[MPlayer-users] Too many frames removed with softskip

[Rashkae]

On 03/30/2013 10:13 PM, Darwin O'Connor wrote:
> I'm trying to convert 1080i video recorded with a Hauppauge HD-PVR to 24
> fps 1080p.
>
> I have had some success with "-vf filmdint=io=30:24/fast=0/sad_thres=2048
> -mc 0 -fps 60000/1001 -ofps 24000/1001", but occasionally the deinterlacing
> will go wrong.
>
> If I try and use softskip, as most people seem to recommend, "-vf
> filmdint=io=30:24/fast=0/sad_thres=2048,softskip -fps 60000/1001 -ofps
> 24000/1001" the video comes back jerky, like many frames are missing. This
> happens with both the filmdint and pullup filters. Adding harddup doesn't
> make a difference.

1080i Interlaced, not Telecined, (if I'm understanding you 
correctly.)... the correct framerate for progressive video will be 
30fps.  You can force it to 24, but it will always look 'jerky' with 
missing frames.