariableA("PATH", tmppath);
+}
+#endif /*WIN32 && USE_WIN32DLL*/
+
   InitTimer();
 
 // check codec.conf