i have installed mplayer on my Debian 3.0, with no extra libs. could you tell me the command to encode test.mpg(VCD format) to MPEG 2 or 4 to reduce file size? THANKS in advance!!! please reply to zhoupp@yahoo.com, because i will leave the list soon. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com