MPEG-2 Fields (Last Time!)

reberclark wrote on 5/28/2008, 12:35 PM
Sorry to keep harping on this, this will probably be my last question about this -

I have a project with MPEG-2s - a few (5) are TFF and most (9) are BFF. Should I try to re-encode the TFFs to BFFs (or possibly to AVI) prior to rendering for DVDA (NTSC DV Widescreen - BFF) in Vegas Pro 8 or let DVDA do it? Does it even matter?

I hope that made sense. As always, all help appreciated.

Comments

rs170a wrote on 5/28/2008, 1:05 PM
Put a minute of each one on a Vegas timeline, render it to DVD-RW twice (one with UFF first and next with LFF), see what it looks like and make your decision from there.
BTW, UFF = Upper and LFF = Lower.

Mike
Mikey QACTV7 wrote on 5/28/2008, 10:32 PM
I have found if you render a uff to a lff mpeg-2 it gives you a weird motion blur when someone is moving in the video. It almost reminds me of my hippie days when I watch it. Someone told me to force sample the mpeg to all match LLF. If I remember it did not work for me. I tryed to put the UFF mpeg-2 on the time line with LFF AVI. I rendered the project to Mpeg-2 Lower Field First. The avi was ok but the UFF mpeg-2 was having its motion problems. Maybe someone has a fix for the problem? I would like to know if there is one out there. You will not see the problem on a computer screen. But when you watch it on a TV you are tripping.
owlsroost wrote on 5/29/2008, 1:43 AM
Encode to MPEG in Vegas - there's no point in going to an intermediate AVI.

Set the 'deinterlace method' under the project settings -> Video tab to something other than 'none' (not sure if this necessary, but it certainly messes up HD -> SD conversions if it's set to 'none')

Tony