Telecine does not work correctly so far: Topaz Video AI v3.5.4 - #31 by Artur_Alekseev
When 29.97 → 23.97 conversion is done (when needed) there are duplicate fields (NOT frames) that needs to be removed.
Mostly they are 3 fields from every 10. But its more complex. Not always they are just duplicated of field that is before.
Considering the topic. Frame interpolation models always replace dropped duplicate frames. Surely its super easy for Topaz team to add a feature just to remove duplicate frames without replacing them. Hope it will be done someday.