VS X2 H264 interlaced decoding artifacts!

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VS X2 H264 interlaced decoding artifacts!

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Just discovered that you'd better not use VS X2 for editing 60i-encoded 24p video. Look how it looks when fields are separated:

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Note that the artifacts look like an additional interlacing within separated frames! And when it's inverse-telecined it looks like this:

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Pinnacle Studio gives no such artifacts.
Patch is needed!!!

P.S.: sorry for the large images.
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Please resize your images...
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vidoman wrote:Please resize your images...
Done.
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Can I ask why you seperated the fields if it's natively in progressive mode?
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Clevo wrote:Can I ask why you seperated the fields if it's natively in progressive mode?
Natively progressive? Not in a way. Canon Vixias shoot in 24p which is encoded in 60i using telecining. That's why I am forced to edit it in 60i and only then convert it into true progressive with AviSynth plugins. Of course I can beforehand convert all the footage to 24p using the same method but it would be wasting too much time.

If you asked why I have separated fields here: it's just to point out what causes the artifacts shown there below. Seemingly it's the ULead H264 Decoder slightly incorrectly decodes interlaced video, and that "slightly" becomes obvious in 24p-inside-60i cases when something fast and colourful is shown, like a fire.

It's like a curse: I have a lot of videos on my HDD since the summer and cannot edit them -- every editor I try has some flaws: the latest Corel has interacing problems, the latest Pinnacle renders only a half of the project, the latest Power Director crashes. As to Sony Vegas it seems fine but I cannot buy it because of my stupid bank that requires CVV code to be specified for every transaction.
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