diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/xine/ReaderWriterXine.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/xine/ReaderWriterXine.cpp
index 004ac93e8..c860da104 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/xine/ReaderWriterXine.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/xine/ReaderWriterXine.cpp
@@ -183,7 +183,9 @@ class ReaderWriterXine : public osgDB::ReaderWriter
 
             xine_init(_xine);
             
-           register_plugin(_xine, "/usr/local/lib/osgPlugins", "osgdb_xine.so");      
+            register_rgbout_plugin(_xine);
+
+            // register_plugin(_xine, "/usr/local/lib/osgPlugins", "osgdb_xine.so");      
 
         }
      
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/xine/video_out_rgb.c b/src/osgPlugins/xine/video_out_rgb.c
index 2f07818ae..8e4f5dc09 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/xine/video_out_rgb.c
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/xine/video_out_rgb.c
@@ -2773,3 +2773,11 @@ plugin_info_t xine_plugin_info[] =
   { PLUGIN_VIDEO_OUT, 20, "rgb", XINE_VERSION_CODE, &vo_info_rgbout, init_class},
   { PLUGIN_NONE, 0, "", 0, NULL, NULL}
 };
+
+void register_rgbout_plugin(xine_t *self)
+{
+     fprintf(stderr,"register_rgbout_plugin...\n");
+     xine_register_plugins(self, xine_plugin_info);
+     fprintf(stderr,"done register_rgbout_plugin\n");
+}
+
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/xine/video_out_rgb.h b/src/osgPlugins/xine/video_out_rgb.h
index 9c324be38..1fb6a2e25 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/xine/video_out_rgb.h
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/xine/video_out_rgb.h
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
 #ifndef VIDEO_OUT_RGB_H
 #define VIDEO_OUT_RGB_H
 
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
 
 
 typedef struct
@@ -176,9 +179,13 @@ typedef struct
 
 } rgbout_packer_t;
 
+void register_rgbout_plugin(xine_t *self);
 
 #define XINE_VISUAL_TYPE_RGBOUT 100
 
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
 
 #endif /* VIDEO_OUT_RGB_H */