[MPlayer-users] Problems with wmsdmod.dll

[Reimar Döffinger]

On Fri, Jan 08, 2010 at 11:44:15PM +0100, RVM wrote:
> This problem has been reported in the smplayer forum.
> 
> It seems after the installation of Windows Media Player 11, mplayer has 
> problems playing files which need the wmsdmod.dll codec. There's audio but 
> there's no video. 
> 
> I have installed the mplayer binary codecs and wmsdmod.dll does exist.
> 
> The problem can be reproduced for example with this file:
> http://samples.mplayerhq.hu/V-codecs/MSS2/intro_windows.wmv
> 
> (Attached log)
> 
> I don't know, I guess mplayer tries to use the wmsdmod.dll in 
> \windows\system32, but now it fails. Is there any way to force 
> mplayer to use only the codecs from the mplayer\codecs directory?

MPlayer will just use Windows' LoadLibraryA function.
The set_path_env function is supposed to set things up so that
the specified codec directory is preferred.
However I can't see its "Setting PATH to ..." output in your log...