Been working on this problem for ages and am pretty frustrated.

In short: Microsoft DV-AVI files created with Premiere Pro 2.0 and authored with Encore always result in DVD discs with combing/horizontal lines on a television screen. These are interlacing artifacts right?

I don't author DVD discs or .m2v files directly with Premiere anymore because my large projects have become unstable when attempting to export that way. But AVI files export without issues, so avi it must be and I need Encore for my DVD authoring.

I've tried various combinations of settings in the Adobe Media Encoder in both programs but with no success yet (upper field, lower field, progressive, deinterlace etc).

I honestly still don't fully understand this interlaced/progressive thing when it comes to editing, exporting and authoring.

Premiere project details: DV NTSC 29.97fps 16:9 lower field.

All clips within the project are 23.976fps, sourced from VOB files via AVIsynth scripts

AVI file export format: Microsoft DV AVI.

By the way, when Premiere Pro was stable enough to export this same project as a progressive .m2v file, I was able to author perfect looking DVD's when I imported the .mv2 file into Encore (which in this case Encore only needed to encoded the audio file for me before writing the DVD).

Any help would be much appreciated