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With ihq (Insane High Quality) preset mencoder crashes, uhq preset works fine. @nf and @rberger, thanks for good info, I dumped mp4 in favor of mkv in linux, although I still choose mp4 in windows.

Edit: Looks like mencoder crashes with custom x264 settings too:

#!/bin/bash
#

mencoder "/media/vol05/DVD Rips/MainMovie/INSIDE MAN/VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_2.VOB" -o /dev/null -fps 30000/1001 -ofps 24000/1001 -frames 1000 -vf pullup,crop=720:352:0:64,softskip,harddup -af volnorm=2 -oac faac -faacopts mpeg=4:br=110bject=2 -ovc x264 -x264encopts pass=1:bitrate=1000:ref=5:mixed-refs:no-fast-pskip:bframes=5:b-pyramid:b-rdo:bime:weightb:direct=auto:filter=-2,-1:subme=6:trellis=2artitions=p8x8,b8x8,i4x4,i8x8:8x8dct:me=umh:threads=auto:thread-inputrogress:no-dct-decimate:no-psnr:no-ssim -passlogfile ./h264.stats 2>/dev/null

mencoder "/media/vol05/DVD Rips/MainMovie/INSIDE MAN/VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_2.VOB" -o ./ouput.avi -fps 30000/1001 -ofps 24000/1001 -frames 1000 -vf pullup,crop=720:352:0:64,softskip,harddup -af volnorm=2 -oac faac -faacopts mpeg=4:br=110bject=2 -ovc x264 -x264encopts pass=2:bitrate=1000:ref=5:mixed-refs:no-fast-pskip:bframes=5:b-pyramid:b-rdo:bime:weightb:direct=auto:filter=-2,-1:subme=6:trellis=2artitions=p8x8,b8x8,i4x4,i8x8:8x8dct:me=umh:threads=auto:thread-inputrogress:no-dct-decimate:no-psnr:no-ssim -passlogfile ./h264.stats 2>/dev/null

Screw mencoder, looks like I have do try the old way, ffmpeg | x264.