[dvd::rip] Deinterlacing

[Sebastien Gerega <seb@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello all,
I am relatively new to DVD::Rip but have been extremely happy with the 
support and package as a whole. However, I have several questions 
especially in regard to deinterlacing. First of all I have some DVDs 
that I watch on my laptop, which I have come to realise are interlaced. 
This results in many horizontal lines, to the point of it being 
difficult to watch, appearing in the picture when watching the DVDs in 
linux. When I watch the movies in windows on the same laptop I do not 
get this problem. What is the reason for this? Is there a way around 
this problem?

Secondly, when ripping DVDs should one deinterlace the video? I have 
tried doing this a couple times, and apart form deinterlacing 
drastically increasing the transcoding time, I have not been completely 
happy with the results. If I really should deinterlace, are there any 
recommended filters I should apply?
any help would be great,
thanks,
Sebastien Gerega