> MPlayer can't use stdout, but you could use a fifo. Okay. mkfifo AUDIO.WAV mplayer dvd://1 -dvd-device /home/maj/Test/dvd -aid 128 -ao pcm -aofile AUDIO.WAV & oggenc -q 5 AUDIO.WAV Btw. Are there plans for mencoder to have Vorbis support, so using Vorbis is as easy as mp3 for movies? Amadeus