Only way I can describe it is there appears to be a dot mesh on top of the video -- its not that noticible but it's there if you look, especially on the actors where you can see the contrast of a skin to it.. it reminds me of looking at a newspaper picture under a magnifying glass. The dot pattern is uniform across the video.

this is the first time I've seen this in doing a rip.

source: 16:9

smartripper to dv2avi to tmpengc (vbr, 2200 avg - 480x480, full screen/keep aspect).

any idea what this is or how i can get rid of it?

thanks
-d