Ripping DVDs – always deinterlace ?

[Nick Meyers]

“To be extra specific, this was most noticeable on rips of cartoon shows 4:3 DVDs”

now that’s interesting, as Cartoons are generally NOT produced as interlaced.
many rarely go beyond “2”s, where each cell is shot for 2 frames.

so it should be quite possible to produce a RIP with no interlacing artefacts.

the errors could be that the DVD is 29.97, and the DVD has pulldown (Or would that be pull-up? – sorry, i am from PAL land)

nick

[Rosie Walunas]

I think that’s what I’m up against. But, I guess, to rehash the issue is whether or not the deinterlace box should be checked when ripping a DVD, which are more often than not 29.97. Most of the time if the box is not checked then scan lines are present, but, when deinterlace is checked, then the pixel ‘boxes’ are more present. Neither look great. This is most obvious when the cartoon rips are presented.

Any other thoughts?

On a lot of projects I’ve done, I’ve ripped the DVD and Exported straight to HD, so the pixels behave differently, somehow. But I can’t do that for this project due to space and the editor’s call.

Still trying to nail this…

Thanks.

[Nick Meyers]

“But, I guess, to rehash the issue is whether or not the deinterlace box should be checked when ripping a DVD, which are more often than not 29.97”

if that is the issue, then i say NO.
you want to de-interlace in an environment where you can monitor, and hopefully control, the results.

nick