--- mencoder.c_bak	2007-11-19 11:11:53.000000000 -0500
+++ mencoder.c	2007-11-19 11:36:18.000000000 -0500
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 
 #include "cpudetect.h"
 
+#include "cfg-mplayer-def.h"
 #include "codec-cfg.h"
 #include "m_option.h"
 #include "m_config.h"
@@ -319,12 +320,30 @@
 static void parse_cfgfiles( m_config_t* conf )
 {
   char *conffile;
-  if ((conffile = get_path("mencoder.conf")) == NULL) {
-    mp_msg(MSGT_CPLAYER,MSGL_ERR,MSGTR_GetpathProblem);
+  int conffile_fd;
+  if (m_config_parse_config_file(conf, MPLAYER_CONFDIR "/mencoder.conf") < 0)
+    mencoder_exit(1,MSGTR_ConfigFileError);
+  if ((conffile = get_path("")) == NULL) {
+    mp_msg(MSGT_CPLAYER,MSGL_WARN,MSGTR_NoHomeDir);
   } else {
-    if (m_config_parse_config_file(conf, conffile) < 0)
-      mencoder_exit(1,MSGTR_ConfigFileError);
+#ifdef __MINGW32__
+    mkdir(conffile);
+#else
+    mkdir(conffile, 0777);
+#endif
     free(conffile);
+    if ((conffile = get_path("mencoder.conf")) == NULL) {
+      mp_msg(MSGT_CPLAYER,MSGL_ERR,MSGTR_GetpathProblem);
+    } else {
+      if ((conffile_fd = open(conffile, O_CREAT|O_EXCL|O_WRONLY, 0666)) != -1) {
+        mp_msg(MSGT_CPLAYER,MSGL_INFO,MSGTR_CreatingCfgFile, conffile);
+        write(conffile_fd, default_config, strlen(default_config));
+        close(conffile_fd);
+      }
+      if (m_config_parse_config_file(conf, conffile) < 0)
+        mencoder_exit(1,MSGTR_ConfigFileError);
+      free(conffile);
+    }
   }
 }