Index: src/encoder.c
--- src/encoder.c.orig	2007-02-08 14:10:24 +0100
+++ src/encoder.c	2009-02-28 22:47:19 +0100
@@ -1712,6 +1712,7 @@
 	}
 
 
+#if 0
 	if (pEnc->num_threads > 0) {
 		/* multithreaded motion estimation - dispatch threads */
 
@@ -1753,12 +1754,15 @@
 		}
 
 	} else {
+#endif
 		/* regular ME */
 
 		MotionEstimation(&pEnc->mbParam, current, reference,
 						 &pEnc->vInterH, &pEnc->vInterV, &pEnc->vInterHV,
 						 &pEnc->vGMC, 256*4096);
+#if 0
 	}
+#endif
 
 	stop_motion_timer();
 
@@ -2008,6 +2012,7 @@
 	frame->fcode = frame->bcode = pEnc->current->fcode;
 
 	start_timer();
+#if 0
 	if (pEnc->num_threads > 0) {
 		void * status;
 		int k;
@@ -2054,6 +2059,7 @@
 				frame->bcode = pEnc->motionData[k].minbcode;
 		}
 	} else {
+#endif
 		MotionEstimationBVOP(&pEnc->mbParam, frame,
 							 ((int32_t)(pEnc->current->stamp - frame->stamp)),				/* time_bp */
 							 ((int32_t)(pEnc->current->stamp - pEnc->reference->stamp)), 	/* time_pp */
@@ -2061,7 +2067,9 @@
 							 &pEnc->f_refh, &pEnc->f_refv, &pEnc->f_refhv,
 							 pEnc->current, b_ref, &pEnc->vInterH,
 							 &pEnc->vInterV, &pEnc->vInterHV);
+#if 0
 	}
+#endif
 	stop_motion_timer();
 
 	set_timecodes(frame, pEnc->reference,pEnc->mbParam.fbase);