Deinterlace prior to flaXen filter ?

[andymo]

(relative) newbie question(s):

1 - Do I have to deinterlace in order for the flaXen VHS filters to work ? I cannot find any information that says as such, however I am not seeing any appreciable differences in the output (to my unexperienced eye)

2 - Do I need to deinterlace at all ? My project is capturing VHS (via huffy ot PicVideo), some NLE, and then burn to DVD. Or should I be deinterlacing for support of my progressive scan DVD player (which will be connected to a prog-scan display once I win the lottery) ?.

Thanks for any replies

[jggimi]

Just my opinion ...

The deinterlace process (blend or interpolate) will have an impact on image quality when removing interlace artifacts for PC display. For TV, and using a field based codec like MPEG-2, I'd keep the content interlaced.