OBS DeInterlacing Options-Which is best?

[Alwyn]

Ignoring the undesirability of using OBS to capture and deinterlace video, could I please have your thoughts on what is the best deinterlacing method of these OBS options:


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Thanks.

[Sharc]

Ignoring that it has been said many times, my thoughts on this:

Questions just asking for the "best" can't really be answered.
What is the best car? What is the best fruit?
One would at least have to provide a list of criteria on which the rating should be based on.

Regarding the deinterlacer:
It depends on the source (anime, "natural" video, noise, grain, picture structure, scenario etc.), your criteria, your personal expectations and your tolerance for accepting which compromise.

If there would be simply a "best", why would the tools offer options at all? Why not just keeping the "best", or simply name these options best, mediocre, crap ... you name it

[Alwyn]

Fair enough, criteria/scenario: home videos on VHS tape being captured in real time into H264.

[Sharc]

Out of curiosity I did a few tests. A waste of time IMO: Wrong flags, deinterlacing 'somehow' in spite of selecting "disable", no bobbing for yadif x2 ....
Not for me and my apparent ignorance of OBS (I admit), maybe someone else with more patience ....

[lordsmurf]

They all butcher the video.
You're inserting tapes into a meat grinder of quality.

Yadif 2x will generally butcher least, assuming the implementation into OBS was proper.

[Alwyn]

Thanks LS.