FFmpeg 5.1.6
Since* 2.0
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Apply telecine process to the video.

This filter accepts the following options:

first_field
top, t

top field first

bottom, b

bottom field first The default value is top.

pattern

A string of numbers representing the pulldown pattern you wish to apply. The default value is 23.

Some typical patterns:

NTSC output (30i):
27.5p: 32222
24p: 23 (classic)
24p: 2332 (preferred)
20p: 33
18p: 334
16p: 3444

PAL output (25i):
27.5p: 12222
24p: 222222222223 ("Euro pulldown")
16.67p: 33
16p: 33333334