How do I replicate the Bob/Linear deinterlace method that VLC offers?

Report · Jan 15, 2018

All,

First time posting here, so please be gentle! Hopefully the way I outline my desired result below will get an answer from the pros in this forum!

Project: I have a .VOB file that I would like to edit in Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2018 (Adobe) and export with the highest quality and smoothest playback possible.

Problem: When I view the original .VOB file in VLC, I can use the Linear or Bob Deinterlace method, and it looks fantastic/smooth and almost appears as a 60fps video! However, when I bring the .VOB file into Adobe to edit it, no matter what settings I try, I am unable to export a file that plays as fantastic/smooth as the original .VOB utilizing the Linear or Bob Deinterlace method within VLC.

VOB File Details:

-720 x 480

-Total bitrate: 9992kbps

-Frame rate: 29.97 frames/second

Experiments: I have tried a combination of the following, but still get a choppy video with less quality than the original .VOB file when played through VLC with Linear or Bob Deinterlace.

-Export formats (H264, H264, AVI Uncompressed)

-Field Options (Always Deinterlace, Remove Flicker)

-Sequence Settings (Timebase 59.94 frames/second)

Call for help: Does anyone know how to edit and export a .VOB source file within Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2018 so that it replicates the Linear or Bob Deinterlace method look and feel you get from VLC?

Please let me know if I can share any more information and thank you so much!

EDIT: I searched for hours before posting, and naturally, minutes after I posted, I found the answer! The step-by-step on how to recreate Linear or Bob Deinterlace similar to VLC within Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2018 is below:

1. Import your .VOB video into the project panel

2. Right-click on the clip within the project panel then click Modify -> Interpret Footage...

3. Under "Field Order", using the "Conform to" drop-down, select "Upper Field First". Click OK

4. Drag the clip (which is now modified) into your timeline and edit as normal

5. When you are ready to export, use the following settings:

Format: H.264
Basic Video Settings:
- Frame Rate: 59.94 (or whatever is double the original frame rate)
- Field Order: Upper First
- Render at Maximum Depth checked
Use Maximum Render Quality checked

That's it! Your exported video will now look just like it would (or even a bit better) when using VLC and the Bob or Linear deinterlacing method.

Message was edited by: Joe Bretthauer

Report · Jan 15, 2018

I'm confused - you want to deinterlace the footage, which in effect means it is then progressive, but then when you export you are using Upper Field which is interlaced, and for computer viewing/online, one would usually want progressive anyway since interlaced never looks right on a computer.

???

Thanks

Jeff

Report · Jan 15, 2018

You effectively keeping it the same with your method and exporting an interlace file and letting LVC do the deinterlacing. I think the major problem in your first set up was using always de-interlace and flicker removal. If you want to keep something interlaced and then export as interlaced use an interlace timeline.

Your interlace file probably won't look so good for people who are not using VLC to de-interlace on playback, or who have not turned that option in VLC.

Report · Jan 15, 2018

David_V_Clarke wrote
I think the major problem in your first set up was using always de-interlace and flicker removal. If you want to keep something interlaced and then export as interlaced use an interlace timeline.

I agree: always deinterlace is only useful when using slomo or freeze frame.

Flicker removal eliminates thin horizontal lines.

You cannot add both : its one or the other.

Anti filicker filter adds a blur.

And doubling the sequence framerate does not sound right to me either.