[MPlayer-DOCS] [PATCH] why current players do not deinterlace to full fieldrate (was modif de la version anglaise)

[Guillaume POIRIER]

Hi,

The attached patch was sent to me privately, but since I'm not too
good in English, I prefer you guys to look at it before I commit it...

Guillaume
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diff -u -r1.50 encoding-guide.xml
--- encoding-guide.xml	12 May 2006 17:04:47 -0000	1.50
+++ encoding-guide.xml	13 May 2006 16:32:41 -0000
@@ -1272,9 +1272,11 @@
   Therefore, if you are encoding for high quality archival purposes,
   it is recommended not to deinterlace.
   You can always deinterlace the movie at playback time when
-  displaying it on progressive scan devices, and future players will
-  be able to deinterlace to full fieldrate, interpolating 50 or
-  60000/1001 entire frames per second from the interlaced video.
+  displaying it on progressive scan devices.
+  The power of nowadays computers forces players to use a deinterlacing
+  filter, which which results in a slight degradation in image quality.
+  But future players will be able to mimic the interlaced display of
+  a TV.
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