[FFmpeg-user] Meaning of ffprobe output

[Carl Eugen Hoyos]

2019-01-29 21:48 GMT+01:00, Moritz Barsnick <barsnick at gmx.net>:
> Moin Ulf,
>
> On Tue, Jan 29, 2019 at 20:50:25 +0100, Ulf Zibis wrote:
>
>> My understanding is, that a VHS cassette player always provides a fully
>> interlaced analogue stream (50 half-frames per sec. for PAL).
>
> Originally coming from the analog world, I can confirm that this is
> true.

But depending on what the material actually is, 50 pal half-frames
are indistinguishable from progressive video.

Are you both sure that the DVD recorder is able to record something
from analog signal that can be de-interlaced? I am curious...

Carl Eugen