VHS -> DVD Interlace issues (I think)

[MelechRic]

Here's my dilemma:

A buddy at work took the VHS video of my wedding and converted it to DVD using Adobe Premiere Elements. I watched the DVD on my computer and it looks great. However, when I go to watch it on a regular DVD player hooked up to my TV I see an odd distortion whenever there is a lot of motion like the camera. I can only describe the distortion as horizontal bands where the picture seems "bow" left or right. I believe it's an interlace issue and I'm not sure if it's correctable.

Here's what a frame that exhibits the problem looks like:




I got this image by playing the VOBs in VLC and enabling de-interlacing. (It didn't matter what de-interlace I chose... the problem manifested.)
With interlacing the video looked much better:



Is there any way to correct this or do I have to start over from scratch and re-convert/re-encode the video?

Thanks!

[underp]

If your video was captured vía TV Card, the AVI was probably UpperField First ( Top A ).

If your video was captured through a Digital Camcorder vía DV transfer, then it was LowerField First.

If you're having this problem, is because the correct field wasn't selected before the encoding process.

In order to correct this problem, you should ENCODE de video again, and choose the correct field order.


Hope this helps.

Sorry for the bad english.

[lordsmurf]

Sorry for the bad english.

You were actually quite clear. Not bad at all. 8)

[MelechRic]

Thanks for the help on this.

The video was captured from a VCR through a TV Card by my friend. Based on your answer I should have him re-capture the video but mark it as UpperField first?

Also, I tried re-encoding it with some other DVD authoring software and it seemed to improve quite substantially. However, I suspect I lost some information in the process as the resulting video now looks to have less detail than the original.

Thanks again!

[underp]

The video was captured from a VCR through a TV Card by my friend. Based on your answer I should have him re-capture the video but mark it as UpperField first?

Well... i'm not saying you should re-capture.
If you have already deleted the AVI files, of course you'll have to re-capture.

If you still have the AVI files, all you need to do, is re-encode.


A little note on this:

Don't put all your confidence in a LARGE project.

What i mean is....
- try always to encode just a small portion of the video, and then burn it on a DVD-RW.
- check that portion in your TV, and see how it goes.
- If it's going great.... mmm... then encode the entire project.

You can't throw yourself like THAT man. You have to Check FIRST.

[MelechRic]

Sadly, all I have are the VOBs from the DVD. I'll ask my friend if he has the AVIs. I suspect that he doesn't.

Thanks again for your guidance on this.