Dvd menu and deinterlace filter

[artois_val]

Im trying to use vlc to listeen dvds, but as soon I activate the deinterlace filter, the dvd menu selection is never show. I see the menu but the item selected is not highlited.

Any ideas why I can't have the filter on and be able to navigate the menu ?

Thanks !

[DJ]

Because it was better than the player crashing for files that do not need and can not use the filter.

[artois_val]

Ahhh ok.

How I can use dvd menu and watch dvd deinterlaced now ?

[DJ]

I don't believe you ever could without crashing the player, because the menus are in a different format than the movie. I find that most commercial DVDs that have a source other than TV do not need to be deinterlaced. The film to digital transfer (Telecene) applies a 2 - 3 pull down that appears as progressive video and applying the deinterlace filter does not work correctly. For those whose source are TV serials a deinterlace filter may be applied using dvdsimple (no Menus). But even most of these have been corrected for the DVD format.

[artois_val]

Thanks you for your answer. However, I found that some Dvd I own require to be deinterlaced. For my Linux htpc, the only solution is to simply turn off the filter when I start a disc and later on active it. But that is far from the ideal solution.

Anyway to autodetect if it the main movie that is playing with the rc interface ? Im using it to control vlc and freevo. (I wrote my one freevo plugin)

[DJ]

Unfortunately there is nothing in the header of the file for any format that says what interlace method was used in order to form some automatic function. This is still a look and guess situation.