I want to make a video with these parameters/codecs : Complete name : myvideo.avi Format : AVI Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave Format/Family : RIFF File size : 17.1 MiB PlayTime : 3mn 16s Bit rate : 732 Kbps StreamSize/String : 274 KiB Writing application : MEncoder Sherpya-MinGW-20060312-4.1.0 Writing library : MPlayer Video #0 Codec : XviD Codec/Family : MPEG-4V Codec/Info : XviD project Codec profile : Simple Profile/Level 3 Codec settings, Packet bitst : No Codec settings, BVOP : No Codec settings, QPel : No Codec settings, GMC : 0 Codec settings, Matrix : Default PlayTime : 3mn 16s Bit rate : 593 Kbps Width : 320 pixels Height : 240 pixels Display Aspect ratio : 4/3 Frame rate : 20.000 fps Resolution : 8 bits Chroma : 4:2:0 Interlacement : Progressive Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.386 StreamSize/String : 13.9 MiB Writing library : XviD 1.1.0 Writing library/Date : UTC 2005-11-22 Audio #0 Codec : MPEG-1 Audio layer 2 PlayTime : 3mn 16s Bit rate mode : CBR Bit rate : 128 Kbps Channel(s) : 2 channels Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz Resolution : 16 bits StreamSize/String : 2.99 MiB for the moment, I manage to have : Complete name : toto.avi Format : AVI Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave Format/Family : RIFF File size : 21.2 MiB PlayTime : 4mn 36s Bit rate : 642 Kbps StreamSize/String : 407 KiB Writing application : MEncoder 2:1.0~rc2-0ubuntu13+medibuntu1 Writing library : MPlayer Video #0 Codec : MPEG-4 Visual Codec/Family : MPEG-4V Codec profile : Simple Profile/Level 1 Codec settings, Packet bitst : No Codec settings, BVOP : No Codec settings, QPel : No Codec settings, GMC : 0 Codec settings, Matrix : Default PlayTime : 4mn 36s Bit rate : 502 Kbps Width : 320 pixels Height : 240 pixels Display Aspect ratio : 4/3 Frame rate : 20.000 fps Resolution : 8 bits Chroma : 4:2:0 Interlacement : Progressive Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.327 StreamSize/String : 16.6 MiB Writing library : Lavc51.44.0 Audio #0 Codec : MPEG-1 Audio layer 3 Codec profile : Joint stereo PlayTime : 4mn 36s Bit rate mode : CBR Bit rate : 128 Kbps Channel(s) : 2 channels Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz Resolution : 16 bits StreamSize/String : 4.23 MiB Writing library : LAME3.97