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Also, there was another page suggesting yuv420 option useful for *NTSC* interlaced DV to DVD https://renomath.org/video/linux/dv/encdvd.html ==== Our focus is encoding widescreen NTSC interlaced video source from a miniDV camcorder. We attempt to preserve as much of the quality of the original source as possible.     [..]

Mjpegtools The mjpegtools encoder runs more slowly than ffmpeg on my computer; however, no patches are needed to handle interlaced video. The encoding commands $ lav2yuv s001.avi | yuvcorrect -T INTERLACED_BOTTOM_FIRST | mpeg2enc -M0 -nn -a3 -f8 -G18 -b7000 -V230 -q9 -o s001.m2v $ lav2wav s001.avi > s001.wav $ toolame -b224 -s48 s001.wav s001.m2a $ mplex -f8 s001.m2v s001.m2a -o s001.mpg work, but unfortunately reduce the effective color space to 4:1:0. Better results can be obtained by using y4mscaler and the commands $ lav2yuv s001.avi -C 411 | y4mscaler -I ilace=BOTTOM_FIRST -O chromass=420mpeg2 | mpeg2enc -M0 -nn -a3 -f8 -G18 -b7000 -V230 -q9 -o s001.m2v $ lav2wav s001.avi > s001.wav $ toolame -b224 -s48 s001.wav s001.m2a $ mplex -f8 s001.m2v s001.m2a -o s001.mpg This interpolates the chroma in the horizontal direction before subsampling it vertically.   ==== Yet another source suggest only old CRT TV can display interlaced DVD material as intended, and Plasma/TFT TV or computer monitors better accept de-interlaced material. https://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/media/video/dvdvcd/dv04-Interlace/single/