I'm following the instructions at for using the new Quicktime codecs, at http://www.mplayerhq.hu/~alex/codecs/qt-howto.txt , and with either qt5dlls or qt6dlls, I get the error ADecoder preinit failed :( SoundConverterOpen:65313 ADecoder init failed :( (full mplayer -v log attached) Using cvs as of 17:41 GMT. System info: Debian 3.0 2.4.18 libc 2.2.5 gcc version 2.95.4 20011002 (Debian prerelease) GNU ld version 2.12.90.0.1 20020307 Debian/GNU Linux GNU assembler 2.12.90.0.1 20020307 Debian/GNU Linux glyn@corrosive:~$ cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 5 model : 2 model name : Pentium 75 - 200 stepping : 12 cpu MHz : 132.634 fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : yes coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 1 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8 bogomips : 264.60 Glyn -- You can keep your flags and emblems, I don't need them anymore So just take your age-old hatred and then walk out of the door