Make sure the file is in the right path, where mplayer tries to read it from. Then check permissions as the previous comment suggests. I don't think either ffmpeg or mplayer in Ubuntu is responsible since we don't support w32codecs more than to provide the option for mplayer to check for it.
** Changed in: mplayer (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Rejected ** Changed in: ffmpeg (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Rejected -- MPlayer says missing avisynth.dll when playing http://media3.7digital.com/assets/34/478661.asx https://launchpad.net/bugs/66661 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs