Re: jerky movements with .MTS files

On 2010-08-17 23:45, Dan Dennedy wrote:

> If the jerky playback on computer is similar to the jerky playback on
> DVD->TV, then it is probably not field order. Incorrect field order is
> very difficult to perceive on a progressive display. Can you provide a
> short MTS sample that also exhibits this after being converted? You
> can mail me privately a rapidshare.com link to dan -at- dennedy.org.

It might be just me being used to seeing the same file on the tv (with 
problems) and on the computer (without problems). I'll try it on the tv 
tomorrow. If the problem is not solved by using melt, I'll see if I can 
find a short problematic file and mail it off list.

>> I'm using melt 0.5.4, which I seemed I already had installed, probably came
>> with something else (I'm using ubuntu 10.4). Could the problem be due to an
>> outdated version? Or am I missing something?
>
> That is not very old.

Ok.

>> A minor detail: players will see the files comming out of this command as
>> 4:3, when they are in fact 16:9. Not a big deal, since I have 16:9 set in
>> the kino prefs, forcing kino to treat them as 16:9...
>
> $ melt -profile dv_pal_wide ...

It still plays back in vlc as 4:3 :-(

> 50i is better at capturing motion than 25p. However, if you are
> viewing it on a flat panel or other progressive scan, then they vary
> quite a bit in how well they take advantage of interlacing to make
> motion smoother.

Ok. I hopefully get this all sorted out and will then continue with 50i.

Thanks for all the help so far!

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Atte

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