diff -NurpP --minimal MPlayer-1.0rc2/command.c MPlayer-1.0rc2.fixed/command.c
--- MPlayer-1.0rc2/command.c	2007-10-07 21:49:33.000000000 +0200
+++ MPlayer-1.0rc2.fixed/command.c	2008-07-14 04:21:50.000000000 +0200
@@ -2699,7 +2699,14 @@ int run_command(MPContext * mpctx, mp_cm
 	case MP_CMD_RUN:
 #ifndef __MINGW32__
 	    if (!fork()) {
-		execl("/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", cmd->args[0].v.s, NULL);
+		char *txt = m_properties_expand_string(mp_properties,
+						       cmd->args[0].v.s,
+						       mpctx);
+		if (txt) {
+		    execl("/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", txt, NULL);
+		    free(txt);
+		} else
+		    execl("/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", cmd->args[0].v.s, NULL);
 		exit(0);
 	    }
 #endif