cat film.avi | mencoder -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=64 -ovc xvid -xvidencopts bitrate=1000 -vf crop=720:544:24:16,pp=lb -o output.avi
That's a really rough guide and may not work how you want it to - there's tons of switches and options you can apply if you want.
]]>Oh, I have also installed xvidcore via pacman, but there doesn't seem to be an exvidenc like I thought there would be.
Thanks for any help
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