diff -r daa61fffb811 -r 0399d9ea8b7b gmyth-stream/server/plugins/transcoders/mencoder.py
--- a/gmyth-stream/server/plugins/transcoders/mencoder.py	Wed Aug 29 14:42:10 2007 +0100
+++ b/gmyth-stream/server/plugins/transcoders/mencoder.py	Sun Dec 13 22:42:34 2009 +0000
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
         self.args["local"]    = params_first("local", False)
         self.args["language"] = params_first("language", False)
         self.args["subtitle"] = params_first("subtitle", False)
-        self.args["format"]   = params_first("format", "mpeg1")
         self.args["outfile"]  = params_first("outfile", "-")
 
         # input_opt
@@ -50,16 +49,15 @@
         self.args["input"]    = params_first("uri", "-")
 
         # audio_opts
-        self.args["acodec"]   = params_first("acodec", "mp2")
-        self.args["abitrate"] = params_first("abitrate", 192)
-        self.args["volume"]   = params_first("volume", 5)
+        self.args["acodec"]   = params_first("acodec", "mp3lame")
+        self.args["abitrate"] = params_first("abitrate", 128)
+        self.args["volume"]   = params_first("volume", 9)
 
         # video_opts
-        self.args["mux"]      = params_first("mux", "mpeg")
         self.args["fps"]      = params_first("fps", 25)
-        self.args["vcodec"]   = params_first("vcodec", "mpeg1video")
-        self.args["vbitrate"] = params_first("vbitrate", 400)
-        self.args["width"]    = params_first("width", 320)
+        self.args["vcodec"]   = params_first("vcodec", "msmpeg4v2")
+        self.args["vbitrate"] = params_first("vbitrate", 500)
+        self.args["width"]    = params_first("width", 400)
         self.args["height"]   = params_first("height", 240)
     # _setup_params()
 
@@ -77,20 +75,17 @@
 
 
     def _setup_video(self):
-        video = " -of %s" % self.args["mux"]
-        video += " -ofps %s" % self.args["fps"]
+        #video = " -of %s" % self.args["mux"]
+        video = " -ofps %s" % self.args["fps"]
 
         vcodec = self.args["vcodec"]
         if vcodec == "nuv" or vcodec == "xvid"\
                or vcodec == "qtvideo" or vcodec == "copy":
             video += " -ovc %s" % vcodec
         else:
-            video += " -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=%s:vbitrate=%s" % (
+            video += " -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=%s:vhq:vbitrate=%s" % (
                 vcodec, self.args["vbitrate"])
 
-        if self.args["mux"] == "mpeg":
-            video += " -mpegopts format=%s" % self.args["format"]
-
         video += " -vf scale=%s:%s" % (self.args["width"], self.args["height"])
         return video
     # _setup_video()
@@ -274,6 +269,7 @@
 
     def _run_mencoder(self, input=None, output=None):
         try:
+            print self.mencoder_opts
             self.proc = subprocess.Popen(self.mencoder_opts, stdin=input,
                                          stdout=output, close_fds=True)
         except Exception, e: