To deinterlace or not, that's the question

[bira]

Should I deinterlace my interlaced DV file or should I let the software dvd player take care of that?

I would watch the dvd on a computer monitor or projector.

Thanks

bira

[auenf]

deinterlacing the footage will help to get lower bitrates in encode.

Enf...

[avih]

deinterlacing will reduce the bitrate needed for same image quality, however, you will loose TEMPORAL information (i.e. your clip will be 25 fps instead of 50fps, assumming pal).

i would keep it interlaced. it's worth the extra smoothness, especially if the clip is with much action.

for a 'quiet' clip, of ppl talking or very few movements, deinterlacing could be a good idea.

just try both methods, and decide for yourself about the tradeoff between deinterlacing+lower bitrate and keeping interlaced+smoother clip.