aktau

#!/bin/bash

# for a blogpost on this, check: http://www.aktau.be/2013/09/22/detecting-interlaced-video-with-ffmpeg/

# detect interlacing with the ffmpeg "idet" filter, the longer
# you let this run, the better, though it's never 100% accurate

# flags:
# -an            = discard audio, we don't need it
# -f rawvideo    = output raw video