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Authoring DVD… should I use Bottom Field First or Progressive?
Hi All,
I’m writing MPeg-2 files to Author a DVD, and I’m using Compressor.
My input is a Quicktime movie Uncompressed 4:2:2, 1920x1080p.In compressor, for the Format, should I choose Automatic / Bottom Field First / Progressive?
The DVD will be viewed on TV’s at home. So I guess, my question is, are most TV’s now-a-days Progressive or Interlaced?
Thanks in advance for your reply.
Regards,
Rajnesh -
2 Replies
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If source video is Progressive you can set bottom or top.
“Progressive” flag is not DVD-VIDEO standart
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CRT based TVs are interlaced (some have a progressive/deinterlacing option)
Plasma & LCDs are progressive.As such if you encode to progressive it will look great on the Plasma/LCDs but possibly jerky on the CRTs, if you encode to interlaced there’ll be a slight drop in quality on both types of TV.
If it were down to me, I’d encode to progressive as most people I know use a Plasma and pretty well all modern DVD players have progressive support (I’m in the UK so you mileage may vary)
https://www.dvddemystified.com/dvdfaq.html
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