[MEncoder-users] Trying to fully understand de-interlacing.

[Andrew Berg]

 On 6/28/2010 11:47 PM, Peter wrote:
> > yadif is a very good (but slow)
> > deinterlacer and you will get good results with it going from 60 fields
> > to 30 frames per second.
>
> I find that hard to believe; if it were true, there would be no point in 
> Interlacing.
There is defintiely reason to interlace in certain situations
(especially for TV broadcasting), and the fact that there are wonderful
deinterlacers out there are irrelevant in such situations. If 1080p30
were practical in broadcasting, it would be used instead of 1080i60.