[MPlayer-users] watching 576i (interlaced) video

[Peter Zelezny]

On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 18:33:54 +1000
Peter Zelezny <peterzelezny at dodo.com.au> wrote:

> I suppose the problem comes down to the fact that it's (mplayer) generating
> 25fps progressive frames, from 50 field/sec video. Has anybody thought about
> trying to generate 50fps from such a source? Being able to perceive a change
> in the image once every 1/50s should "feel" better than 25fps, even though
> only every 2nd line can change.

Doh... I guess I'll answer my own question.

	-vf tfields=4

       tfields[=mode]
              Temporal  field  separation - split fields into frames, doubling
              the output framerate.  Like the telecine  filter,  tfields  will
              only work properly with MEncoder, and only if both -fps and -of-
              ps are set to the desired (double) framerate!   Available  modes
              are:

That is a little misleading, I thought it was only possible with
mencoder and not mplayer.

-- 
Peter.