No batch auto-deinterlace

Markmen · Post by **Markmen** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 2:20 am

I can auto-deinterlace a loaded video file when saving with the Create Video File option but not when using Batch Convert. There is simply no option to auto-deinterlace in batch mode.

I have lots of long files to process which will take all night, many nights and can only do this realistically in batch mode. If I can't auto-deinterlace then I can't use batch mode.

I'm using purchased Media Studio Pro v8.00.0028. I'm converting from MPEG2 to WMV, but the file format does not seem to make any difference. There is strangely no auto-deinterlace in batch mode. I do hope I'm missing some step and someone can shed some welcome light, ASAP.

ploggy · Post by **ploggy** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 9:20 am

i found there is a deinterlace option when you save it as MPG.

Click on the OPTIONS button of the batch convert window then click on the Compression tab. There is an Advance button there and you can set the deinterlace to ENABLED.

Markmen · Post by **Markmen** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 6:47 pm

Yes, thanks. I'll remember that if I ever need to batch process to mpg format.

But there is no such option when converting to wmv format, which is what I need to do.

Devil · Post by **Devil** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 7:20 am

What WMV format are you wanting? Many of them deinterlace automatically when you encode as the files are designed for computer and not TV viewing.

Markmen · Post by **Markmen** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 4:04 pm

Batch converting to any WMV format, including custom, does not deinterlace, easy to see, just looking at the result.

zoobie · Post by **zoobie** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 7:49 pm

I vote to never deinterlace as it's too destructive and can't be reversed.

Markmen · Post by **Markmen** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 10:11 pm

zoobie:
I hear ya but in regard to just about every format, that's like saying never use jpeg because it's destructive and can never be reversed.

For entertainment purposes on the web it's all a trade-off of quality vs file size. As you konw, converting any digital video into any usable format is destructive. DVD is mpeg2 and what you see on that DVD is much less than when it begain as raw video. Mpeg and wmv formats nearly always look better when correctly deinerlaced. An interlaced video generally looks pretty bad in those lower resolution formats.

I'd love it if I could give my students uncompressed AVI files or they could upload and download them quickly over the net. But as you know that's not practical. So, that's my two cents worth.