> So you have missed in the howto the section: Creating MPEG2 Videos, and > there the subsection: Encoding destination TV (interlaced) or Monitor > (progressive) ?
No, but that's a case in point. It doesn't really tell me what I need to know. I know my source (from a VCR) is interlaced. I want to play it on a computer screen in divx form, which, as far as I can tell, means I should deinterlace it. Is that right? The HOWTO says: "If you have an interlaced source (broadcast) you can encode it as interlaced stream. Or deinterlace the stream and encode it as progressive stream. If you deinterlace it with yuvdenoise -F, you will lose details." Well, I do have an interlaced source, so this tells me I can go either way, but if I deinterlace I will lose details. OK. Two sentences later the HOWTO says "If you only want to play it back on the Monitor (progressive display) the picture looks better when playing it back if it is deinterlaced." Which appears to contradict what is said above: deinterlacing looses details, but looks better when playing it back? > When you record from a VCR at halfe size, you have no interlacing. So > you do not need to think about that. OK, at least that's easy! :o) > At full size, you have interlacing, for a monitor you might want > deinterlace, else leave the interlacing as it is. Er, yes, those are my choices - deinterlace or leave it interlaced! That statement sums up my confusion perfectly - it tells me my options but gives me no clue which I should do! > The default values > should be rather failsave. And create a interlaced movie. Right, to date I've just gone with the default values. I'll experiment some more but it's a painful process with an old PC. I can ask one straight question though, which might attract a straight answer: will the denoise process run faster on a deinterlaced stream or an interlaced one? ------------------------------------------------------- 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
