Handbrake 4:3 image help

[Robbadore64]

My apologies if this has been covered in other threads but I haven't noticed it. I've been using Handbrake for some time but never encountered this issue. Everything I've encoded/ripped/whatever in the past have been movies (widescreen) and have not seen this problem. I'm trying to encode Chappelle's show which is in 4:3 and they all come out with these annoying "lines" during any frame of movement. Displays the same via quicktime or on the appletv2 on a 52" HD display.

Below are my Handbrake 0.9.2 settings:

AppleTV preset
64 bit checked
AAC + AC3
Same as source (29.97)
Average bitrate 2500
Picture setting (I left the default)
Source 720 x 480
Output 714 x 418
Anamorphic 638 x 480
Anamorphic Strict and no filters checked

Any help as to how I can fix this (and re-encode 4=four dvds :-) would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

[MikieMikie]

Try deinterlacing.

[Robbadore64]

Try deinterlacing.

Thanks, I just tried it with Fast deinterlacing and it got rid of that problem thought the picture didn't look quite as sharp. Going to try another with 'slow' and do some research as what the difference is. Thanks again.

[dynaflash]

http://trac.handbrake.fr/wiki/DeinterlacingGuide

Slow is well ... slower but way better since fast throws away some info.

[theBB]

http://trac.handbrake.fr/wiki/DeinterlacingGuide

Slow is well ... slower but way better since fast throws away some info.
The slowest one was really slow, but you could compromise somewhere in between if you need to complete your encoding quickly. If you don't mind finishing each DVD over one night, then it may not matter. Besides, TV broadcast is interlaced, so even if you leave it as is it should not be that bad.

[Krevnik]

The slowest one was really slow, but you could compromise somewhere in between if you need to complete your encoding quickly. If you don't mind finishing each DVD over one night, then it may not matter. Besides, TV broadcast is interlaced, so even if you leave it as is it should not be that bad.

Yeah, but /how/ is it interlaced? Is it 60i or 30i? 30i effectively turns into 30p when you rip it, but 60i will /never/ look right without deinterlacing (because encoded video in MPEG-4 is progressive-only, AFAIK).

And then there is the strange stuff that says its 29.97, but really is something entirely different.

[killmoms]

30i doesn't exist. NTSC broadcast is 60i (technically 59.94 fields per second).

[Krevnik]

30i doesn't exist. NTSC broadcast is 60i (technically 59.94 fields per second).

Bad terminology on my part...

What I really mean is pure interlaced, or closer to 29.97 progressive with each frame split across two fields.