Okay, this time I think I got the encoding done nicely enough. The command line I used was "ffmpeg -vcodec mpeg4 -qmin 3 -qmax 12 -vb 1111k -acodec copy -trellis 2 -flags +4mv+aic -mbd rd -cmp 2 -subcmp 2 -g 300" -- multimedia people can now slap me if they want for not knowing something I should've...
Enjoy Riku and Tunna's adventures in Japan!
Input #0, avi, from 'Madventures 3 Episode 5.avi':
Duration: 00:28:55.96, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1348 kb/s
Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg4, yuv420p, 704x576 [PAR 16:11 DAR 16:9], 25.00 tb(r)
Stream #0.1: Audio: mp2, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 224 kb/s