[MPlayer-users] 2 pass xvid encoding with mencoder

[Nico Sabbi]

Vladimir wrote:
>>please, post the full commands and the full logs
> 
> 
> commands:
> 
> mencoder -oac copy -ovc xvid -xvidencopts pass=1 103_0400.avi -o /dev/null
> mencoder -oac copy -ovc xvid -xvidencopts pass=2 103_0400.avi -o out.avi
> 
> logs are in attachment
> 
> Sincerely yours,
> Vladimir Bilyov    Linux user# 231519
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your encode goes on correctly during the 1st pass, but fails during the 2nd:

 >>xvid: you must specify one or a valid combination of 'bitrate', 
'pass', quantizer' settings

you only told it pass=2; try to add :bitrate=800.

Previous versions considered bitrate=800 as default, maybe something has 
changed.