[MEncoder-users] NTSC DVD to 25 fps MPEG

[Phil Ehrens]

Richard Bromley wrote:
> On 11/27/06, The Wanderer <inverseparadox at comcast.net> wrote:
> >[...]
> 
> Oh, of course -- how embarrassing that I failed to realize this. :\
> 
> Still, is framerate really an inherent property of the video stream?
> Or is it just a value in the stream header? -- but even if it were,
> changing the header value would be pointless, since it's up to the
> program whether to use that value or a user-specified one.
> 
> On an off-topic note, and just for curiousity's sake, why do older
> films released on DVD tend to have many short, hard-telecined segments
> throughout them? I've noticed that DVDs of newer films (less than 5
> years old) tend to be 100% progressive content.

Because commercial dvd's are encoded by half-wits?