Sporadic frame blending in PAL DVD of Soviet-era film

[chipsndukes]

Hi,

I bought a PAL DVD of a Soviet-era film, and noticed some frame blending, sporadically in stretches.

Attached is a clip as an example.

Frames 0-52: no blending
Frames 53-120: blending

Does anyone know why these frames are blended? Is there a mistake, or is there some other reason?

I just find it a little sad, because IMHO the film quality is otherwise decent, and the blending takes away from it.

Thanks, I am just really curious.

Chipsndukes

test1.demuxed.zip

[manono]

It was deinterlaced. Both fields of the blended frames are also blended. It's hopeless.

[chipsndukes]

Hi manono,

Thanks for taking time and looking at the clip. Yes, I did sort of want to remove the blending, and have seen it done with VCD-like files:

http://avisynth.org/mediawiki/Removing_blended_film_frames_on_vcds

This case is tougher because no original frames are present, the blends are always in stretches.


To answer my own question regarding the blending, I would say it was a cheap way to adjust framerate without having to adjust the audio.

Chipsndukes

[lordsmurf]

Shoddy work is all this is.