Pitivi Render dialog help needed
In the absence of help from the guide I have researched and familiarize myself with the complex rendering options. Only two remain a puzzle.
- What if anything, does the "Interlaced" option do? This is not a problem when using material from a moden camera in progressive mode, but when using DVD VR material it is. The analog video was transferred from tapes via a stand alone DVD recorder then converted to .mkv files using Avidemux so it's still interlaced. Checking "Interlaced" option makes little or no difference in removing interlaced artifacts which are around edges of subjects.
Using the Deinterlacer from the Effects library does clear this up but I can't seem to do that on more than one clip at a time. (Tried dragging line from blank space on timeline. Tried holding CTRL then clicking multiple clips.) Deinterlacing one clip at a time is impractical as there are hundreds of cuts in my project. I left deinterlacing till rendering as that is generally advised in articles/forums on the web.
- What is the VBR Cache option? The default is 600. Do I need to alter it according to the bitrate I use if opting for variable bitrate compression? I can find no reference to VBR Cache on the web.
Apart from shortcomings in the manual I have found Pitivi to be an excellent editor and look forward to the release of version 1.0.
Excuse me if this inquiry is in the wrong place but as I've been unable to get into the irc chat, this seems the only other public access to you.
Regards, John