--- any2dvd-0.36_beta-r2.sh	2007-10-17 19:09:47.000000000 -0500
+++ any2dvd-0.36_beta3.sh	2007-10-17 19:08:56.000000000 -0500
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
 KEEP_DTS="yes"
 SKIP_COMM="no"
 MPEGTS_PIDS="no"
+VID_BITRATE="5000"
 SUBFONT="arial.ttf"
 SUBFONTSIZE="18.0"
 SUBCHARACTERSET="ISO8859-1"
@@ -191,6 +192,7 @@
 --skip_comm=[yes|no]			Skip commercials for MythTV recorded video			(Default: No)
 --mpegts_allpids=[yes|no]		Encode all PIDs from MPEG-TS capture files			(Default: No (First PID only))
 --overscan=[0-100]			Percentage value to pad screen border ('3.5' is a good start)	(Default: None)
+--vid_bitrate=[3000-5000]		Video Bitrate in kbps to encode to (Below 3000 is pretty poor quality and --compress=yes halves this)	(Default: 5000)
 --encode_args=["..."]			Extra encoding command-line options to pass to Transcode	(Default: None)
 --preformat=[yes|no]			Force files through Mencoder first before Transcoding		(Default: No)
 -j [movie_title=file1.avi file2.avi]	Movie title followed by files to join
@@ -287,6 +289,8 @@
 			--mpegts_allpids=no) shift; MPEGTS_PIDS="no" ;;
 			--overscan=*) OVERSCAN=`echo $1 | sed 's/=/ /' | awk '{print $2}' | sed 's/%//g'`
 					OVERSCAN_ARGS="--overscan="$OVERSCAN""; shift ;;
+			--vid_bitrate=*) VID_BITRATE=`echo $1 | sed 's/=/ /' | awk '{print $2}' | sed 's/%//g'`
+					VID_BITRATE_ARGS="--vid_bitrate="$VID_BITRATE""; shift ;;
 			--encode_args=*) ENCODE_ARGS=`echo $1 | awk -F"--encode_args=" '{for(i=1;i<=NF;i++) print $i }' | sed '$!N;s/\n//'`
 					ENCODE_ARGS_A2V="--encode_args=\"$ENCODE_ARGS\""; shift ;;
 			--preformat=yes) PREFORMAT_FRC="yes"; PREFORMAT_FRC_ARGS="--preformat=yes"; shift ;;
@@ -345,9 +349,11 @@
 [ ! -z "$JMT" ] && FORCE="no"
 if [ "$WORKDIR" = "tmp_any2dvd" ] && [ ! -d "tmp_any2dvd" ]; then mkdir tmp_any2dvd; fi
 if [ ! -d "$WORKDIR" ]; then
-	echo -e "\n\e[31;01m Error:\e[m Directory \""$WORKDIR"\" does not exist!\n"
-	rm "$LOCKFILE" &> /dev/null
-	exit
+	echo -e "\n\e[31;01m Warning:\e[m Directory \""$WORKDIR"\" does not exist!\n"
+        echo -n "Shall I create it for you? (yes/no): "
+        read answer
+        [ "$answer" != "yes" ] && rm "$LOCKFILE" &> /dev/null && exit
+        mkdir -p $WORKDIR
 fi
 if [ "$FORMAT" = "ntsc" ]; then
 	FPS="29.970"; FPS_CODE="4"; HEIGHT="480"; MFPS="30000:1001"; OFPS="30000/1001";	TVSIZE="720x480"
@@ -607,8 +613,8 @@
 			rm "$LOCKFILE" &> /dev/null
 			exit
 		else
-			good Running: "any2vob --workdir=\"$WORKDIR\" --format=$FORMAT --audio_format=$AUD_FMT $ENCODE_ARGS_A2V $OVERSCAN_ARGS $PREFORMAT_FRC_ARGS $SURROUND_ARGS --compress=$COMPRESS --aspect=$ASPECT --pulldown=$PULLDOWN --keep_dts=$KEEP_DTS --preview=$PREVIEW --skip_comm=$SKIP_COMM --mpegts_allpids=$MPEGTS_PIDS $CALC_ARGS $SUB_ARGS $AUD_ARGS $INPUT_ARGS $JOIN_ARGS"
-			CMD="any2vob --workdir=\"$WORKDIR\" --format=$FORMAT --audio_format=$AUD_FMT $ENCODE_ARGS_A2V $OVERSCAN_ARGS $PREFORMAT_FRC_ARGS $SURROUND_ARGS --compress=$COMPRESS --aspect=$ASPECT --pulldown=$PULLDOWN --keep_dts=$KEEP_DTS --preview=$PREVIEW --any2dvd=yes --skip_comm=$SKIP_COMM --mpegts_allpids=$MPEGTS_PIDS $CALC_ARGS $SUB_ARGS $AUD_ARGS -i $a2v_file_list $JOIN_ARGS"
+			good Running: "any2vob --workdir=\"$WORKDIR\" --format=$FORMAT --audio_format=$AUD_FMT $ENCODE_ARGS_A2V $OVERSCAN_ARGS $VID_BITRATE_ARGS $PREFORMAT_FRC_ARGS $SURROUND_ARGS --compress=$COMPRESS --aspect=$ASPECT --pulldown=$PULLDOWN --keep_dts=$KEEP_DTS --preview=$PREVIEW --skip_comm=$SKIP_COMM --mpegts_allpids=$MPEGTS_PIDS $CALC_ARGS $SUB_ARGS $AUD_ARGS $INPUT_ARGS $JOIN_ARGS"
+			CMD="any2vob --workdir=\"$WORKDIR\" --format=$FORMAT --audio_format=$AUD_FMT $ENCODE_ARGS_A2V $OVERSCAN_ARGS $VID_BITRATE_ARGS $PREFORMAT_FRC_ARGS $SURROUND_ARGS --compress=$COMPRESS --aspect=$ASPECT --pulldown=$PULLDOWN --keep_dts=$KEEP_DTS --preview=$PREVIEW --any2dvd=yes --skip_comm=$SKIP_COMM --mpegts_allpids=$MPEGTS_PIDS $CALC_ARGS $SUB_ARGS $AUD_ARGS -i $a2v_file_list $JOIN_ARGS"
 			eval $CMD
 		fi
 	else