trying to create a script with mencoder

[JDK187]

Hi,

I'm trying to create a script to convert a folder of dv-avi's to xvid avi's using mencoder. For example, say i do this:

for i in *.avi; do mencoder $i -ovc xvid -xvidencopts bitrate=700 -oac mp3lame -lameopts vbr=5 ;done

doing this outputs the 'test.avi' file and forever overwrites it with each avi the loop finds. Can someone please help me script it so the output file name contains the original input file name. I'll be outputing the converted files in another folder so there's no conflicts.

I really appreciate any advice you can offer. I've been fooling around with linux for a few days now and i really like it :)

Cheers

JDK

[JDK187]

Update... after posting this i found out how
just add -o xvid_$i
that works for me.

Cheers!