[HELP] Interlacing and Difference in Stream vs Container Frame Rate

[protectron]

I'm working on Courage the Cowardly Dog DVD remuxes.
The stream frame rate is 29.970fps, while the container frame rate is 24.120.

Hybrid loads like this:

Prefering container (24.120) over stream frame rate (29.970)
-> Forcing time code extraction, since input is detected as vfr!
Extracting time codes from mkv for track with id 0.
Adjusting frame count (32685) to time code entry count (32687).

For some reason when going frame by frame the source in VLC is not interlaced, but it is in Hybrid.

This is with Deinterlace off in VLC and no filtering in Hybrid - just loading the source.
I suspect this is due to the different frame rates but am not sure.

Enabling QTGMC introduces some ghost elements, which is another problem, but first I would like to address if the container rate or stream rate is the proper rate to use, and how to tell Hybrid to use the stream rate if necessary.

Source MediaInfo:

Video
ID                                       : 1
ID in the original source medium         : 224 (0xE0)
Format                                   : MPEG Video
Format version                           : Version 2
Format profile                           : Main@Main
Format settings                          : CustomMatrix / BVOP
Format settings, BVOP                    : Yes
Format settings, Matrix                  : Custom
Format settings, GOP                     : Variable
Codec ID                                 : V_MPEG2
Codec ID/Info                            : MPEG 1 or 2 Video
Duration                                 : 22 min 35 s
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Bit rate                                 : 5 508 kb/s
Maximum bit rate                         : 9 800 kb/s
Width                                    : 720 pixels
Height                                   : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 4:3
Frame rate mode                          : Variable
Frame rate                               : 24.120 FPS
Original frame rate                      : 29.970 (30000/1001) FPS
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.661
Time code of first frame                 : 09:59:59:00
Time code source                         : Group of pictures header
GOP, Open/Closed                         : Open
GOP, Open/Closed of first frame          : Closed
Stream size                              : 890 MiB (96%)
Title                                    : MPEG-2 Video / 5508 kbps / 480p / 24.120 fps / 4:3
Language                                 : English
Default                                  : Yes
Forced                                   : No
Original source medium                   : DVD-Video

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[Selur]

first I would like to address if the container rate or stream rate is the proper rate to use, and how to tell Hybrid to use the stream rate if necessary.

Your source is a DVD so the content is cfr and does not have a frame rate of 24.12.
-> Enabling "Config->Prefer Original->Frame rate' before loading the source in Hybrid will tell Hybrid to use the stream instead of the container frame rate.

Cu Selur

[protectron]

That worked, thanks. 
Slightly unrelated, do you have any advice on how to fix this interlacing ghosting issue? Refer to the fingers near the lamp.

[Selur]

probably gone after some cleanup using mClean or similar, would need a video sample to say for sure,...