PAL to NTSC and HCEnc

[ron spencer]

I think I have come up with a nice workflow for PAL to NTSC via AVISynth and HCEnc:

LoadPlugin("dgdecode.dll")
LoadPlugin("SmoothDeinterlacer.dll")
LoadPlugin("Convolution3D.dll")
LoadPlugin("Convolution3DYV12.dll")
LoadPlugin("MSharpen.dll")
MPEG2Source("C:\TMP\Christmas78.d2v")
crop(4,4,-4,-4)
SeparateFields()
odd=SelectOdd.Convolution3D (0, 6, 10, 6, 8, 2.8, 0)
evn=SelectEven.Convolution3D (0, 6, 10, 6, 8, 2.8, 0)
Interleave(evn,odd)
Weave()
SmoothDeinterlace(doublerate=true)
AddBorders(4,4,4,4)
LanczosResize(720,480)
ChangeFPS(59.94) # or ConvertFPS(59.94)
SeparateFields()
SelectEvery(4,1,2)
Weave()
MSharpen(9,100,highq=true,mask=false)
ConvertToYV12(interlaced=true)

This comes from various sources, including videohelp. The question I have is this. Since smoothdeinterlace is utilized, what interlacing settings should be used in HCenc for encoding? Should I just tell it BFF? Not sure since source is deinterlaced via AVIsynth.

thanks

[gadgetguy]

If you've deinterlaced, then you would encode progressive and Field First options don't apply.