Pendell

After tinkering with deinterlacing settings, I've determined I get the most overall watchable results from bob deinterlacing the entire thing to 60p.

This isn't a perfect solution. For example, the goal is to use this with DS9/VOY, but I'm pretty sure all the CG effects on both shows were done at 30p, so I'm doubling frames for those scenes, and then I'm technically butchering all the film-shot elements. 24 does not go into 60. It divides to 2.5. What this means is, running at 60p, some frames will take up 2 frames, while others will take up 1. This should cause jitter in the output, but if I'm correct, all I'm really doing is accurately replicating the jitter present in the source - that is to say, it wasn't too horribly noticeable then, and it shouldn't be any worse here.

I wouldn't have to do any of this if Handbrake's interlace detection worked worth a damn.

1. My minidiscs. I had a player/recorder deck, a portable player/recorder, and probably 2 dozen of those little shits. I loved those things so much. I remember when MDLP came out and you could fit 4 (four) hours of music on one disc. Incredible! Still wish I had grabbed up HiMD when I had the chance, but I really didn't have the money for it. Still, I watch the thrift shops now for spare player.

2. My Apple Newton 2100. This thing slapped. I had a keyboard for it, and I used it as a little writing machine, plus a PCMCIA ethernet card and 802.11b card for it. There were a lot of good ideas here that were sadly tainted by early failures, and of course it was doomed the moment Jobs came back to Apple. I miss that little guy and I hope someone out there is giving it love.

3. My laserdiscs. I had a decent player too, though I don't remember what model. This one is more nostalgic than anything, because I don't have a tube TV anymore, and tbf they kind of look like crap on a modern flatscreen. I bought up a bunch when you could find them cheap at thrift shops and on ebay. I had the THX edition of Star Wars, 2001, Criterion Blade Runner, Akira, Holy Grail, and some many other classic movies. I want to say I had Chungking Express too. I kept some of them solely because the covers would look great on a wall, and they're likely in my parent's basement. I need to go dig those out. Man I hope I didn't get rid of Chungking Express.