[Silky Voice of The Gorn]

So I excitedly received this DVD as a gift today, I was very eager to see this much-lauded documentary on Bob Dylan. I was also interested to note that it is "Presented by Apple" (whatever that means).

Anyway, I pop this sucker into my Mac, and the thing was mastered without de-interlacing! WTF does that? So unless I watch it on my TV, I gotta see those damned scan lines. And Apple was involved, for cripes sake.

[rjenkinson]

you could try using VLC for its deinterlacing filter.

-r.

[Cubeoid]

Let's all go to the lobby.

[ShotgunEd]

I've got this on my LOVEFiLM list so I'll be seeing it in the next few weeks, I missed it when it was on TV so i really can't wait.

Sucks about the interlacing though.

I'll be watching it on my TV anyways.

[screamingFit]

It's interlaced because it was created for TV and they just dumped the broadcast to disc. (??)

I'm no rocket-scientist, nor play one on TV, but I never understood this when they put broadcast shows on disc. I mean, is it that hard to deinterlace it before they release it?

[Silky Voice of The Gorn]

^ I guess so...but oddly, as the movie proceeded, it seemed to get better (or I noticed it less). Weird.
What I can't stand even more though is the damned previews they stick in front of disc, which while you can skip through them, you can't skip *passed* them. Do they really think a Dylan fan would be interested in the McGuyver box set?

[tooki]

Originally Posted by screamingFit

It's interlaced because it was created for TV and they just dumped the broadcast to disc. (??)

I'm no rocket-scientist, nor play one on TV, but I never understood this when they put broadcast shows on disc. I mean, is it that hard to deinterlace it before they release it?

If it was shot on interlaced video, there is no correct way to deinterlace. Deinterlacing video of film footage works because the source (film) isn't interlaced. Shooting in interlaced vidoe has the effect that every field (1/2 frame) can have a slightly different image. If you de-interlace such footage, you permanently add combing effects to it, such that they cannot be eliminated or reduced by a video scaler or deinterlacer.

It's always better to store the DVD video in as close a format to the original source footage. If it's film or progressive-scan video, then yeah, it should be in progressive. But if the original was interlaced video, that's the format that should be stored. The playback device can then manipulate it in the most appropriate way.

tooki

[Silky Voice of The Gorn]

We're talking about a mixture of film and video footage dating back to the 50s, so are you saying "if any of it is interlaced, it should all be"? If that's the case it's too bad. Even the titles are interlaced, it looks cheesy on a computer display

[tooki]

Don't put words in my mouth. I said "It's always better to store the DVD video in as close a format to the original source footage." DVDs allow mixed-format footage.

That said, if this program was originally made for television, they probably didn't secure film originals, and just edited the whole thing as interlaced video.

This is why I watch DVDs on my TV when I'm at home: interlaced video always looks right on an interlaced display!

tooki

[Silky Voice of The Gorn]

I wasn't putting words in your mouth, I was seeking clarification. Anyway, thanks.

[bad_quote]

Originally Posted by Silky Voice of The Gorn

which while you can skip through them, you can't skip *passed* them.

past. Not passed.