Encoding as Interlaced?

[CCoug83]

In the video tab of the codec I see the option to encode the source as interlaced. I have had big problems making a video appear smooth when using inverse telecine and field de-interlacing. What would be the drawback of simply encoding the source as interlaced? I would mainly be using this video for my DIVX player for my television and not my computer. If I encode it as interlaced, shouldn't appear just as the original does?

[SeeMoreDigital]

Hi CCoug83

Can you confirm your source please. Is it TV, VCR tape, DV tape, DVD?

Cheers

[Babeinternational]

If you select the option "as Interlaced", then DivX will de-interlace it using its built-in deinterlace filter.
Which if I understand correctly is the opposite of what you wanna do...
If you don't want to deinterlace, then choose "as Progressive"

[Babeinternational]

Now, about the drawbacks of not deinterlacing footage designed to be played on a TV, well there is none.
As long as you don't watch it on your PC, it's even better to leave it interlaced cause technically deinterlacing always remove data.
That said, there are now very good filters to remove mice teeth without affecting too much quality. SmoothDeinterlacer, or FieldDeinterlace (blend=false) just to name a few.

[jggimi]

...If you select the option "as Interlaced", then DivX will de-interlace it using its built-in deinterlace filter....Not quite. It will maintain interlacing, and encode the fields separately. See page 89 of the DivX 5.1 guide. http://www.divx.com/support/guides/DivXGuide51.pdf

[Babeinternational]

Originally posted by jggimi
Not quite. It will maintain interlacing, and encode the fields separately. See page 89 of the DivX 5.1 guide. http://www.divx.com/support/guides/DivXGuide51.pdf


Wooops...
You're absolutely right.
Thanks for pointing this out.

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