2Bdecided
9th October 2006, 14:01
Such an obvious question, but such unrewarding results so far! Please point me in the right direction (search didn't, though I'm sure a suitable thread is here somewhere!)
I just want to watch interlaced video on my PC, and have it look "reasonable". The source is UK DVB-T. MPEG-2 about 2-6Mbps 720x576 anamorphic (16:9) 25 frames (50 interlaced fields) per second with 192 or 256kbps layer I audio.
I have tried:
1. VLC (playing PVA directly), WinDVD (playing cleaned/re-muxed MPEG-2).
2. AVI synth to deinterlace video (slowly, or very slowly depending on choice of de-interlacer!) for re-encoding, but I don't want to re-encode some things just to watch them once and then delete them - it seems a waste of time.
With real-time playback, these are the problems I would like to avoid, if possible:
1. Dumb bob in (all?) media players really is dumb. Static images have that 1 line flicker/bounce. Better but simple deinterlacers avoid this (e.g. TMPG's own, those in cheap TVs) - where and how can I use a "slightly better than dumb bob" deinterlacer in real time?
2. Sync issue - VLC is doing some kind of asynchronous sample rate conversion when playing back - it sucks - I hear the pitch of music tracks change, and hear aliasing artefacts (I'm into audio!) - any PVA players avoid this?
3. Frame rate issue. Watching 50Hz on a display that apparently only does 60Hz or 75Hz. It's horrible! I can't do 100Hz (would that be a solution if I could?), but can I force my graphics card to run at 50Hz (with some kind of hack?) without blowing something up?
I know these are newbie questions. I apologise. Just point me to useful threads or information and I'll get reading and testing! Thanks!
Cheers,
David.
I just want to watch interlaced video on my PC, and have it look "reasonable". The source is UK DVB-T. MPEG-2 about 2-6Mbps 720x576 anamorphic (16:9) 25 frames (50 interlaced fields) per second with 192 or 256kbps layer I audio.
I have tried:
1. VLC (playing PVA directly), WinDVD (playing cleaned/re-muxed MPEG-2).
2. AVI synth to deinterlace video (slowly, or very slowly depending on choice of de-interlacer!) for re-encoding, but I don't want to re-encode some things just to watch them once and then delete them - it seems a waste of time.
With real-time playback, these are the problems I would like to avoid, if possible:
1. Dumb bob in (all?) media players really is dumb. Static images have that 1 line flicker/bounce. Better but simple deinterlacers avoid this (e.g. TMPG's own, those in cheap TVs) - where and how can I use a "slightly better than dumb bob" deinterlacer in real time?
2. Sync issue - VLC is doing some kind of asynchronous sample rate conversion when playing back - it sucks - I hear the pitch of music tracks change, and hear aliasing artefacts (I'm into audio!) - any PVA players avoid this?
3. Frame rate issue. Watching 50Hz on a display that apparently only does 60Hz or 75Hz. It's horrible! I can't do 100Hz (would that be a solution if I could?), but can I force my graphics card to run at 50Hz (with some kind of hack?) without blowing something up?
I know these are newbie questions. I apologise. Just point me to useful threads or information and I'll get reading and testing! Thanks!
Cheers,
David.