This is something I am very curious about. I did not yet succeed in deinterlacing dv-video at all. Seems like none of the functions work on my system. Neither "reduce interlace flicker" nor "blend" or interpolate".
Strange ...

Marco

I thought the manual says that this setting is for transitions etc?? I could be wrong, because I would like to be able to deinterlace my DV for SVCD etc. At present I'm toying with using TMPG and the Main Concept DV 2.04 codec (water marks until I purchase), which seems to work, by saving as an AVI file again.

At present I deinterlace my interlaced footage in TMPG under the mpeg 2 settings for the template. I would rather try and use the VV3 encoder, but it does not allow for deinterlacing (that I can see). I would have to select progressive (DV or mpeg) and there is no deinterlace option. I don't know if the reduce deinterlace flicker switch uses the settimngs under advanced/properties, but if it does then its not very good, although I have not tried all the options.

Does anybody know these options really well to explain there setup and circumstances of use??

Do a search on the forum for deinterlace.

The deinterlace flicker is a filter, Sonic do it explain this in one of the posts you should find this in your search.

To deinterlace choose the method under file->properties->advanced

For an in-depth discussion between the two try www.100fps.com

For a shorter version try www.puremotio.com/videoediting/reference/technical/interlacedvideoexplained/index.htm

Both the interlace flicker switch and deinterlacing work very well for me.

Hope this helps.

Mmh, these methods does not work on my two systems.
Maybe there is a bug on the PAL side!??

Marco

Just so I'm clear, these settings affect the project file i.e., if I render a new DV PAL avi, then it will deinterlace (accordinging to which ever method is set)the output, the same as I can do in TMPG and the trial of DVFilm???

I don't see this when I tried a short clip, I have a JVC camera that can shoot progressively or normal interlaced mode, so I can see the difference in the viewing of each type on my PC. I still see combing on the preview window at project size when viewing the new file. I should not seeing this if the file has been deinterlaced?

Does the output have to be rendered as a progressive DV PAL avi file?? I would not have thought this would matter??

OK, I just tried my own suggestion. When I set the project properties to deinterlace(interpolate) and render to PAL DV avi (custom field order to progressive)it does work!! I now have a small progressive clip!

I will now experiment further.

Thanks.

Aaaaahhh, Yesss!!!
This also works for me now!

Thanks! :-)))

Marco

Hey Doboyd, that's great!! it's exactly what I was after. Your settings worked perfectly for me. I also have a JVC (GR-DV3000) digicam but I'm puzzled as to how I can tell whether it is interlace or progressive. Even my manual does not state this.

Anyway, I also render to SVCD using TMPGenc but now I no longer need to use the deinterlace filters in TMPGenc.
I will now try to render to MPeg2 using the mainconcept encoder and see what quality I get.

For the benefit of others also using PAL, here is my uncompressed avi rendering template that I use before using TMPGenc to encode to MPEG2 SVCD.
http://members.optushome.com.au/fetchthis/pal_dv_hiquality.rar

Instructions:
1) Download and extract the folder to D:\Program Files\Sonic Foundry\Vegas 3.0\File Templates (The drive letter maybe different on your PC)

2) In your project properties, select the Video Tab & click on the Advanced... button. Select Interpolate fields in the deinterlace method.

3) When you're ready to render, select file>>render as.. and in the template drop down list you should see a template named PAL DV HighQuality (select this one).
Make sure 'save as type: is 'video for windows (*.avi)'.

I hope this works for you.

Remember this is for PAL only.

Please let me know how you go & any comments on the template would be much appreciated, as I am new to this game also.

Thanks,
fetch

Fetch,

I will look at the template, but I now have another problem. I tried getting an answer on these forums quite a while ago, but no luck. I had one private mail about the problem but no resolution.

Problem:

Rendering to mpeg 2 SVCD PAL template.
The first 30 seconds or so pulsates, getting less and less as time goes on, so that after about 30 seconds its gone completely. I'm almost certain it does this in the PAL DVD template, but its barely noticable, maybe due to the increased resolution or bitrate. I so much wanted to try the Main Concept encoder, but now its another problem.

Anyone noticed this, PAL or NTSC???? I think I will post this as another issue.