[FFmpeg-user] MPEG-2 encoding problem

[Francois Visagie]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ffmpeg-user [mailto:ffmpeg-user-bounces at ffmpeg.org] On Behalf Of
> Carl Zwanzig
> Sent: 14 February 2019 16:53
> To: ffmpeg-user at ffmpeg.org
> Subject: Re: [FFmpeg-user] MPEG-2 encoding problem
> 
> On 2/14/2019 5:46 AM, Moritz Barsnick wrote:
> >  You should try "-flags +ilme+ildct". (Just a hunch, I'm not sure.)
> Yes, with a leading "+".
> 
> 
> Here's the command I use for converting content from 480p24 to NTSC "dvd"
> format 480i60 (and working from memory here), the output it produces is
> acceptable, and since I run it in batches, the processing time isn't
> relevant to me.
> 
> ffmpeg -hide_banner -i $infile
> 
> # this forces the -input- frame rate for anything that has a little i60
> #   in front of the remaining p24 content (remove fps if not needed)
> -vf fps=24000/1001,telecine
> 
> # sound syn and quality (need to look up those options)
> -async 1 -dc 9
> 
> # target/format flags
> #  (some player s/w doesn't like TFF, so force to BFF)
> -target ntsc-dvd -flags +ilme+ildct -alternate_scan 1 -top 0
> 
> -y  $outfile
> 
> I don't think you need 'scale' on the input vf since that should be taken
> care of later in the process. May want to try it both ways.
> 
> If you want interlaced output, you need +ilme+ildct; that'll take more time
> and produce lower-quality output. OTOH if progressive is OK, leave that
> whole line out.

For progressive content interlaced scaling should also be disabled, i.e. no '-vf scale=interl=1' (I was unable to find the original post's '-vf scale=interlace' syntax at https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-filters.html#scale-1).

> 
> Later,
> 
> z!
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