VCD interlaced?

mbo wrote on 2/2/2002, 2:43 AM

Hi,
I've noticed that the MC MPEG1 codec does not have intrlace/de-interlace choice.
Looks as it is by defould de-interlaced.
Is VCD (MPEG1) standart in de-interlaced mode only?
The test VCD I've made look not very good on my TV (if there is some motion). However, commertial VCDs seems not to have this effect.

Thanks,
Michal

Comments

kkolbo wrote on 2/2/2002, 4:59 PM

VCD specs insist on non-interlaced is why you do not have a choice. Software MPEG encoding is not as good as the hardware encoding used by commercial producers. That is why you see the difference. I have found that with TMPGenc I can make some adjustments and get a fairly solid encode within specs as long as there is not a lot of motion or too complicated a background. Without an expensive hardware encoding system though, that is about the best I can do.

mbo wrote on 2/2/2002, 10:00 PM

Thanks for info.

Michal