[MPlayer-users] Deinterlacing (was: Digital camcoder)

[Pasi Kärkkäinen]

On Sun, Nov 30, 2003 at 11:36:07AM +1000, Adam Nielsen wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> > ROTFL!! None of MEncoder's deinterlacers are at all acceptable. li and
> > ci just interpolate from even fields, throwing away half the
> > framerate and wasting space. lb, l5, and fd create horrible blurring
> > or ghosts. md destroys all local extrema.
> 
> What about a method that converts both fields into two separate frames?  I've 
> often wondered about this method, because although it would halve the 
> vertical resolution, it would double the framerate which might lessen the 
> impact of the lower resolution.  I've never seen anything done this way 
> though, so I've got no idea whether it gives a good result or not.  Has 
> anyone here tried it?
> 

Check tvtime (http://tvtime.sf.net). It can display video-signal
(interlaced) at full 50/60 fps rate.

It is based on dscaler (http://dscaler.sf.net), which is a windows program.

Interlaced video is *much* smoother for sports and anything that has a lot
of motion.. It's a shame that mplayer can't display interlaced video at full
fps :(

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