Weird tech problem

[lierdumoa]

absolut3destiny, I'm hoping you can help me with this.

I'm in DGMPEGDec looking at the preview settings for The OC VOB's.

Disc 1 - Ep. 1-4

C:\The OC\Disc 1\VTS_01_1.VOB
during preview: 29.970 fps, NTSC, Interlaced
finished preview: 29.970 fps, NTSC, Interlaced

C:\The OC\Disc 1\VTS_01_2.VOB
during preview: 29.970 fps, NTSC, Interlaced
finished preview: 29.970 fps, NTSC, Interlaced

C:\The OC\Disc 1\VTS_01_3.VOB
during preview: 29.970 fps, fluctuating, Progressive
finished preview: 29.970 fps, FILM 96%, Progressive

C:\The OC\Disc 1\VTS_01_4.VOB
during preview: 29.970 fps, fluctuating, Progressive
finished preview: 29.970 fps, NTSC 10%, Progressive

C:\The OC\Disc 1\VTS_01_5.VOB
during preview: 29.970 fps, fluctuating, Progressive
finished preview: 29.970 fps, FILM 96%, Progressive

C:\The OC\Disc 1\VTS_01_6.VOB
during preview: 29.970 fps, fluctuating, Progressive
finished preview: 29.970 fps, FILM 90%, Progressive

C:\The OC\Disc 1\VTS_01_7.VOB
during preview: 29.970 fps, fluctuating, Progressive
finished preview: 29.970 fps, NTSC 9%, Progressive

When I opened all but VTS_01_1.VOB, I got the error message: WARNING! Opening GOP is not closed. The first few frames may not be decoded correctly.

I tried to do Forced FILM on C:\The OC\Disc 1\VTS_01_3.VOB since the amv.org guides suggested it when FILM was at least 96%, but the resulting project file still looked interlaced when I opened it in VirtualDubMod.

Help? What am I supposed to do with these VOB's so I can edit with them?

Comments

[absolutedestiny.livejournal.com]

It could one of those situations where the episodes are progressive but all the titles are interlaced which is why you get the high % of progressive but doing force film doesn't help on the interlaced parts.

Sources like this are a bit of a drag. Is there any pattern to the scenes which are interlaced? If it's just the opening titles can you ignore those for footage?

Alternatively it might just be a hybrid DVD in which case you may have to not do force film and just use an IVTC script in avisynth such as:

Telecide(order=1)
Decimate(5)

This will make avs use slower though. There's also the option of leaving it interlaced and editing it as such in premiere. Have a read through what I've written on dealing with hybrids and see if it's of any help.

[lierdumoa.livejournal.com]

Thankyou! Will try to figure out what's going on tonight.