AviSynth script to decode PAL DV

After read many post in this thread I'm not sure about the script to use (I don't know very much about video management). I'm running XP SP3 in a intel Dual core and Cedocida 0.2 installed. I want make a copy of my old miniDV tapes (holydays and family) filmed with a Sony DCR-TRV8E (PAL 4:3). I want the video progressive, 50fps and PAR 1:1 to encode with x264. Maybe a first approach can be: Code:

Just for fun, here's a few functions I use to tell what's done to a clip with processing. Hint, to compare "before" and "after" clips they must be the same dimensions/rate/interlacing etc. In you case, position the function calls sort of like this (to test you might like to TRIM some part of the source after the avisource/bff. Code:

Thanks, I'll make some test with that.

Assuming your camera actually captured it, TGMC gives you a full 720x576. 528 is less than 576. ;) Typically interlaced video is pre-filtered to the equivalent of less than 576, but not always. It's almost never as little as 288 - a good deinterlacer can almost always recover more than 288 picture lines of effective resolution. Anyway, far more important: WD TV, Xtreamer etc are going to scale the video again to send to the display. As long as you pick a resolution that doesn't degrade your source, and that your streamer scales nicely to your display's resolution, you'll be fine. Cheers, David.