Hmm, I need to have freetype installed. I compiled and installed it in the msys environment. But as MPlayer seems to require iconv as well, it doesn't compile in my msys, complaining with. Jim, how did you overcome that? make[2]: Entering directory `D:/Programs/msys/libiconv-1.12/libcharset/lib' D:/Programs/msys/bin/sh.exe ../libtool --mode=compile gcc -I. -I. -I.. -I./.. -I../include -g -O2 -DLIBDIR=\"/usr/local/lib\" -DBUILDING_LIBCHARSET -DBUILDING_DLL -DENABLE_RELOCATABLE=1 -DIN_LIBRARY -DINSTALLDIR=\"/usr/local/lib\" -DNO_XMALLOC -Dset_relocation_prefix=libcharset_set_relocation_prefix -Drelocate=libcharset_relocate -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -c ./localcharset.c gcc -I. -I. -I.. -I./.. -I../include -g -O2 "-DLIBDIR=\\/usr/local/lib\" -DBUILDING_LIBCHARSET -DBUILDING_DLL -DENABLE_RELOCATABLE=1 -DIN_LIBRARY -DINSTALLDIR=\"/usr/local/lib\" -DNO_XMALLOC -Dset_relocation_prefix=libcharset_set_relocation_prefix -Drelocate=libcharset_relocate -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -c ./localcharset.c" -DDLL_EXPORT -DPIC -o .libs/localcharset.o gcc.exe: no input files make[2]: *** [localcharset.lo] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `D:/Programs/msys/libiconv-1.12/libcharset/lib' make[1]: *** [all] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `D:/Programs/msys/libiconv-1.12/libcharset' make: *** [lib/localcharset.h] Error 2