Interlace lines when exporting from Premier to CCE

[JIM E]

I have a movie which I created in Premier. I used the regular NTSC DV settings. I used the CCE plug-in to convert it to SVCD. The problem is that I get horizontal interlace lines whenever there is vertical movement on the screen. I turned off progressive frames, and this cured the problem on the PC, but there are still interlace lines when I play in on my standalone. I have this same problem with all my movies that I make with Premier whether I capture them myself, or I rip a DVD. What settings should I change to fix this problem on my standalone?

[txpharoah]

Your interlace is encoded with the wrong field order. Change it in CCE.

[JIM E]

I don't think that is the problem because in my settings for Premier I selected Lower Field First. And in CCE I unchecked Upper Field First. So my field order should be fine shouldn't it?

[DJRumpy]

You should also ensure your using the 'Alternate' scanning order, rather than 'Zig Zag'. Alternate is designed for interlaced video.

I agree with txpharoah though. Try a small bit of your clip with the Top Field First checkbox set, and see if your motion/panning shot improves. Older versions of CCE had a known issue where the field setting was actually reversed.

[JIM E]

Hey Thanks. I reversed the field order and it got rid of the interlace lines on my standalone. The problem now is that the quality when I play it on my standalone is bad. I hooked my TV up to my computer and used my TV as a monitor. I played the SVCD on my computer and it looked very good on the TV screen. When I play the same SVCD on my standalone the quality is much worse on the TV. There are way more artifacts. I have created many SVCD's before and this is the first one that plays worse on the DVD player that the computer. However, this is the first one that I've made from Premier, so maybe that has something to do with it? Does anyne know how to fix this?

[txpharoah]

Hey Thanks. I reversed the field order and it got rid of the interlace lines on my standalone. The problem now is that the quality when I play it on my standalone is bad. I hooked my TV up to my computer and used my TV as a monitor. I played the SVCD on my computer and it looked very good on the TV screen. When I play the same SVCD on my standalone the quality is much worse on the TV. There are way more artifacts. I have created many SVCD's before and this is the first one that plays worse on the DVD player that the computer. However, this is the first one that I've made from Premier, so maybe that has something to do with it? Does anyne know how to fix this?

This statement above doesn't make much sense...

And this is a terrible test: "I hooked my TV up to my computer and used my TV as a monitor."

Too many variables here. We ned to narrow it down. The computer output means nothing on the tv. Software can change all kinds of things. Again, too many variables.

Let's try to just work with the SVCD/DVD (which is it?) and the standalone. The SVCD may have MPEG2 files that are different than what you've made in the past, as you are using new software. Not that it is bad software, quite the contrary, it's just the settings may have been incorrect.

I think it's bad MPEG2 encoding at first guess, but again, lot of variables thrown into your question...

[DJRumpy]

Hey Thanks. I reversed the field order and it got rid of the interlace lines on my standalone. The problem now is that the quality when I play it on my standalone is bad.

Can you describe 'bad' in more detail? Is the output blurry, pixelated, freezing, etc? You get the idea.