Hey, >> Apart from the telecine process damaging the image... > > Yes, telecine damages the output image. > > I assume you agree that a telecine that produces > 20% combing @ 12Hz & no cadence (i.e., 5-5-5-5 pull-down in the raw frames) > is better than > 40% combing @ 6Hz & 2-3-2-3 cadence (i.e., 4-6-4-6 pull-down by the TV). > >> ...and the deinterlacer permanently ruining it? > > Does a deinterlacer ruin the image? If the picture is progressive and if all > the deinterlacer does is deinterlace? > > But it appears that 'bwdif=mode=send_frame' is doing more than deinterlace. > It appears to be decombing, even for the 8 of 10 frames that are not combed.
Even if that were true (which I have no idea to be honest) are you sure you’re not assuming a raw uncompressed source and no compression afterwards either? > Carl Eugen, > are you a developer or a user? I ask that question innocently because I > really don't know. > > I looked at the libavfilter source code. I searched for telecine. Who's name > do I see in vf_telecine.c? "Paul B Mahol". I had no idea that Paul was a > developer -- why would I? Maybe not for that filter/file but as someone *trying* to contribute, I can attest to Carl being an active maintainer, his name is hard to miss in the commit history. Regards, Ted Park _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-user mailing list ffmpeg-user@ffmpeg.org https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-user To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email ffmpeg-user-requ...@ffmpeg.org with subject "unsubscribe".
