Hello. I have been using both mplayer and transcode for making SVCDs from AVIs and from DVDs. I have noticed that the mplayer solution is at least twice slower than the transcode solution. Is there any reason for that? Is there anything I can do to make mplayer go faster? mplayer solution: ---------------- $ mplayer -noframedrop -vo yuv4mpeg -ao pcm -waveheader -v \ -osdlevel 0 jerry.maguire.avi -subpos 85 -vf expand=:432:0:36 \ | yuvscaler -v 0 -O SVCD -n n \ | mpeg2enc -v 0 -s -f 5 -b 2800 -B 260 -V 230 -S 800 -g 6 -G 15 -r 16 \ -q 5 -K FILE=matrix.txt -R 0 -E -5 -F 1 -n n -4 2 -2 1 \ -o jerry.maguire.mpv transcode solution: ------------------ $ transcode -i jerry.maguire.avi -y mpeg2enc,null \ -j -28,0,-84,0 -Z 480x480,fast -V --export_asr 2 \ -F '5,-s -B 284 -V 230 -S 800 -4 2 -2 1 -q 5 -K FILE=matrix.txt -R 0 -E -5' \ -w 2800 \ -J subtitler=subtitle_file=/home/romildo/.subtitles/jerry.maguire/jerry.maguire.ppml \ -o jerry.maguire.sample \ -a 0 -b 224,0,5 --a52_dolby_off -J astat=jerry.maguire.sample.scl which calls mpeg2enc with the options: mpeg2enc -v 0 -I 0 -q 3 -f 5 -4 2 -2 3 -b 2800 -F 1 -n n \ -a 2 -V 230 -o "jerry.maguire.sample.m2v" -s -B 284 -V 230 -S 800 \ -4 2 -2 1 -q 6 -K FILE=matrix.txt -R 0 -E -5 Mplayer configuration details: ----------------------------- Install prefix: /usr Data directory: /usr/share/mplayer Config direct.: /usr/share/mplayer Byte order: Little Endian Optimizing for: athlon-4 mmx mmx2 3dnow 3dnowex sse mtrr Languages: Messages/GUI: en Manual pages: en (no localization selected, use --language=all) Enabled optional drivers: Input: ftp network tv-v4l2 tv-v4l edl tv cdda mpdvdkit2 vcd smb Codecs: flac(internal) qtx divx5linux xvid libdv libavcodec real xanim dshow/dmo win32 faad2(external) libvorbis libmad liblzo gif Audio output: alsa9 esd arts oss sdl mpegpes(file) Video output: xvidix cvidix sdl vesa gif89a jpeg png mpegpes(file) fbdev svga aa opengl dga xv x11 xover tga Disabled optional drivers: Input: tv-bsdbt848 live.com matroska dvdread Codecs: divx4linux libtheora Audio output: sgi sun dxr2 nas win32 macosx Video output: winvidix bl zr zr2 dxr3 dxr2 directx ggi xmga mga xvmc directfb tdfx_vid tdfxfb 3dfx Regards. Romildo PS: Althoug being so slow, mplayer is yet a better solution because it hard codes subtitles better than transcode. I am running Gentoo Linux on an Athlon XP 2000 machine with 256MB of RAM.