[olug] DVD playback not optimal

[Adam Lassek]

> 
> From: Terence Bradshaw <angrypuppy at tconl.com>
> Date: 2004/02/18 Wed PM 10:01:46 EST
> To: olug at olug.org
> Subject: [olug] DVD playback not optimal
> 
> Hi, all-
> 
> Just about every DVD playback tool I've used gives me similar results... 
> video playback is not choppy, but there is very apparent interlacing of 
> the image...  all images have jagged edges that are more noticeable 
> during quick movement on screen.
> 
> I've managed to overcome this by using Xine and using deinterlacing.  
> The drawback, however, is that the image becomes somewhat blurry.
> 
> I'm guessing that things are not set up optimally.
> 

Nope. This has nothing to do with your particular setup, it's simply a fact of life when dealing with interlaced video such as DVD. I do a lot of video encoding, and even the encoding filters that run at 2fps don't do an adequate job. Commercial DVD players that don't have this problem are using their own highly optimized, very proprietary filters. 

You have two options: either hook up your computer to an interlaced screen such as a TV, or buy a hardware decoder card like a dxr3 (don't support sigma by buying a hollywood+, they were selling a product based on stolen GPL code from Xvid.)