Encoding interlace DVD via Xvid

[Moti172]

Hello

What is the better way to encode interlace DVD?
Should I use the interlace option within XviD or use some kind of deinterlace Filter ?
Is there any preffered high quility deinterlace Filter ?

Thanks

[Blue_MiSfit]

You have to deinterlace at some point if you plan on viewing on a progressive display device (computer CRT or LCD). You can deinterlace before you encode or after. Doing it before is IMO a better option because you can use a good deinterlacer that takes a long time to run and wouldn't be possible in real time on playback.

There are scads of deinterlacers, and they are all good at certain kinds of things.

Use MeGUI's AviSynth Script creator, and run an analysis, it will figure out how the MPEG-2 was encoded, and suggest an appropriate deinterlace routine. More often than not this works well, though some hybrid sources (like star trek, or documentaries) are still very difficult to process well because they have mixed progressive and interlaced content.

~MiSfit

[Moti172]

Thanks I'll give it a try