Yes, the render settings dictate the output.

But

The project settings determine what you see in the preview while you're editing, which can help you know if the render will be what you actually want.

This subject was covered in excruciating detail in this thread.

"Doesn't the rendering dictate the desired output?"

It does, except for the upper part of the project properties (above the small horizontal line).

 

So, the "Lower Fields First" does or does not affect the final output?

To set Project properties, click the icon and select a media to "Match Media Properties." No other intervention is required, nor generally useful.

"So, the "Lower Fields First" does or does not affect the final output?"

This does not affect the final output, nor does "Width/Height", "Pixel Aspect Ratio", "Frame Rate".

To set Project properties, click the icon and select a media to "Match Media Properties." No other intervention is required, nor generally useful.

When I do, it sets to "lower fields first." Yet when I look at the file with MEDIA INFO, it shows upper fields first.

If it is incorrect (<1% chance), AND there is field jitter in the DVD, one would change the field order in Media Properties, not Project Properties. If your DVD plays without jitter in a hardware player, leave it alone.

Isn't generated media created at the Project Properties settings?

Yes, it is.

To set Project properties, click the icon and select a media to "Match Media Properties." No other intervention is required, nor generally useful.

Not 100% true. The de-interlace property does affect the final output, at least in my experience, when rendering interlaced to progressive, like 1080i to 1080 60p.

"The de-interlace property does affect the final output"

Nobody disagreed. ;)

"The de-interlace property does affect the final output"

Nobody disagreed. ;)

"No other intervention is required, nor generally useful."

That's was what I replied to.

Marco. wrote on 7/12/2017, 12:38 PM

It does, except for the upper part of the project properties (above the small horizontal line).

And that is what I was replying to.

The Deinterlace setting is BELOW the line, it IS NOT affected by Match Media Settings, and it DOES affect the render. No disagreement whatsoever.

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