[MEncoder-users] NTSC DVD ripping - inverse telecine artifacts

[Phil Ehrens]

Justin Randall wrote:
> I guess that filmdeint could be used first in the filter chain, with
> filmdint=dint_thres=256 to ensure that it doesn't try to deinterlace
> any frame it can't match, then pass that output to mcdeint for getting
> any remaining interlaced frames.  I wouldn't recommend this though.
> For one last try at the inverse telecline method you could try this:
> 
> mencoder -vf pullup,softskip,pp=lb,hqdn3d=3:2:3:3  -ofps 24000/1001
> 
> This should be good for animated sources, although pp=lb might cause
> some ghosting.  If you want to crop and/or scale, put those filters
> after the denoiser.  Example:  mencoder -vf
> pullup,softskip,pp=lb,hqdn3d=3:2:3:3,crop=704:480:0:0,scale=640:480
> -sws 9  -ofps 24000/1001

I find that adding 'harddup' as the last element in the filter
chain prevents sync errors and never seems to hurt things.