old film -> dvd (resolved)

[shteeve]

my friend has some old film footage that his dad projected and recorded onto vhs. i have captured the footage and am going to make a dvd for my friend, but it seems a waste not to inverse telecine the footage. the problem is that since the setup for getting the footage onto vhs was less than precise, it doesn't seem to follow a reliable telecining pattern. is there any tool out there that can analyze fields and intelligently pair them back into the original frames... or am i outta luck?

steve

[johns0]

Most likely out of luck,since it was projected on to vhs the time scale will be slightly off and it will not match and i havent heard of any filter that would recognize any pattern that shifted.

[manono]

Hi-

How have you tried so far to IVTC it? Have you used any of the AviSynth IVTCs, such as Decomb, SmartDecimate, or TIVTC? Do you have a sample you can make available for examination?

[shteeve]

manono: avisynth decomb worked perfectly, thankyou. i had tried virtualdub and the avisynth builtin pulldown filter prior to that with no success.

[manono]

Hi-

Good, glad you got it figured out. Yes, the built in AviSynth Pulldown filter is pretty useless, and the VDub one isn't much better. Using the AviSynth Pulldown, even if you find the right combo for one section, the pattern has to stay the same throughout or you're out of luck. The third party AviSynth IVTCs are much better.