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Old 8th July 2020, 22:14   #24  |  Link
benwaggoner
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Originally Posted by tugatomsk9 View Post
I forgot to mention this particular case is not the aforementioned motorsports videos, but is instead an old Portuguese drama series. It was originally entirely shot on film, hence why I felt that it was of no use to bob the framerate to 50fps and increase the bitrate further; 25fps seemed more than enough in this case.
If it was shot on film and transferred to PAL, it should have 25p frames even if the container specifies interlaced. Bobbing in that case would either do nothing or wreck your content, making it look all soap-opera like, ala turning on aggressive motion smoothing settings on a TV.
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