Index: mplayer.c
===================================================================
--- mplayer.c	(revision 30880)
+++ mplayer.c	(working copy)
@@ -103,6 +103,12 @@

 #include "osdep/priority.h"

+#ifdef CONFIG_WIN32DLL
+extern void SetCodecPath(const char *);   // in loader/drv.c
+
+char *codec_path=NULL;
+#endif
+
 char *heartbeat_cmd;

 #define ROUND(x) ((int)((x)<0 ? (x)-0.5 : (x)+0.5))
@@ -2701,6 +2707,11 @@
     set_priority();
 #endif

+#ifdef CONFIG_WIN32DLL
+  if (codec_path)
+    SetCodecPath(codec_path);
+#endif
+
 #ifndef CONFIG_GUI
     if(use_gui){
       mp_msg(MSGT_CPLAYER,MSGL_WARN,MSGTR_NoGui);
Index: cfg-common-opts.h
===================================================================
--- cfg-common-opts.h	(revision 30880)
+++ cfg-common-opts.h	(working copy)
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_PRIORITY
 	{"priority", &proc_priority, CONF_TYPE_STRING, 0, 0, 0, NULL},
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_WIN32DLL
+	{"codecpath", &codec_path, CONF_TYPE_STRING, 0, 0, 0, NULL},
+#endif
 	{"noconfig", noconfig_opts, CONF_TYPE_SUBCONFIG, CONF_GLOBAL|CONF_NOCFG|CONF_PRE_PARSE, 0, 0, NULL},

 // ------------------------- stream options --------------------
Index: mencoder.c
===================================================================
--- mencoder.c	(revision 30880)
+++ mencoder.c	(working copy)
@@ -155,6 +155,12 @@

 #include "osdep/priority.h"

+#ifdef CONFIG_WIN32DLL
+extern void SetCodecPath(const char *);   // in loader/drv.c
+
+char *codec_path=NULL;
+#endif
+
 // A-V sync:
 int delay_corrected=1;
 static float default_max_pts_correction=-1;//0.01f;
@@ -534,6 +540,11 @@
   set_priority();
 #endif

+#ifdef CONFIG_WIN32DLL
+  if (codec_path)
+    SetCodecPath(codec_path);
+#endif
+
 // check font
 #ifdef CONFIG_FREETYPE
   init_freetype();