Philips TV

this line converts a file using ffmpeg to play on a philips tv via pmm or mediatomb (which is ace!)

ffmpeg -i "Input_filename.mpg or avi etc" -acodec mp2 -ab 192000 -ac 2 -g 3000/10001 -s 720x576 -bf 2 -b 4900000 -vcodec mpeg1video "output_filename.mpeg"

Now if you want to use mencoder use this :-

mencoder -demuxer lavf -oac lavc -ovc lavc -of mpeg -mpegopts format=xvcd -vf scale=352:288,harddup -srate 44100 -af lavcresample=44100 -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg1video:keyint=15:vrc_buf_size=327:vrc_minrate=1152:vbitrate=1152:vrc_maxrate=1152:acodec=mp2:abitrate=224 -ofps 25 -o MyOutputMovieName.mpg INPUTFILENAMEORWILD.MP4

Note INPUTFILENAMEORWILD.MP4 can be a single file name or multiple eg. VCLP*.MP4 and it will take all matching filenames in that directory

The Mencoder outputed files can be input into Cinelerra :)