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  1. Newbie question: when I encode DV video to DVD, should I turn on deinterlace? The DV video is interlaced.

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    No. read the guides here about interlacing. www.digitalfaq.com
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    If you wish to view the output on a TV, leave it interlaced. If you are only ever going to view it on a computer, then deinterlace.
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  4. Originally Posted by jimmalenko
    If you wish to view the output on a TV, leave it interlaced. If you are only ever going to view it on a computer, then deinterlace.
    What if I have a progressive DVD player and TV?
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    Originally Posted by cheerful
    Originally Posted by jimmalenko
    If you wish to view the output on a TV, leave it interlaced. If you are only ever going to view it on a computer, then deinterlace.
    What if I have a progressive DVD player and TV?
    I don't know to be honest.

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    http://www.digitalfaq.com/capture/interlace.htm
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    Progressive-scan DVD players add an important additional step to create a better-looking picture — they generate a progressive-scan video signal through a process called de-interlacing (sometimes called "line-doubling"). The de-interlacer's first task is to look at the interlaced video signal as it leaves the MPEG decoder and determine whether its original source was 24-frame-per-second film or 30-frame-per-second video. The original frame rate determines the type of processing necessary to create an optimized progressive-scan signal.
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    So if you de-interlace you throw away half the fields reducing what can be used to optimize the picture.
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    NO!

    Your tv and DVD player will handle the video. You don't worry about that. It does the work for you. Leave it interlaced.

    "Progressive scan" is not progressive.
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  8. Thanks! I guess that is probably why the progressive m2v file looks off.
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  9. One more question: which media player is good for playing back interlaced mpeg on PC? What about playing to TV (nVidia card)? Will it look bad?

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