for i in *.avi; do mencoder "$i"\ -ovc xvid -xvidencopts pass=1:vhq=2:bvhq=1:chroma_opt:bitrate=-140000\ -oac copy\ -vf hqdn3d=2:1:2\ -ofps 25 -o /dev/null; mencoder "$i"\ -ovc xvid -xvidencopts pass=2:vhq=2:bvhq=1:chroma_opt:bitrate=-140000\ -oac copy\ -vf hqdn3d=2:1:2\ -ofps 25 -o /tmp/"$i" rm divx2pass.log mv /tmp/"$i" "$i" done