[FFmpeg-user] ffmpeg and use of the ildct flag in progressive encoding

[Erik Dobberkau]

Sometimes it’s wanted / needed to have all files ’the same’.
> If that is interlaced, it’s interlaced. Codec should say ‘interlaced’, no
> matter the actual content.
>
> For Avid media, that might (depending on the version of MC) be important
> for a ‘fast import’, or omitting adapters you don’t want / need.
>
> In broadcast, over here interlaced is mandatory, even if the content is
> progressive.
>
> So no, it’s NOT complicated, and no, it’s NOT outdated.
>
> Bouke
>

I was only referring to applicability of my statement, not to the practice
as such — only taking the (likely) possibility into consideration that one
would have a different (i.e., better) approach to the required workflows
than I did about 10 years ago. If the solution is still applicable, I have
no reason nor intention to object or make a judgment.