writing stat file to a different directory for 2pass?

[syc0pathic]

I have 2 accounts on my computer at work -- 1 is an admin account, but they prefer if we use the regular user account so spyware/viruses won't be able to install themselves, we won't accidentally screw up system files, etc. So I was able to install the Xvid codec -- it works fine on my user account for playback or single pass encoding, but it can't do 2pass encoding becuz it can't write the stat file to the root C: directory. Is there any way to configure it to write to a different folder? I don't want to have to log in to my admin account every time I want to encode something.

[mod]

In the codec options you can choose the directory and the name of the .pass file, it's in the "encoding type" section.

[Koepi]

You should be able to put a stats-file into c:\<users and settings>\<your username>\.....

That's more or less a windows-restriction which even makes sense; users shoudn't be allowed to write into c:\ (if that's your system root) as all other directories by default get the restrictions/rights from that directory. Except for the user's home-directories (in windows-case: the profile-directories) of course.

Cheers
Koepi

[syc0pathic]

Yeah it was in the encoding type section -- I had it set to single pass, so the option wasn't there. I checked all the options before I posted, but I couldn't find it. It wasn't until I selected 1st pass encoding that I found the option I needed. I changed it and it works fine now. Thanx!:D