> it can make avi file with mpeg1 compressed frames. dam.... I search now since over 1 Year a Linux MPEG1 Encoder wich can encode MPEG1 and wich is able to read the VDR/DVB-MPEG2 files as Input. Mencoder is able to read the input - but - as i now know it is not able to produce MPEG1 files Thanx Axel