[FFmpeg-user] Detelecine: I got the right result from the wrong command?

[Mark Filipak]

On 28/05/2025 18.07, Alex Xu wrote:
> Thanks for your feedback, I tried your command but added a frame counter:
> 
> ffmpeg -i detelecine_input.mkv -vf
> "fieldmatch=order=tff:combmatch=none,decimate,drawtext=fontfile=Arial.ttf:
> text='%{frame_num}': start_number=0: x=(w-tw)/2: y=h-(2*lh):
> fontcolor=black: fontsize=20: box=1: boxcolor=white: boxborderw=5" -c:v
> libx264 -crf 18 -c:a aac -b:a 192k -pix_fmt yuv420p -r 24
> fieldmatch_decimate_frames.mkv

That is not best. Try -vf fieldmatch,decimate. That takes all the default options, notably the real 
power in 'fieldmatch', which is 'combmatch=sc'.