Dear Sirs, thank everybody for such a thing as mplayer/mencoder! Also, I got it working, but few questions remain.. 1) how can I cut from hh1:mm1:ss1 to hh2:mm2:ss2 ? -endpos is for hh2:mm2:ss2, how do I specify the beginning ? Regards, (Наилучшие пожелания) Ilia Chipitsine (Илья Шипицин)