Help with 24p Normal Compression output.

[farfromsubtle]

I am pulling my hair out over this. I have edited an entire project on a 29.97 timeline, using footage shot with the "F5" setting. Everything edited smoothly, the footage looks beautifil in FCP, and the exported final project looks fine when opened in Quicktime.

However, I am having ALOT of trouble compressing the film for the web. Interlaced frames pop up all over the place. They are gone when I use the MP4 preset for NTSC High Quality Progressive, but when I change 320x240 to 640x480, the interlacing comes back... which is really wierd, since that should have NO effect.

Can someone help me out?

Edit: Here are somescreen shots and some of the output footage...

1. This is my sequence settings...

2. Here is the easy setup profile I chose:

3. Here is what happens when I compress using NTSC large Progressive, HOORAY! It doesn't encode the interlacing!

4. But, the default for this preset is 320x240... here is what happns when I change NOTHING but the size to 640x480 OR 100% of source:

5. And this is a high quality DVD encoding on the 60 minute High Quality preset:

So... why does it do this? Where is the setting that makes it progressive? Why does changing the frame size effect cadance? I am going insane!

Here is the sample clip if anyone wants to be my hero and play around with this to tell me what settings to use and why I am a more. Obviously, this clip will only be of use to you if you have FCP.

Thanks in advance guys!

 

[Vampiresoup]

I don't know about no settings but I have to see that ****in film when it's finished. It looks cool!

 

[David Jimerson]

If what you're referring to is on the right side of the frame, that doesn't look like interlacing; it looks like progressive ghosting. It's what you get when, for your deinterlace method, you blend fields instead of interpolating them, and there's a lot of motion. Maybe in the smaller frame size, you just don't notice it as much.

I have no idea where to look in FCP for this, but if there's a way to set your deinterlace method to "interpolate fields" instead of "blend fields," it should help.

 

[bgundu]

Your clip works fine using my compressor. I am using version 2.01. BTW, Encoding a DVD does not make the clip progressive. also, to make sure the Mpeg4 is encoding with progressive, double-click the preset setting to bring up an option window where you can change the frame handling.