Help to properly de-interlace DVD

[pstnnn]

Hi, I have many F1 DVDs i want to convert properly for playback. I do believe they are all encoded the same way so I've only included one sample. Could anyone tell me what the best settings would be for Handbrake or ffmpeg (I'm only linux so limited to those 2)

Here's some info from MediaInfo.

Frame rate mode : Variable
Frame rate : 3 378.853 FPS
Original frame rate : 25.000 FPS
Standard : PAL
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Interlaced
Scan type, store method : Separated fields (2 fields per block)
Scan order : Top Field First


Thank you!

[jagabo]

It's a pain to get set up but QTGMC in AviSynth will give you the best deinterlacing. There are many options but here's the default...

[Selur]

a. Vapoursynth is available on Linux too.
b. no clue whats best when using ffmpeg or handbrake, but bwdif and nedi are supported in ffmpeg so I would look into those.

[pstnnn]

thanks, I'll check that out, from my understanding, the target FPS should be 50?

[davexnet]

the target FPS should be 50?

Yes, if you want to keep that motion smoothness

[The_Doman]

Hi, I have many F1 DVDs i want to convert properly for playback.

But playback on what device(s)?
A TV or any decent media player can play those interlaced DVD files fine interlaced as is.

[jagabo]

Here's bwdif in AviSynth. It's very similar to bwdif in ffmpeg. Notice much more buzzing there is on sharp, near horizontal lines, compared to QTGMC. bwdif is much faster though.

Yadif is similar to bwdif but often leaves lots of little dots in deinterlaced areas.