Tried this with crop=... in a first test - had to run yet another run of mencoder to get the video back to 720:576 - but then the result was fine. Many thanks for suggestions. Malte ______________________________________________________ WEB.DE FreeDSL mit 6.000 Flatrate und Telefonanschluss für 17,95 Euro/mtl.! http://produkte.web.de/go/02/