My MPlayer is finally playing the .wmv file! Thanks to the SuSE list to everyone who replied to my inquiry, especially, to: Pat Richard (earthlink) Richard (Netherlands) Ralph Hans Charles James You guys are all great. I really appreciate all the help and suggestions. In the end the problem was that I did not have two rpms: libdvdcss2-1.2.8-0.pm.1.i686.rpm libdvdcss2-devel-1.2.8-0.pm.1.i686.rpm I was apparently (unknowingly) trying to use an "nosrc" rpm for libdvdcss2 that needed to be compiled. I don't even want to know what that means! :o) Fortunately Pat sent me the two files and I installed them along with the MPlayer and Skins (using a shell rather than with Yast). The 4 rpms all installed. Then I ran /sbin/SuSEconfig and: MAGIC!! :o) Yes, it's a miracle. Again, thanks to all the great folks on this list. Thanks for your patience and thanks for trying to direct me to all sorts of great sites for collecting SuSE rpms. Gil