Hi, I'm trying to rip a j-pop dvd with for i in `seq 1 21` ; do [...] mencoder -dvd 1 -chapter "$i"-"$i" -ovc xvid -oac copy [...] [...] done Even if I put some -xvidencopts [...]:bitrate=860, as long as I keep -chapter, my movie is encoded in a fscking too high bitrate. Is that a feature ? daita.