[MPlayer-users] MENCODER: AuDIO OF SYNC when recording from TV

[D Richard Felker III]

On Fri, Aug 08, 2003 at 11:38:26AM +0200, Fabio Papa wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> On Friday 08 August 2003 11:35, Steffen Hein wrote:
> > [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> >
> > Am Freitag, 8. August 2003 11:15 schrieb Fabio Papa:
> > > Yes, I know, but I also reduce them to 352x288 to pack episodes up, so I
> > > have to deinterlace...
> >
> > No, you don't have to deinterlace since it is exactly half PAL height and
> > the interlacing effect is eliminated automatically then.
> Ugh!!?? Wh.. what are you telling me, that I deinterlaced till now, loosing 
> much video quality, all for nothing? Godness me, please confirm! If this is 
> true, I will have to adjust some scripts...

No, deinterlacing loses the same quality that dropping to 288 height
does. BTW, if you only want 288 height, why not just capture 288 lines
to begin with??? That way you only get one field, and there's no need
for any resizing. It will make encoding a lot faster.

Rich