Hi my kernel is 2.4.18 distribuction 8.2 mandrake libc version: 2.2.4 X vrsion 4.2.0 Well my problem is this: when I try to see trought my video-in board using dummy or v4l mode I get the following message: ========================================================================== Opening video decoder: [raw] RAW Uncompressed Video VDecoder init failed :( Opening video decoder: [raw] RAW Uncompressed Video VDecoder init failed :( Can't find codec matching selected -vo and video format 0x32315659 ! *** Try to upgrade /home/forevertheuni/.mplayer/codecs.conf from etc/codecs.conf *** If it's still not OK, then read DOCS/codecs.html! ========================================================================== When I specify the -vx or outfmt the message is something like this: ========================================================================== Forced video codec: rawi420 Opening video decoder: [raw] RAW Uncompressed Video VDecoder init failed :( Can't find codec matching selected -vo and video format 0x32315659 ! *** Try to upgrade /home/forevertheuni/.mplayer/codecs.conf from etc/codecs.conf *** If it's still not OK, then read DOCS/codecs.html! ========================================================================== I tried to check my codecs.conf but I don't know what to do ! and when I had done smothing the message is always the same!! If the problem is : "YOU DON?T HAVE A RAW DECODER" I would like to know where can I find that!! well thanks for attention and nice work with mplayeer!! :) ------------------------------------------------------------- Sign up for ICQmail at http://www.icq.com/icqmail/signup.html