[FFmpeg-user] interlaced result when transcoding from h264

[Mitja Pirih]

On 10. 01. 2014 00:56, Henk D. Schoneveld wrote:
> My goal is to downsize the stream as the streams will be pushed over a
> wireless network. The original stream is between 2.5-5mbps, my target
> is 1-1.8mbps. I am not so familiar with XBMC, I will check with the
> options. Thank you for pointing to crf flag, I will remove it from the
> config and leave just the nitrate.
> Better remove the bitrate and leave the crf option. This way you get constant quality, if TV-show is ’talking heads’ it will be very low bitrate, and with sports, lot of movement you need higher bitrate for the same quality.  

Thank you, I'll try with different crf settings and leave out bitrate.
Is it possible that I am doing those "interlaced effects" with some not
properly used options while transcoding?


Mitja