29.97fps vs. 59.94fps playback on BluRay player

[texas1]

I download mostly sports and most are 59.94fps and some 29.97fps. The 59.94fps are true to life in terms of motion but have less picture clarity and color richness than the 29.97fps. The 29.97fps has fast motion blur and even when there is no fast motion has a slowmotion movie film look to it.

files are usually mkv or mp4 which I convert to avchd.

My BR player is Sony BDP-s360, (12bit - is that an issue?)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16882105315

which is an average type, not a high-end BR player. Could it be that upgrading a BR player could eliminate the fast motion blur? If so, what technical specifications should I look for?

when played on a PC, the 29.97fps looks more realistic in terms of fast motion so I'm guessing the hardware may be an issue?

or is there a way to convert from 29.97 to 59.94? I've seen some threads about converting from 59.94 to 29.97fps but is the opposite ever done?

thanks for your advice

[jagabo]

Your 30 fps videos are either interlaced or have been blend deinterlaced. If they are interlaced there's a possibility of getting your player to play them properly. If they have been blend deinterlaced you won't be able to improve the situation.

[edDV]

My guess is the 29.97 files were originally 1920x1080i and have been poorly deinterlaced then resized to 1280x720.

There is no way to "correct" the file. The damage has been done.

The other possibility is the video originally was broadcast 1280x720p 59.94 but the capture dufus simply deleted half the frames leaving jerky motion. Since you complain of blur rather than stepped motion, I suspect a poor deinterlace of 1080i.

[doctorm]

Sorry to bump an old threat, but using avisynth and the FixBlendIVTC() filter might fix you up. That is of course assuming the original was 23.976 fps. It does a reasonably good job of restoring blur inverse telecining.

[edDV]

Sorry to bump an old threat, but using avisynth and the FixBlendIVTC() filter might fix you up. That is of course assuming the original was 23.976 fps. It does a reasonably good job of restoring blur inverse telecining.

Why would sports source ever be 23.976 source unless NFL films?

Those guys weren't going for action but for cinematic "art".


PS: Not that this is bad in any way because NFL films was a past customer for two companies. You shoot film rate only when you want film effect.

[doctorm]

True, sports events are UNLIKELY to be 23.976.

But in the absence of a sample clip, assuming his source was 29.97i with the fields blended is only an assumption.
(And he would indeed be screwed.) But without a sample, FixBlendIVTC is worth a shot before giving up.