Mplayer transcode to XVID in 2 passes

From any format to XVID MPEG-4 in 2 passes

mencoder <infile> -oac mp3lame -ovc xvid -xvidencopts pass=1 -o /dev/null

mencoder <infile> -oac mp3lame -ovc xvid -xvidencopts pass=2:vbitrate=<bitrate> -o <outfile>

(this is great for converting those youtube flv’s into something playable on your Clie (or other inferior media playback device)

~ by lucidity on March 23, 2008.