[MEncoder-users] Mencoder deinterlacing

[James Hastings-Trew]

Reimar Döffinger wrote:
> Hello,
> On Sun, Sep 23, 2007 at 10:36:58AM +0100, Ross Clement wrote:
> [...]
>   
>> What should I add to the mencoder options to do deinterlacing. I tried using
>> "-vf pp=ci" in several places, but it didn't seem to get rid of the
>> interlacing. I'm tempted to use -vf lavcdeint since I'm using lavc. What
>> would people recommend?
>>     
>
> I always use -vf yadif=0 (though others of course have different
> preferences), otherwise refer to http://guru.multimedia.cx/deinterlacing-filters/
> and the man page.
> If you create a DVD for watching on a TV you might also consider just
> keeping the interlacing by using ilme and ildct encoding options.
>
> Greetings,
> Reimar Döffinger
>   
Reimer is right, if you are encoding to DVD formats for TV, you don't 
need to deinterlace at all.

I personally use -vf pp=lb. The thing to remember about deinterlace 
filters is that none of them are a one-size fits all solution, 
unfortunately. That's why MEncoder has so many different filters to do 
the same job. yadif does a generally fantastic job on the overall image, 
but go to that page Reimar refers to and look at what it does to the 
small word "SEIMENS" in the upper left corner. ;)