ok, i saw the other posts about this topic at: http://mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-users/2002-July/017730.html and http://zebra.fh-weingarten.de/~maxi/html/mplayer-users/2002-07/msg00204.html and found some information on mvi2 at: http://www.moviecodec.com/mb/topic557.shtml i added mvicod32.dll to /usr/lib/win32 and added the following to codecs.conf: videocodec movcd info "motion pictures moviecd" status untested fourcc mvi2 format 0x32690804 driver vfw dll "mvicod32.dll" out BGR32,BGR24,BGR15,YUY2 (not sure if its driver vfw or vfwex, or whatnot. also not sure of the outputs...) i dont know if mvicod32.dll is the only file i need or if there are others... but here is the error i get while playing... Opening video decoder: [vfw] Win32/VfW video codecs Loading codec DLL: 'mvicod32.dll' MSGBOX 'Wrong OS - Please reinstall Motion Pixels' 'Motion Pixels Codec' (4112) Win32 LoadLibrary failed to load: mvicod32.dll Can't open library mvicod32.dll ICOpen failed! unknown codec / wrong parameters? VDecoder init failed :( if you need any other info from me, just ask, sorry if there is something else needed first timer here... (this is the 3rd time i've sent this mail, hopefully it makes it this time)