What are all these pulldown.exe options?

[rkorkie]

I use pulldown after my CCE transcode to get the file into an authoring program. However, there are so many options, and although many people say you don't really need any parameters, I've also read the opposite. For example, without any swiches, my output m2v file switches between interlaced and progressive in dvd2avi. That doesn't seem like a good thing for all I know.

Basically, how do I use the pulldown in order to keep it in the best possible format and condition for authoring onto a dvd-r. Do I use the framerate, prog_seq, prog_frames, drop_frame_flag or aspect ratio flags for anything? It seems to me they are there for a reason so should be used...

[ByronE]

Assuming you are saying that you encoded your video stream as forced film (23.976 fps) in CCE, then, when applying the pulldown, you need only tick the box for 'framerate change' and select 29.97. As far as I have experienced, the authoring program will find the other info it needs on its own. In fact, I have had problems importing into scenarist when I have selected 'mark all frames as'.

[slk001]

If you have encoded a FILM video at 24fps (23.976), this is what I would use:

-framerate 29.97 (this is the default)
-prog_frames P (this SHOULD be set by the encoder, but sometimes isn't)
-drop_frame_flag TRUE (this is sometimes needed for sync'ing up properly)

The ASPECT RATIO flag should be set by the encoder. Do not use
-prog_seq at all (don't know why this was included - possibly for HDTV - but I have yet to see a progressive sequence).