how to set up mencoder.conf profile for xvid 2 pass?

[WalterK]

I was just wondering does anyone know how to set up a profile in mencoder.conf for xvid 2 pass?

I got it for 1 pass at the default quant of 4 figured out but not how to setup a profile to use 2 pass encoding for any of the outputs.
This includes plain old lavc, and x264.

Can this only be done via scripting or the cmdline?

[nm]

Can this only be done via scripting or the cmdline?
Yes, because you need to run mencoder at least as many separate times as you have passes, each time with a different pass=x setting. Anyway, I would say that writing a script is a much cleaner way of setting the parameters than putting them to mencoder.conf.

For an example of two-pass encoding, see the online MEncoder documentation: http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/menc-feat-mpeg4.html

[WalterK]

yes i was wondering about that if it would just be simpler/easier to have it in the profile than a script.
I have trouble writing scripts. :)