I had the xine-win32 package already installed.
Maybe some facts about my software might help:
Installed Packages:
libxine1-1-0.rc3.6mdk
xine-aa-1-0.rc3.6mdk
xine-arts-1-0.rc3.6mdk
xine-dxr3-1-0.rc3.6mdk
xine-esd-1-0.rc3.6mdk
xine-flac-1-0.rc3.6mdk
xine-plugins-1-0.rc3.6mdk
xine-ui-0.9.23-3.1.100mdk
xine-ui-aa-0.9.23-3.1.100mdk
xine-ui-fb-0.9.23-3.1.100mdk
xine-vcdx-1-0.rc3.1mdk
xine-win32-1-0.rc3.8plf
also installed the latest win32 codecpack from http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/ to /usr/lib/win32 .
home/.xine/config:
codec.win32_path:/usr/lib/win32
Did I forget something?
...thanks for your suggestions.
Phish