[John Gschwend]

I think I understand now. If I set my project properties to deinterlace, they should remain there when I render to MPEG2 DVD unless I set it to interlace.

[John Gschwend]

Thanks Theo. So you are saying what you set in project properties does matter when you render?

[John Gschwend]

Ok Theo, this is what it found: H.264/MPEG-4 AVC. So I guess it is still interlaced. Everything else I posted is the same.

[John Gschwend]

Thanks for the reply.

My camera is a Samsung smx-f34bn. It shoots 60i, Movie File Format: MPEG-4 AVC/H.264. I shoot at the highest settings.

I download the videos to my PC, and this is what I grab to Vegas. When I click on properties from the download, this is what I get: MainConcept AVC/AAC, 29.970 fts Progressive, 720 x 480 x 32, AVC, 24000 Hz, Stereo, AVC. (I don’t understand where the progressive game from, but it is very interlaced when I view it on my PC with Windows Media Player.)

This is how I project: NTTSC DV Lower field first, RESOLUTION good, Blend Fields, Pix ratio .9091, 720-480, 29.97 fs. 44100 Hz, Bit 16 RESAMPLE AND STRETCH good.

This is how I render: MainConcept MPEG-2, DVD Architect NTSC video stream.

Thanks for any help. I just want to set this for the best viewing on DVD with most players.

[John Gschwend]

If I do set for deinterlace, what is the best settings for wildlife work?

[John Gschwend]

Great, thanks for that. Where should I set the deinterlace? I tried it without, and the interlace really showed. Should I make any certain settings in the DVD software before I burn?