Hi,
I have just purchased PowerDirector 17ultra to trial it on 4k footage (as trial denies 4k) but also to de-interlace footage as well as edit SD and HD mpg files. I cannot see any reference to how to go about de-interlacing footage I have which as a test on a TV I am interested in buying I must de-interlace my test footage then burn it to dvd as progressive to see if only when de-interlaced it stops showing haircomb effects. I will also play it interlaced burned as interlaced to see if it identifies such and plays without comb effects, hope it does, then far less work to do on my stash of footage I need to feed it.

Please give me a step by step on how I can bring in my .mpg footage and deinterlace it and what options are available or if it applies just one type of de-interlacing.

I tried Handbrake which has a decomb option only de-interlacing if it identifies a section with comb effects, this has Bob and other Bob with number settings.

Hope PD17Ultra has such options as well.

I have googled this, read the manual, searched on de-interlacing spelt various ways, found absolutely nothing on allowing a beginner to find this de-interlacing section. I even rang Cyberlink and the guy there just floundered for 20 mins whilst my phone bill rocketed from the UK.

Steve01