Index: get_path.c
===================================================================
--- get_path.c	(revision 25844)
+++ get_path.c	(working copy)
@@ -152,3 +152,16 @@
 		mp_msg(MSGT_WIN32, MSGL_WARN, "Cannot set PATH!");
 }
 #endif /*WIN32 && USE_WIN32DLL*/
+
+#ifdef WIN32_LOADER
+#include "loader/driver.h"
+
+void set_codec_path( void )
+{
+    char *codecs_dir;
+
+    codecs_dir = getenv("MPLAYER_CODECS_DIR");
+    if( codecs_dir )
+        SetCodecPath( codecs_dir );
+}
+#endif
Index: get_path.h
===================================================================
--- get_path.h	(revision 25844)
+++ get_path.h	(working copy)
@@ -24,4 +24,8 @@
 char *get_path(const char *filename);
 void set_path_env();
 
+#ifdef WIN32_LOADER
+void set_codec_path( void );
+#endif
+
 #endif /* GET_PATH_H */
Index: mplayer.c
===================================================================
@@ -2391,6 +2396,10 @@
   set_path_env();
 #endif /*WIN32 && USE_WIN32DLL*/
 
+#ifdef WIN32_LOADER
+  set_codec_path();
+#endif
+
 #ifdef USE_TV
   stream_tv_defaults.immediate = 1;
 #endif
Index: DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
===================================================================
--- DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1	(revision 25844)
+++ DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1	(working copy)
@@ -10440,6 +10440,10 @@
 The resulting verbosity corresponds to that of \-msglevel 5 plus the
 value of MPLAYER_VERBOSE.
 .
+.TP
+.B MPLAYER_CODECS_DIR
+Directory where MPlayer looks for Win32 binary codecs.
+.
 .SS libaf:
 .
 .TP