diff -ur DirectFB-extra-1.0.0.orig/interfaces/IDirectFBVideoProvider/idirectfbvideoprovider_libmpeg3.c DirectFB-extra-1.0.0/interfaces/IDirectFBVideoProvider/idirectfbvideoprovider_libmpeg3.c
--- DirectFB-extra-1.0.0.orig/interfaces/IDirectFBVideoProvider/idirectfbvideoprovider_libmpeg3.c	2006-11-23 00:42:47.000000000 +0100
+++ DirectFB-extra-1.0.0/interfaces/IDirectFBVideoProvider/idirectfbvideoprovider_libmpeg3.c	2007-03-09 10:40:28.000000000 +0100
@@ -1051,6 +1051,7 @@
 {
      mpeg3_t *q;
      char    *filename;
+     int     error_code;
      
      if (!ctx->filename)
           return DFB_UNSUPPORTED;
@@ -1062,8 +1063,9 @@
           return DFB_UNSUPPORTED;
      }
 
-     q = mpeg3_open( filename );
-     if (!q) {
+     q = mpeg3_open( filename, &error_code );
+     if (!q || error_code) {
+          D_ERROR( "Libmpeg3 Provider: Error opening video file!\n" );
           D_FREE( filename );
           return DFB_UNSUPPORTED;
      }
@@ -1084,7 +1086,7 @@
 static DFBResult
 Construct( IDirectFBVideoProvider *thiz, IDirectFBDataBuffer *buffer )
 {
-     int i;
+     int i, error_code;
      IDirectFBDataBuffer_data *buffer_data;
 
      DIRECT_ALLOCATE_INTERFACE_DATA(thiz, IDirectFBVideoProvider_Libmpeg3)
@@ -1103,7 +1105,7 @@
 
 
      /* open mpeg3 file */
-     data->file          = mpeg3_open( data->filename );
+     data->file          = mpeg3_open( data->filename, &error_code );
 
      /* fetch information about video */
      data->video.width   = mpeg3_video_width( data->file, 0 );