diff --git a/src/database-migration.js b/src/database-migration.js
index 1c6f0ef..0df83c7 100644
--- a/src/database-migration.js
+++ b/src/database-migration.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 const path = require('path');
 var fs = require('fs');
 
-const TARGET_VERSION = 701;
+const TARGET_VERSION = 702;
 
 const STEPS = [
     // [v, v2, x] : if the current version is v, call x(db), and version becomes v2
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ const STEPS = [
     [    600,    601, (db) => addFPS(db) ],
     [    601,    700, (db) => migrateWatermark(db) ],
     [    700,    701, (db) => addScalingAlgorithm(db) ],
+    [    701,    702, (db) => addDeinterlaceFilter(db) ]
 ]
 
 const { v4: uuidv4 } = require('uuid');
@@ -397,6 +398,7 @@ function ffmpeg() {
         normalizeAudio: true,
         maxFPS: 60,
         scalingAlgorithm: "bicubic",
+        deinterlaceFilter: "none"
     }
 }
 
@@ -755,6 +757,12 @@ function addScalingAlgorithm(db) {
     fs.writeFileSync( f, JSON.stringify( [ffmpegSettings] ) );
 }
 
+function addDeinterlaceFilter(db) {
+    let ffmpegSettings = db['ffmpeg-settings'].find()[0];
+    let f = path.join(process.env.DATABASE, 'ffmpeg-settings.json');
+    ffmpegSettings.deinterlaceFilter = "none";
+    fs.writeFileSync( f, JSON.stringify( [ffmpegSettings] ) );
+}
 
 module.exports = {
     initDB: initDB,
diff --git a/src/ffmpeg.js b/src/ffmpeg.js
index b884c1c..f2403df 100644
--- a/src/ffmpeg.js
+++ b/src/ffmpeg.js
@@ -165,6 +165,12 @@ class FFMPEG extends events.EventEmitter {
                 currentVideo ="[fpchange]";
             }
 
+            // deinterlace if desired
+            if (streamStats.videoScanType == 'interlaced' && this.opts.deinterlaceFilter != 'none') {
+                videoComplex += `;${currentVideo}${this.opts.deinterlaceFilter}[deinterlaced]`;
+                currentVideo = "[deinterlaced]";
+            }
+
             // prepare input streams
             if ( typeof(streamUrl.errorTitle) !== 'undefined') {
                 doOverlay = false; //never show icon in the error screen
diff --git a/src/plexTranscoder.js b/src/plexTranscoder.js
index 11f3def..ca40040 100644
--- a/src/plexTranscoder.js
+++ b/src/plexTranscoder.js
@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@ lang=en`
                     // Rounding framerate avoids scenarios where
                     // 29.9999999 & 30 don't match.
                     ret.videoDecision = (typeof stream.decision === 'undefined') ? 'copy' : stream.decision;
+                    ret.videoScanType = stream.scanType;
                 }
                 // Audio. Only look at stream being used
                 if (stream["streamType"] == "2" && stream["selected"] == "1") {
diff --git a/web/directives/ffmpeg-settings.js b/web/directives/ffmpeg-settings.js
index f4f66c7..52c507d 100644
--- a/web/directives/ffmpeg-settings.js
+++ b/web/directives/ffmpeg-settings.js
@@ -66,6 +66,14 @@ module.exports = function (dizquetv, resolutionOptions) {
                 {id: "lanczos", description: "lanczos"},
                 {id: "spline", description: "spline"},
             ];
+            scope.deinterlaceOptions = [
+                {value: "none", description: "do not deinterlace"},
+                {value: "bwdif=0", description: "bwdif send frame"},
+                {value: "bwdif=1", description: "bwdif send field"},
+                {value: "w3fdif", description: "w3fdif"},
+                {value: "yadif=0", description: "yadif send frame"},
+                {value: "yadif=1", description: "yadif send field"}
+            ];
 
         }
     }
diff --git a/web/public/templates/ffmpeg-settings.html b/web/public/templates/ffmpeg-settings.html
index 71a66bb..09fb68f 100644
--- a/web/public/templates/ffmpeg-settings.html
+++ b/web/public/templates/ffmpeg-settings.html
@@ -103,6 +103,11 @@
             ng-options="o.id as o.description for o in scalingOptions" ></select>
             <small id='scalingHelp' class='form-text text-muted'>Scaling algorithm to use when the transcoder needs to change the video size.</small>
 
+            <br />
+            <label>Deinterlace Filter</label>
+            <select class='form-control custom-select'  ng-model="settings.deinterlaceFilter" ria-describedby="deinterlaceHelp"
+            ng-options="o.value as o.description for o in deinterlaceOptions" ></select>
+            <small id='deinterlaceHelp' class='form-text text-muted'>Deinterlace filter to use when video is interlaced. This is only needed when Plex transcoding is not used.</small>
         </div>
 
         <div class="form-group">