What's the best way to encode this film?

[BluDChyLD]

I'm trying to make a DivX of an NTSC copy of stigmata. Unlike most of the american films i've come across, when I save the project in dvd2avi it says it's film material but it doesn't use a percent (usually it goes up to about 95).

So I'm assuming that I don't check force film and leave the frame rate at 29. However, when I encoded the film I get very bad interlace problems I've tried using avisynths field deinterlace option but it doesnt clear it up properly. What's the best method to encode movies like this?

What about the ivtc option, ive never used it before should I give it a go? The only other movie i've encountered like this was battle royale and i solved that by applying vdub's deinterlace filter...
Thanks,
BluDChyLD

[BluDChyLD]

ok i've done a little reading through the forums, and the source is telecine not interlaced. I've decided to use decomb to deinterlace the video, could you guys do me a favour and check my avs to see if its ok? Here it is -
Thanks

P.S Should I adjust the fps tab to 23.976 when choosing my res from the compression test? If I leave it at 29 the compression test percent drop by about 20%. Which one should I choose?

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# PLUGINS
# get them from http://users.win.be/dividee
LoadPlugin("C:\UTILIT~1\DIVXTO~1\GORDIA~1\mpeg2dec.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\UTILIT~1\DIVXTO~1\GORDIA~1\decomb.dll")
#LoadPlugin("C:\UTILIT~1\DIVXTO~1\GORDIA~1\InverseTelecine.dll")
#LoadPlugin("C:\UTILIT~1\DIVXTO~1\GORDIA~1\Avisynth_Spatial.dll")
#LoadPlugin("C:\UTILIT~1\DIVXTO~1\GORDIA~1\GreedyHMA.dll")
#LoadPlugin("C:\WINDOWS\System32\vobsub.dll")
#LoadPlugin("C:\UTILIT~1\DIVXTO~1\GORDIA~1\SimpleResize.dll")
#
# SOURCE
mpeg2source("D:\mY StuFF\Films\DVD Rips\Stigmata\stigmata.d2v")
#
# TRIM
#trim(startframe,endframe)
#
# IVTC
Telecide()
Decimate(cycle=5)
# or use
#InverseTelecine(40,10,15)
#GreedyHMA(1,0,4,0,0,0,0,0)
#
# DEINTERLACING
#FieldDeinterlace()
# or use
#VerticalReduceBy2
# or maybe
#GreedyHMA(1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0)
#
# CROPPING
crop(4,58,713,362)
#
# SUBTITLES
#VobSub("FileName")
#
# RESIZING
BicubicResize(560,240,0,0.5)
#
# DENOISING: choose one combination (or none)
# 1) little noise (fast)
#TemporalSmoother(2,1)
#
# 2) medium noise (slow)
#SpatialSoftenMMX(1,4,6,false,false,4,4,6,8)
#TemporalSmoother(2)
#
# 3) heavy noise (very slow, you have been warned)
#SpatialSoftenMMX(2,4,6,false,false,4,4,6,8)
#TemporalSmoother(3)
#SpatialSoftenMMX(1,4,6,false,false,4,4,6,8)
#
# BORDERS
#AddBorders(left,top,right,bottom)
#
# COMPRESSIBILITY CHECK
# !!!!Snip Size now has to be 14 for use in GKnot!
#SelectRangeEvery(280,14)
#
# FOOL CCEnc
#ResampleAudio(44100)

[BluDChyLD]

one more thing, because i've altered the fps in the bitrate tab to 23.976 the "ivtc in avs - correct frame count" option is greyed out in the DivX 5 encoding control panel. Should I reset the fps to 29 and use this option instead or leave it as it is?
Thanks

[Head Hunter]

To answer you original question, if it says Film with out a percent, that means its 100% film, anf Forced Film will do a perfect IVTC, and will be much faster than using Decomb.