Patent ID: 8228979

Claim:
A method of processing an audio/video program to output a modified version of the program at a desired display rate, comprising the steps of: providing a computer including RAM, ROM and a processor; the computer receiving an input video program in a first interlaced format having no added redundant frames or fields; the computer de-interlacing the input video program to generate a video program in a first progressive format comprising a sequence of progressive frames, each progressive frame being derived from a respective one, and only one, of the fields in the first interlaced format; the computer removing or repeating some of the frames of the video program in the first progressive format to generate a program in a second progressive format; and the computer outputting the program in the second progressive format, wherein the display rate of the program is at least 48 frames-per-second, and is an integer multiple of substantially 24, 25, or 30 frames-per-second.