> (/usr/local/share/mplayer/skins/default/skin) not readable." > $ ls -al /usr/local/share/mplayer/skins/default/skin > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1949 2006-11-27 11:15 skin Notice how the first two do not end with a forward slash. This means it is not a directory. Your skin files need to be in: /usr/local/share/mplayer/skins/default/ Jeremy