Unsure Which Options To Use

[Swisha]

I'm encoding using GordianKnot and VirtualDub as used in the guide on the main Doom9 website. The movie is Spiderman, Widerscreen Special Edition. It's region 1 NTSC. I ripped the VOBs and when I preview I'm not sure what I need to do now.

Fame Rate: 29.970
Video Type: Flim >= 95% [I ran this for a few minutes and it broke 95% but was still climbing. However I very much doubt it is a pure Film source)
Frame Type: Progressive

My gut tells me that since the FPS is 29.970 I need to IVTC to 23.976 FPS (via GKnot or VDubMod). I also feel that I need to use Forced Film in DGIndex dude to the video type being Film >= 95%".

Just wanted to verify I was right? And also, what are the other, common, situations you can encounter with the FPS/Frame/Video types?

Thanks!

Swisha

[foxyshadis]

The very beginning of the intro is flagged incorrectly, but don't worry, it's only the first few dozen frames, the movie's entirely progressive. Even the end credits. (Just checked.) If you save project, it'll quickly go to 99% (100%?), you can safely choose force film.

[Blue_MiSfit]

Right. Force film, but DONT IVTC AT THE SAME TIME.

The two are designed to produce the same end results, but with different circumstances. In your case, your DVD has "soft pulldown" to 29.97 which can easily be removed with force film.

Real IVTC is only for stuff that's actually encoded with "hard pulldown" at 29.97. It has to be processed frame by frame by an IVTC filter.

Both methods will probably work, but using force film is much faster and easier. Trying to do both would be.... evil :)

~MiSfit

[Swisha]

thank you guys. i did forced film in dgindex and it fixed the fps so i didnt even end up touching ivtc.