[MEncoder-users] Newbie struggling with pullup

[RC]

On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:15:10 -0600
Laine Lee <llee at lonestar.utsa.edu> wrote:

> Actually, the following filter chain resulted in
> the fewest reports of skipped or duplicated frames.

Mencoder reporting "duplicate frames" simply doesn't mean anything
close to what you think it means...

Since you're improperly setting -ofps, a strong sign that the inverse
telecine filters are working (either pullup or decimate) would be a very
large number of "1 duplicate frame(s)" messages.

> However, quite frequently, and usually several times in succession,
> this sequence gets interrupted, and I might only have to hit "." 2
> times to get to the next varying frame when I expected to press it 3
> times.

There's good reason it's called 3:2 pulldown (telecine is commonly used
as a synonym, as the two are performed together).