[MEncoder-users] cat /dev/video0 | mencoder - ...

[Bernd Butscheidt]

From Bob Tennent <rdtennent at gmail.com>

>The man page is virtually incomprehensible to anyone who doesn't already
>understand the technical issues. 
...
>I came here for help, not to be referred to the man page. I've looked
>for a comprehensible tutorial but there doesn't seem to be one.

It's not easy, that's true. Beginning with x264-encoding, I found this

http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/menc-feat-x264.html

not too bad to find the options I need.