> anyway -pass works with all encoder, but it uses divx4's vbr control code > which performs much worse than xvid's or lavc's bulit-in 2pass code. Mhhh - how can i use xvid's built-in 2pass mode ? If i understood manpage and html docs right for divx and xvid -pass is used !? Only lavc has it's own mode !? Or did get something wrong here !??? Martin