What field order for Interlaced Video in Sony Vegas 7?

[mlong30]

Hi All,

I have a video in DVType2 format from my Vcr/Camcorder->Firewire, that according to GSpot, is Interlaced and TopField First. When I import this video into Sony Vegas 7.0, what field order should I use for DVD play back for computer, and dvd players for TV, Progressive or Upperfield?

I read some where if your video is interlaced it needs to be kept as interlaced using progressive. When I tried this I noticed the frames weren't lined up correctly in Dvd Lab Pro unless I use TopFieldFirst, with blendings set on deinterlacing on the video.

I'd appreciated if a vegas user could tell me what my projects settings should be set to, for this type of video for dvd play back.


Thanks.

Matt

[Cornucopia]

[***Assuming you're going to end up watching on a std TV***]

If your source is Interlaced, don't do ANY deinterlacing. Encode/Compress it leaving it as interlaced. IIRC, DV is ALWAYS TopFieldFirst, so it should be left that way also.

Scott

[jagabo]

DV is almost always bottom field first.

[thecoalman]

Field order selection depends on the device it was captured with or recorded on, you want to maintain whatever it is.

BFF for DV: https://forum.videohelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=257631&highlight=

[Cornucopia]

Sorry (BFF, I should have known!), it's been a long week!

Scott