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For the complete list of available <span class="application">MEncoder</span> options
and examples, please see the man page. For a series of hands-on examples and
detailed guides on using several encoding parameters, read the
<a class="ulink" href="../../tech/encoding-tips.txt" target="_top">encoding-tips</a> that were
collected from several mailing list threads on MPlayer-users. Search the archives
<a class="ulink" href="http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mencoder-users/" target="_top">here</a>
and especially for older things also
<a class="ulink" href="http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-users/" target="_top">here</a>
for a wealth of discussions about all aspects of and problems related to
encoding with <span class="application">MEncoder</span>.
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