[FFmpeg-user] ntsc-dvd doesn't default to interlaced.

[Carl Eugen Hoyos]

Andy Civil <andycivil <at> gmail.com> writes:

> > -vf scale=720:576:interl=1  ...
> 
> I was a long hold-out on MEncoder because for years it 
> was the only one that had interlace-aware scaling

Interlace-aware scaling that was part of FFmpeg 
for several years, yes.

[...]

> Because of the field switch, I don't think I can 
> 'scale direct'.

> Let's face it, even if I thought I was doing it, most 
> likely it would be converted to progressive, scaled, 
> and re-interlaced in the background anyway!

Of course not!
A simple performance test will tell.

Carl Eugen