Confusion with DGIndex, AviSynth, VirtualDub and audio files

[fatcharlie]

I used DGIndex to create a .d2v file from a .vob file. With the .d2v file I was able to use VirtualDub/AviSynth to clean up the interlace with TomsMoComp. So far everything is great. TomsMoComp did what Handbrake was unable to do. Now my problem is I don't know how to put back together the audio (DGIndex saved it as a .separate .ac3 file) and the video.

I can do it without the TomsMoComp with a script like this:

LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\AviSynth 2.5\plugins\DGDecode.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\AviSynth 2.5\plugins\NicAudio_204\NicAudio.dll")
video = MPEG2Source("E01.d2v")
audio = NicAc3Source("E01 T80 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3")
AudioDub(video,audio)

However, I lose my TomsMoComp.

My script for TomsMoComp look like this:

LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\AviSynth 2.5\plugins\DGDecode.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\AviSynth 2.5\plugins\Avisynth_2.5\TomsMoComp.dll")
clip = MPEG2Source("E01.d2v")
return clip.TomsMoComp(1,5,1)

How can I use this script and and audio to it? Or do I need to do something else entirely?

[poisondeathray]

add it after , or stick it onto the video with "."

LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\AviSynth 2.5\plugins\DGDecode.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\AviSynth 2.5\plugins\NicAudio_204\NicAudio.dll")
video = MPEG2Source("E01.d2v").TomsMoComp(1,5,1)
audio = NicAc3Source("E01 T80 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3")
AudioDub(video,audio)


or


LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\AviSynth 2.5\plugins\DGDecode.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\AviSynth 2.5\plugins\NicAudio_204\NicAudio.dll")
video = MPEG2Source("E01.d2v")
audio = NicAc3Source("E01 T80 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3")
AudioDub(video,audio)
TomsMoComp(1,5,1)

[fatcharlie]

Awesome! Thank you poisondeathray!!

[poisondeathray]

handbrake does have deinterlacing filters , did it not work for you?

is this an interlaced dvd or telecined dvd ? you wouldn't deinterlace the latter , you would inverse telecine it (IVTC)

[fatcharlie]

Can it be mixed? There are parts that definitely follow the 3 progressive frames/2 interlaced frames sequence with motion, but at the beginning there's a closeup of a person speaking and there is one particular segment where at least 6 frames in a row are interlaced (horizontal lines on the movement).

I tried using decomb with detelecine, default settings and they did nothing on the closeups of the person speaking. And I tried using default deinterlace, again with no results. I didn't really understand Handbrake's documentation well enough to change anything from the default values.

[poisondeathray]

yes it can be mixed

I would recommend using adaptive field matcher (TFM from TIVTC package in hybrid mode) ; so things like cadence breaks are handled better

[fatcharlie]

Ok, I'm assuming you mean with AviSynth. I did a quick Google search for "TFM from TIVTC package in hybrid mode" before replying.

I will definitely try that. Do you think it will work better than TomsMoComp? That worked pretty well.

[poisondeathray]

Hard to say, it's going to depend on the source and settings. If you think it's ok, then don't worry about it

But if it's deinterlacing 3:2 sections without decimation, you're going to get dupes (jerky playback)

If this is a primarily telecined 3:2 film source with different sections that are video, you would normally follow up TFM(some settings) with TDecimate(some settings) to decimate the dupes .

[fatcharlie]

It didn't appear to be jerky in the preview in VirtualDub or WMP. But that is something I will look out for with future conversions.

Can I be an even bigger newb, and ask for a recommendation on a good encoder? I just found what seems to be a good guide for using MeGui with .avs scripts to encode to .mp4, was thinking of trying that. Or is there a plugin for VirtualDub?

Thanks again for your help!!

[poisondeathray]

encoder for what? h.264 ? xvid ? mpeg2 ?

there is only 1 free h.264 encoder, that's x264 encoder. Both megui and handbrake are GUI's for it

megui should work fine, as should vdub . You can access x264 in vdub directly through the vfw version of x264 , or use vdub's external encoder feature

[fatcharlie]

Yeah, H.264.

I will investigate both vdub and MeGui.

Thanks again. You have been a tremendous help!!