[MPlayer-users] téléciné or just interlaced ?

[Corey Hickey]

Steph wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I try to know if the video recorded by a Sony handycam dcr-dvd105 is
> telecined or progressive, but I don't understand the pattern
> "PPPII,PPPII,PPPII" described in the documentation ...

In this case, 'P' means "progressive" and 'I' means "interlaced". So,
look at the video itself; if you see a pattern of three progressive
frames followed by two interlaced frames, that's telecine.

-Corey