diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.md b/CONTRIBUTORS.md
index 1b4fdc8c46..e383d02b74 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.md
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
  - [nvllsvm](https://github.com/nvllsvm)
  - [nyanmisaka](https://github.com/nyanmisaka)
  - [oddstr13](https://github.com/oddstr13)
+ - [orryverducci](https://github.com/orryverducci)
  - [petermcneil](https://github.com/petermcneil)
  - [Phlogi](https://github.com/Phlogi)
  - [pjeanjean](https://github.com/pjeanjean)
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs
index 550916f823..9f6b2be8fa 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs
@@ -2090,6 +2090,9 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding
             var hasTextSubs = state.SubtitleStream != null && state.SubtitleStream.IsTextSubtitleStream && state.SubtitleDeliveryMethod == SubtitleDeliveryMethod.Encode;
             var hasGraphicalSubs = state.SubtitleStream != null && !state.SubtitleStream.IsTextSubtitleStream && state.SubtitleDeliveryMethod == SubtitleDeliveryMethod.Encode;
 
+            // If double rate deinterlacing is enabled and the input framerate is 30fps or below, otherwise the output framerate will be too high for many devices
+            var doubleRateDeinterlace = options.DeinterlaceDoubleRate && (videoStream?.RealFrameRate ?? 60) <= 30;
+
             // When the input may or may not be hardware VAAPI decodable
             if (isVaapiH264Encoder)
             {
@@ -2136,35 +2139,38 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding
             {
                 if (isVaapiH264Encoder)
                 {
-                    filters.Add(string.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, "deinterlace_vaapi"));
+                    filters.Add(
+                        string.Format(
+                            CultureInfo.InvariantCulture,
+                            "deinterlace_vaapi=rate={0}",
+                            doubleRateDeinterlace ? "field" : "frame"));
                 }
             }
 
             // Add software deinterlace filter before scaling filter
-            if (state.DeInterlace("h264", true)
-                || state.DeInterlace("avc", true)
-                || state.DeInterlace("h265", true)
-                || state.DeInterlace("hevc", true))
+            if ((state.DeInterlace("h264", true)
+                 || state.DeInterlace("avc", true)
+                 || state.DeInterlace("h265", true)
+                 || state.DeInterlace("hevc", true))
+                && !isVaapiH264Encoder
+                && !isQsvH264Encoder
+                && !isNvdecH264Decoder)
             {
-                string deintParam;
-                var inputFramerate = videoStream?.RealFrameRate;
-
-                // If it is already 60fps then it will create an output framerate that is much too high for roku and others to handle
-                if (string.Equals(options.DeinterlaceMethod, "yadif_bob", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) && (inputFramerate ?? 60) <= 30)
+                if (string.Equals(options.DeinterlaceMethod, "bwdif", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                 {
-                    deintParam = "yadif=1:-1:0";
+                    filters.Add(
+                        string.Format(
+                            CultureInfo.InvariantCulture,
+                            "bwdif={0}:-1:0",
+                            doubleRateDeinterlace ? "1" : "0"));
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    deintParam = "yadif=0:-1:0";
-                }
-
-                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(deintParam))
-                {
-                    if (!isVaapiH264Encoder && !isQsvH264Encoder && !isNvdecH264Decoder)
-                    {
-                        filters.Add(deintParam);
-                    }
+                    filters.Add(
+                        string.Format(
+                            CultureInfo.InvariantCulture,
+                            "yadif={0}:-1:0",
+                            doubleRateDeinterlace ? "1" : "0"));
                 }
             }
 
@@ -2397,6 +2403,11 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding
                         if (state.DeInterlace("h264", true))
                         {
                             inputModifier += " -deint 1";
+
+                            if (!encodingOptions.DeinterlaceDoubleRate || (videoStream?.RealFrameRate ?? 60) > 30)
+                            {
+                                inputModifier += " -drop_second_field 1";
+                            }
                         }
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Model/Configuration/EncodingOptions.cs b/MediaBrowser.Model/Configuration/EncodingOptions.cs
index 2e548e8b45..41ff517a01 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Model/Configuration/EncodingOptions.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Model/Configuration/EncodingOptions.cs
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Model.Configuration
 
         public string EncoderPreset { get; set; }
 
+        public bool DeinterlaceDoubleRate { get; set; }
+
         public string DeinterlaceMethod { get; set; }
 
         public bool EnableDecodingColorDepth10Hevc { get; set; }
@@ -60,6 +62,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Model.Configuration
             VaapiDevice = "/dev/dri/renderD128";
             H264Crf = 23;
             H265Crf = 28;
+            DeinterlaceDoubleRate = false;
             DeinterlaceMethod = "yadif";
             EnableDecodingColorDepth10Hevc = true;
             EnableDecodingColorDepth10Vp9 = true;