[mythtv-users] De-interlace on MPEG2-Streams?

[Robert Johnston]

On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 11:30 AM, Sascha Kloss <Sascha.Kloss at gmx.de> wrote:
> Hi fellows in misery,
>
>  just a quick question on de-interlacing and DVB-S/MPEG2-Streams. I'm wondering if I still have to use any deinterlacing filters when using 720p and DVB-S/MPEG-Streams.
>
>  Theoretically, there's no need to de-interlace so I just disabled the filters  and ghost images are now nearly gone.
>
>  I'd just like to clearify this... :-)

The answer is "It depends". If you're playing back an interlaced
stream on your 720p display, (That is, a SD/480i/720i/1080i stream)
then you need to deinterlace it. If it's a progressive
(EDTV/480p/720p/1080p) stream, there is no need to deinterlace.
-- 
Robert "Anaerin" Johnston