I emerged mpeg4ip successfully but when I type 'mp4live' I can't see any GUI. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge mpeg4live 2. type mp4live Actual Results: Following output: 16:42:11.189-mp4live-3: You do not have a version of OSS that contains overrun/underrun indication 16:42:11.190-mp4live-3: This may or may not contribute to long term sync issues then blinking cursor and nothing. Expected Results: Fire up its GUI root@thomas-km61 thomas # emerge info Portage 2.0.51-r3 (default-linux/amd64/2004.3, gcc-3.4.3, glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r1, 2.6.9-gentoo-r6 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.9-gentoo-r6 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+ Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r5 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5-r1 Binutils: sys-devel/binutils-2.15.90.0.1.1-r3 Headers: sys-kernel/linux26-headers-2.6.8.1-r1 Libtools: sys-devel/libtool-1.5.2-r7 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon64 -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon64 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/gentoo/ ftp://ftp6.uni-erlangen.de/pub/mirrors/gentoo http://ftp6.uni-erlangen.de/pub/mirrors/gentoo ftp://mirror.pudas.net/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/portage-de /usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="amd64 X acpi aim alsa apache2 apm arts audiofile avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cdr crypt cups divx4linux doc dvb dvd dvdr emacs esd f77 fam flac fortran gdbm gif gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 icq imagemagick imlib ipv6 java jp2 jpeg kde ldap libwww lzw lzw-tiff mad mikmod motif mozilla mp3 multilib ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl oss pam perl png python qt quicktime readline samba sdl slang ssl tcltk tcpd tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts usb userlocales xml2 xmms xpm xrandr xv zlib linguas_de"
Fixed this, had to create an empty .mp4live_rc file in my home-directory. After that it worked.