Blend with title image for start Blend with black for end Using %mencoder% to combine into movie: OPTIONS="-ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=msmpeg4v2:vbitrate=16000" mencoder "mf://artwork/title*.jpg" -mf fps=25 -o title.avi $OPTIONS mencoder "mf://images/x*.jpg" -mf fps=25 -o middle.avi $OPTIONS mencoder "mf://artwork/end*.jpg" -mf fps=25 -o end.avi $OPTIONS mencoder -oac copy -oac copy -ovc copy -o test.avi title.avi middle.avi end.avi