Interlacing problems (I'm a newb so...) ?

paicolman · Post by **paicolman** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 11:05 pm

Hi,
I just started using MSP7 and it looks good, but I got to the first really big roadblock. I captured some videos from my digital camcorder, edited them, but after editing I get this very annoying effect, it must have something to do with interlacing. :

My MSP7 is in german, so I'll try to translate to what I think could be the names in english.

When clicking the source video options, I get this:

The only way I found to at least partially solve this was to change the source video options from "lower half first" to "picture based" (or progressive?) and check the "reduce flickering" option:

The result is OK:

Now my question... Is this the right way to do it? If yes, I'll have to do it to every clip I put into this project, that's OK, but am I just filtering my video and get worse picture quality at the end? If I don't check the flickering option, it just stays as in the first picture...

Sorry for the long question !

GeorgeW · Post by **GeorgeW** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 11:50 pm

The lines you see could just be the way it displays on your computer monitor. If you leave it alone and burn it to dvd (or back to your digital camcorder as a dv .avi), then it would appear properly on an interlaced monitor (like your TV).

thecoalman · Post by **thecoalman** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 4:52 am

Use lower field first for footage from a DV cam. The only reason for deinterlacing is if your going to view the footage stricly on a Computer. Note that playing software such as PowerDVD takes the interlacing into account and will adjust the picture. Monitors are progressive playback as opposed to TV's which are interlaced.

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paicolman · Post by **paicolman** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 7:38 am

Thanks a lot, it's good to know that I can just leave it "as is", I only preview it in my PC, final version should be a NTSC DVD.

paicolman · Post by **paicolman** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 8:01 am

Hi Forum,

Well, I finished my project and put it on a DVD, but when playing it in the normal consumer DVD player plus normal TV set, I still get those artifacts. I'm a bit lost here, I captured from a IEEE1394 camcorder, usual settings. Is there something I should have taken into account while capturing?

casino187 · Post by **casino187** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 11:28 pm

I have this identical problem. I don't think it has anything to do with the way it was captured because I've converted the same dv avi file with DVDSanta and it does not flicker on my standalone DVD player. I just want to put home movies on a dvd w/ menus.

paicolman · Post by **paicolman** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 6:32 am

Hi, I think I solved this by selecting the project settings according to the video that was captured. I had set up everything for mpeg2, which was the output I wanted, but then turned it all back to avi, with the presets from my camcorder. It works now perfectly. It does not have anything to do with capture, that's for sure. Hope it helps

thecoalman · Post by **thecoalman** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 8:31 am

paicolman wrote: but then turned it all back to avi, with the presets from my camcorder. It works now perfectly. It does not have anything to do with capture, that's for sure. Hope it helps

When your working with video you want to do as little converting as possible. If it's a digital cam capture the footage in DV-AVI type 1. Edit the AVI then convert it to DVD Compliant MPEG2 for authoring.

paicolman · Post by **paicolman** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 7:34 am

thecoalman wrote:

do as little converting as possible

Exactly, that's what I meant: The project settings set to the footage (DV-avi type 1) and at the end render the mpeg 2. Still, don't know what it had to do with those artifacts...

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