[x264-devel] Thoughts on interleaved content

[Alex Giladi]

This fakes interlaced signaling in the headers and does not impact the
actual video

On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 10:47 PM, Pradeep Ramachandran <
pradeeprama at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 7:18 AM, Pradeep Ramachandran
>> <pradeeprama at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hi all,
>> > I am trying to encode some 1080p progessive content into interlaced
>> format.
>> > Would your recommend I convert it to 1080i using ffmpeg and then encode
>> it
>> > with x264, or is it better to use the fake-interlaced in x264. If not,
>> what
>> > is this flag used for?
>>
>> taking a page from a wise man: "I've got 99 problems and interlacing
>> is all them"
>>
>
> I hear you! I too would like to see interleaving not being used, but it
> seems to be a bug that just wouldn't leave...
>
>
>>
>> if you want real interlacing you should use the "interlace" filter
>>
>
> This is x264's flag, or an ffmpeg interlace filter? Does it matter to the
> encoder that the video is interlaced? Won't it affect motion estimation
> across layers if every other frame contains only alternate layers?
>
>
>> --
>> Vittorio
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