Video deinterlacing program

[danalog]

I need recommendations on a free deinterlacing software. 

I shoot on DVCAM tape a great deal and usually I want to convert its 480i video to 480p before dropping it into the editor to eliminate the motion artifacts from interlacing. I am currently using HandBrake, but I have to use the X264 CPU encoder because using NVENC causes significant audio desync that is a pain in the ass to fix. 

I'd love to know if there is a more streamlined (and dare I say more functional) program than HandBrake specifically just to deinterlace. 

I use NCH VideoPad to edit videos, it sadly does not have any deinterlacing options unless MiniDV tapes are recorded straight into the editor - which I do not do. 

[Needfuldoer]

Have you tried good old VirtualDub? Sometimes you just need a dumb anvil of a program to mangle video into the correct format.

[John Reactor]

Apart from VitualDub you can also try AviDemux

[danalog]

22 hours ago, John Reactor said:

Apart from VitualDub you can also try AviDemux

AviDemux works wonders. Deinterlaces a whole MiniDV tape in about a minute - HandBrake has to re-process the video and it takes nearly an hour for the same job. Thank you so much!

[John Reactor]

On 4/26/2025 at 2:06 PM, danalog said:

Thank you so much!

No problem. I`m glad I could help. ;)