interlace on PC

[lordsmurf]

Why not just distribute two versions? Stick a PC-only version in a DATA folder on the disc, and then the tv version plays in the player.

That would have been my response after a day of this topic dragging on.

[junkmalle]

when I go there the only filters are:
Default DirectSound Device (sound stuff)
InterVideo Video Decoder (video capture)
MPEG Audio Decoder (more sounds stuff)
Video Renderer (video quality but no ineralace)

Intervideo VIdeo Decoder is the MPEG decoder. Does it have any deinterlace controls? When you play the video with mplayer2.exe is it deinterlaced in any way or do you see comb lines?

[vhelp]

Afternoon everyone.. sorry for the long post here..

First, a little OT here..

The other day, I had a chance to visit your website (nice) and had the
oportunity to play some of your clips. They did play smoothly on my
work pc at work, and the clips looked very intersting. ( Do they make
a win98 version of that sofware ?? ) fwiw, I'd probably consider entering
into the Make a movie and win! if there were one. anyways.. nice work.
/END OT.

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When I play an all (pure) interlace source through my ATI's MMC v7.1 's
file player v7.0, it always plays very well, with good detail. This
player does a very good job at playing pure interlace MPEG sources.

And, when my source feed is from my 8MM cam or DV cam, the output,
(composite connections to ATI card) is always beautifully smooth, and
is like looking at it on my TV -- it is, IMHO.

Course, couple that with a proper DX install, (and ATI card) and you have
a very good video entertainment center.. or MMC

fwiw noting here.. you did not share with us, the software you are
using to create the video motion you uploaded (or did you -- nice tool)

As such, my experience with junkmalle's TTF.MPG sample mpeg-2
clip and using the player I mentioned above, was :

** smooth
** clean (no interlace/combing) play.

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(I'm suspecting that your issue may also include a DX version problem,
resulting in your poor video play. Last time looked [installed], I did
a verion 9.x DX (Direct-X) installation. JTN, each version has its ups
and downs with playing through DirectShow implementations.

Also, some sw player are designed to work with certain DX/DS versions,
and may player better or poorer than other sw players. Consider that
into the equation of quality expectations.

And last, pay attention to this..

Every time you install certain sw (software) packages, be weary of the
fact that it may install w/ or w/out your knowledge, other DX versions or
specifics, to the sw application that you are planning on using)

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My suggestion would be to always play a given test clip more than once.

The reason for this, is because the first time it runs through your
given sw player, the video has to be buffered. As it does this, you
may notice hestitation or studdering effects. This is normal for
1st time play. The second or third time should play smooth. But,
that will depend on certain conditions or factors pertaining to the
mpeg clip's attributes.. IOW, how you encoded the clip.

As such, the chances of the reason(s) why you did not receive the same
quality expectations as junkmalle's, is probably because of the DX ver
you have installed, and may also be sw player related as well.

A side-suggestion ...

Consider looking into the DX version on your OS. Find out what ver it
is, and if it's not 9.x, do a google/M$ search for version 9.0c or 9.0d
(I think is latest ver) and D/L it, and install it. Course, restart
windows afterwards.

If you want to see which version you have, IMHO, I don't believe there
are any sw tools that can *safely* tell you what ver you have. In my
experience, I have tried some tools, to check DX ver's, but in the end,
they are (or can be) missleading. I'm still unsing WIN98 Gold, but there
should be a sw that does ALL win os's Anyways..

Because of this, I usually just install DX 9.x on my win98 setup.

My tools, case you're wondering are:

** WIN98 Gold / FAT32 HDD prep
** Monitor: LCD 15" -- NEC multisync, w/ native 1024 x 768 resolution
** ATI Rage Fury Pro graphics card (w/ original Rage Theater chip)
** ATI MMC v7.1
** ATI file player v7.0
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** MPEG-2 encoded as Interlace

-vhelp 3649