I have an old VHS homevideo that has been converted to DVD (PAL-576i) in a photo-shop. I have decided to add some menus and edit some things in Premiere Pro CC/Encore and maybe convert the aspect ratio from 4:3 to 16:9 (by adding black bars in the sides) since it probably will be shown on widescreen hdtv's before burning copies to the rest of the family.
Since I will be working on it, I thought i might as well try to remove scan-lines by de-interlacing it in the process, to improve viewing on non-CRT displays. I know some DVD-players have progressive scan capabilities, but some doesn't and I don't know which type of player will be playing the dvd.
So... I guess my question is:
"Will it make any sense to de-interlace/re-encode the video to 576p, or will the dvd-players not care at all?"
Here is a file analysis output of one of the .vob files
***** Analyzed File Results *****
*** General Parameters ***
- Name: VTS_01_1.VOB
- Container: Mpeg Program Stream
- Creation Date: 2006-01-01 01.00.00
- Size: 1
- Duration: 10s 753ms
- Bitrate: 798 Mbps
- Fast start: Not available
- Encoding Library: Undefined
- Encoding Application: Undefined
*** Video Track Parameters ***
- Format: MPEG-2 Video
- Size: 1
- FourCC: 0x10000002
- Track number(s): 0
- Bitrate: Max.: 9 282 Kbps
Average: 782 Mbps
Min.: ---
- Frame rate (fps): Max.: Undefined
Average: 25.000
Min.: Undefined
- Bitrate mode: Variable
- Encoding profile: Main@Main
- Resolution: Undefined
- Width (Pixel number): 720
- Height (Pixel number): 576
- Pixel Aspect Ratio: Undefined
- Display Aspect Ratio: 4:3
- Chroma subsampling format: YUV 4:2:0
- Standard: PAL
- Interlacing: Interlaced - Top Field First
- Encoding library: Undefined
- Additional Parameters: BVOP: Yes
Matrix: Custom
GOP: M=3
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) ratio: 75.438
*** Audio Track(s) Parameters ***
*** Audio Track #1
- Format: AC3-A52
- Size: 499,7 KB (0%)
- FourCC: 0x2000
- Number(s) and language(s): 189 (0xBD)-128 (0x80): Undefined
- Details: Undefined
- Profile: Undefined
- Bitrate: 384 Kbps
- Bitrate mode: Constant
- Resolution: 16 bits
- Rate: 48.0 KHz
- Channel(s): 2 (stereo)
- Position: Front: L R
- Encoding Library: Undefined
- Additional Parameters: Not available