I'm creating video which is designed to be viewed on a computer monitor, normally Windows based, but it could be any OS really. The source is a VCR or video camera through a DC10+ card.
To date, I've ignored the issue of interlacing completely. :o) I'm aware that the input video will be interlaced, but that's as far as my knowledge goes. I've tried to read a bit on the issue, but everything I can find, including the MJPEG tools HOWTO, seems to assume the reader has at least a bit of a clue, which I don't. For example, should my final output (destined for a PC screen) be interlaced? I assume not, but I've no idea really. I'm not sure if interlacing is considered a good thing or bad, whether it gets in the way of operations like denoise or whether it helps. Is it good to leave it in as long as possible or get rid of it at the first opportunity? Should I even care? I haven't to date and I seem to get by... :o) My use of the tools eventually produces a Divx file which plays fine on Linux and Windows, so that's good. I don't know if that output is interlaced; whatever it is, it came via the default options (with regard to interlacing) and the various players I've tried deal with it. I feel it's now time to get a clue. Can someone start me off with interlacing basics (like the questions posed above) and tell me where, in the pipeline of capture, scale, denoise and encode, should I worry about interlacing? ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: YOU BE THE JUDGE. Be one of 170 Project Admins to receive an Apple iPod Mini FREE for your judgement on who ports your project to Linux PPC the best. Sponsored by IBM. Deadline: Sept. 24. Go here: http://sf.net/ppc_contest.php _______________________________________________ Mjpeg-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mjpeg-users
