MBAFF + spatial direct mode?

[microchip8]

Hi,

I got this message when playing a video file which apparently has been pulled down to 29.97fps (3:2 pulldown). What does this message mean?

[h264 @ 0xe52660]MBAFF + spatial direct mode is not implemented

something to worry about?

[akupenguin]

ffmpeg supports the subset of interlacing that x264 generates, but it can't know before hand whether your stream exceeds that subset.

[microchip8]

So how should I proceed? when playing this file, mplayer won't stop printing this message. I'm willing to re-encode it. Should I just deinterlace it or is it better to apply a IVTC on it to make it progressive?

[akupenguin]

...
If your source is telecined, why were you trying anything other than IVTC?

[microchip8]

I'm not trying anything at the moment because I came to ask advice first before doing the re-encode ;) ... so I'll do a IVTC on it, thanks