Do DV tapes captured by FCP retain their interlaced identity?
This stems from a query on the iMovie forum.
When capturing DV-PAL in FCP or iMovie is the captured footage interlaced or progressive?
Mac mini, macOS 15.5
Final Cut Pro 10.7-11.0 imports 720x576 rectangular pixels, 25 fps bottom field first interlaced, overall 30.5 Mb/s, timecode .mov (DV, audio is 16 bit 48.0 kHz 1536 kb/s PCM Little / Signed) from a PAL camcorder 4:3 footage.
The old 32-bit QuickTime Player 7 Pro has "Use high-quality video setting when available" which imports interlaced DV encoded clips like the old iMovie v1-6 used to do and essentially the same as above.
On the other hand, the current QuickTime Player with its "Maximum" and "High" options: imported footage is blend/mean deinterlaced as progressive so there are those ghost lines in moving objects no matter what.