Capture Interlaced (60i) VHS and convert to 60p? Osprey 260e + Virtualdub?

[analog2digital]

After capturing some VHS and 8mm video using Osprey 260e to HuffyUV it seems like there may be some sort of moderate deinterlacing going on by default? If that's correct, is there a way to turn it off? I was hoping to capture all interlaced fields and then use something like handbrake to interpolate additional fields to generate a 60p video which has that smooth "soap opera" or home video look to things. Does anyone know what I'm talking about? The 60p deinterlace bob export from handbrake looks to my eye still like 30p. Is there a reasonable way to achieve the look of 60fps?

[Eric-jan]

First you should think what is "smooth" ? smooth is what you got used to in the olden days with interlaced video, where the smoothness came from one frame divided into two fields.
Progressive is in your case the experience of 60 complete "pictures" per second so there's no in between each of those 60 pictures... your choice.
There's a lot to find about de-interlacing, with a lot already being answered, but i guess you should try for yourself what suits you, in your perception of smootness, and if you should go that way.
Most of the time, sport events are still broadcast in interlaced video.....
An analog movie > 24 frames, so i guess that's 24p digital

[jagabo]

After capturing some VHS and 8mm video using Osprey 260e to HuffyUV it seems like there may be some sort of moderate deinterlacing going on by default?

There should be no deinterlacing during capture. What exactly is your process? Upload a short sample for analysis.

The best deinterlacing (once you get a proper interlaced capture) is with AviSynth's QTGMC().

[_Al_]

..or it's Vapoursynth fork havsfunc.QTGMC()

[Brad]

Perhaps you're capturing content that was originally shot on film at 24fps. Typically this will have a pattern of 3 progressive frames followed by 2 interlaced.

This shouldn't apply to the 8mm tape captures though, barring some rare movie releases.