All you need do is render to the cineform HD codec - thats it ! Call it an .avi or a .m2t it is still the same information inside the box.

There will always be a slight loss in quality when rendering / recompressing anything.

Deinteralcing is likely to produce a much larger drop in quality depending on the material - do you need to deinteralce for the chosen delivery format ? ?

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