AME CC renders AE projects progressive (not interlaced)

Hi folks,
we updated to CC 2014.2 last week and are now stuck without fields - and as a broadcaster broadcasting 1080i we desperately need interlaced files!
Here´s the detail:
For a quick demonstation I created a simple AE project (CS6) with a blue bar rotating around the center.
This same composition is opened in AME CS6 and in AME 2014.2 and rendered with the identical settings:
This is the result from AME CS6:
This is the result from AME CC 2014.2
During the last week we tried everything to convince AME 2014.2 to render in fields - but we didn´t succeed...
The only workaround is:
open the AE composition in PremierePro
interpret it as "upper field"
place it into a sequence
send this sequence to AME
Then AME renders it interlaced...
Please note
I´m not talking about interlaced or progressive videomaterial but about the field handling of AE animations itself in AME
under "Quelle/Source" it says "progressive", but you can´t change the interpretation on a AE composition
in AME CS6 it says "progressive" as well but renders out fields
we tried this with several different projects and compositions on different computers (PC and Mac)
scary: identical sources with identical render settings produce different files in AME CS6 vs. AME 2014.2
it´s not just the field/progressive thing - mp4 files from AME 2014.2 are half size than from AME CS6
Thanks for your help - we really need our fields back...  ;-)
Best regards
Andreas Schletter
Germany

I just ran a test and here's what I found.
Rendering from CC 2014 using the Render Cue and separating fields in the Project Panel gives you an interlaced file. Rendering from the AME and using h.264 you do not get an interlaced result even if you check the separate fields box. I I also tried Jpeg2000 quicktime from AME with the same result... no progressive render. I even tried doubling the frame rate in the AME, again no progressive render. The only way to get a progressive render in the latest build of the AME is by setting the comp frame rate in AE to double the standard frame rate. In your example 50 fps.
Here's how I test for interlacing.
If the footage is interlaced then there will be different positions for your blue bar for each frame if you drag your progressive footage into the new comp window, verify that the comp is the same frame rate as the footage (25 fps in your example) and that AE is properly interpreting the footage, then double the comp frame rate. if you step through the comp one frame at a time and each frame is different then you have interlaced footage but it is interlaced without the empty scan lines. After Effects has tried to fill in these scan lines as long as I can remember.
Looks like this is a bug. I'll file a report and suggest you do the same. In the mean time, if you have to use the AME to render your deliverables then the workaround is to double the frame rate in the comp before adding it to the cue.

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