Sorry, I didn't have time to read your whole post, but, FieldDeinterlace() has the tendency to bring out those really 'bad' artifacts as is shown in one of your screenshots. To get rid of this, use Telecide() instead. I'll get around to your other questions when I have more time to read the entire post :) Be warned though, motion will still be pretty 'off' (most of the time it's hardly noticeable) even when using FieldDeinterlace()/Telecide(). If you want to keep the motion as smooth as possible, encode it as 'interlaced' with the right field order. Also, you should take note that 'interlacing' is usually very hard to spot when analyzing the video yourself (that's why you hardly see any difference when the FieldDeinterlace() line is used), it's probably best to run the VTS01 VOB set through DVD2AVI (load VOBs into it, then press F5) to double check if it's interlaced or not. And, yes, FieldDeinterlace() will slow down your encoding by quite alot. Your DVD also seems to be 'back-to-front', in most PAL DVDs these days, the movie is progressive, and the extras are interlaced - this explains why you have different AVS scripts (one requires deinterlacing, the other doesn't). I'm pretty sure it's not "ghosting", you've just captured it in a scene where motion is in place (ie, his head is moving, and so are his fingers). I think if you play the actual scene, this "ghosting" isn't there.

Thx for the reply, i edited my post using your info. </n1ck0s>

Just thought I'd come by and answer a few more questions: 1. I've already answered this in my previous post. 2. I answered this also, use a third party program such as DVD2AVI or BitrateViewer to determine if the stream is interlaced or not. 3. You've got it right, delete the FieldDeinterlace()/Telecide() line if the source is shown to be progressive (you'll just be wasting time with those lines added). 4. You've answered this, but I'll say it again, PAL users should use Telecide() to avoid these artifacts. 5. Problem found. 6. Problem found. 7. Problem found. 8. No, that version of CCE has no effect on what you have/are experiencing.

thx again ;)

PAL DVDs should not have any decomb scripts created by DoItFast4U! by default. The only way you should get scripts like that is if you 1) do NTSC, or 2) check the video types manually per VTS. I didn't reply to your post because it is just way too confusing to me, seems like you're answering yourself constantly and my brain can't process replies because it just can't work like that! :confused: