Dealing with NTSC-interlaced

[ookzDVD]

Dear forum,

I have no problem ripping all my DVD which have proggresive format,
all the result is nice and smooth ;)

But when I come with interlaced format, that makes me mad :(
mostly my NTSC-interlaced format I've found is from the "adult" DVD ;)

So, ne1 here experience with the NTSC-interlaced format which
come from the "adult" DVD, which de-interlace method should I
choose to get the best result ?

Maybe some background about the source of the film before it
transfered into DVD is important. I believe the source of the
"adult" DVD is different from the "regular" DVD since the
"adult" DVD is not played in the theater ;)

Thank you.

[hakko504]

Quite frankly, when I do adult DVD's I take the quick and dirty method: SeparateFields()
SelectEven()
BicubicResize(320,240,0,0.5)
These films are usually quite long and I use the rather small size to make sure that I can get as much as possible into one CD.

Otherwise when I'm dealing with pure interlaced video I use this scriptsmartDeinterlace(2,10,true,false,true)
#depending on source some noise reduction may be in order
BiCubicResize(x,y,0,0.5)
I usually put one level of noise filtering before the resize and the rest after. x&y I take from GordianKnot to get best size. The parameters for smartDeinterlace is almost standard, except the threshold 10, which I have lowered from 15 to catch as much interlacing effects as possible. Sometimes it is too low and then I raise it, but usually 10 will do just fine. I also use blend=false to force interpolation, something which I find gives a better result, as there won't be any ghosting.

[ookzDVD]

Hi Hakko,

Thank you for your reply.

I'll try to play with your tips hope it will work fine for me.

I'm still hoping other tips and suggestion from others ;)