Babylon5 dvdrb070 Interlaced problems

[survivant]

I tried to reencode Babylon 5 season 5 dicks with dvd-rb 0.70. The DVD same to be interlaced. I did the Prepare phase followed by encode phase. the result is awful. the video resulted by the .avs isn't right.

when I open the .avs with virtualdub ou procoder I saw the interlaced lines.

that's the .avs
LoadPlugin("C:\DVD\DVD\dgmpgdec1012\DGDecode.dll")
mpeg2source("C:\DVD\ENCODE\D2VAVS\V02.D2V")
trim(9101,13916)
ConvertToYUY2(interlaced=true)
AudioDub(BlankClip())

I didn't tell dvdrb to use DECOMB. In Procoder when I do a preview while encoding(and the result) contain interlace line. Even if the field order is passed to Procoder.

any suggestion ?

[survivant]

If I add the deinterlace filter for the source, the result is fine. DVD-RB should be able to do that if it find that the source is interlaced ?


I always use DVD-Shrink to transcode the Babylon 5 dvds. It's my first time with dvd-rb for B5.


any comments ?

and what is the best way ? Use DECOMP or use the de-interlace filter build-in Procoder 2 ? (I suppose CCE can do the same)

I want to best quality available, the encoding time don't matters.

thanks

[jdobbs]

I didn't tell dvdrb to use DECOMB. I think you're mistaken. DVD-RB can't just add filters on its own...

Also -- it usually isn't a good idea to review interlaced video on your PC. It often looks terrible on a PC but plays back fine. I wouldn't recommend any deinterlacing. If the original is interlaced, it's better to leave it.

[survivant]

ok, so the best way to know if the dvd is well encode is to encode it and test it on my dvd player.

what will happen if I deinterlace the video with dvd-rb ? It should still be play well on my dvd player and perfectly on my PC ?

[jdobbs]

Originally posted by survivant
ok, so the best way to know if the dvd is well encode is to encode it and test it on my dvd player. Well, at least for interlacing.
what will happen if I deinterlace the video with dvd-rb ? It should still be play well on my dvd player and perfectly on my PC ? That's debatable. Interlaced video is inherently interlaced and should (in my opinion) stay that way. It was recorded at the source with alternating lines -- and playing it back the same way on a TV gives the best representation of the recording. Deinterlacing distorts it. The only time I ever would recommend delinterlacing is if you are planning to play it only on a PC.

[survivant]

I did a complete backup and I played very well on my TV even on my PC with PowerDVD.

but when I try to play the .mv files. The video is really messy. There is a way to play it correctly on my PC ? (the .mv files)

When I play the .vob file everything works fine

thanks

[jdobbs]

Yes. Use PowerDVD. It has a very robust engine and can play back .M2V files by selecting them under the "open media files" option.

[survivant]

that's the problem. I open all my .vob and .mv files with PowerDVD and do the interlace problem

[Rockas]

What's the version of "your" PowerDVD?

[survivant]

version 6

[Rockas]

Don't know if this has something about your problem but are you running a fulll version or limited?

I personally use WinDVD and the Nero Show Time... never got any problems, specially with Nero... have you tried it?

[jdobbs]

My guess is that it depends on your video card, etc... if I playback NTSC interlaced sources with WMP they look horrid (obvious interlacing). With PowerDVD they look much better (but not as good as on my standalone).

[Rockas]

Just for the record... my VGA Card is a ATI Radeon 9600XT 128mb.

[survivant]

mine is ATI All in Wonder 8500DV.

[Boulder]

PowerDVD 6 Deluxe (don't know about the others) has a very good pixel-adaptive deinterlacer. It keeps things as smooth as pure interlaced video can be, but doesn't leave any combs. I don't know what it actually does, my guess is that it's some kind of a smarter bob and the clip is actually played at 50/60 fields per second like on the TV.