VHS -> CVD - Clip - Comments/Suggestions

[therick]

Alright, I have just finished encoding Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (from VHS) and I want to hear some comments and suggestions on a sample (vhs-test) that is posted both on the web:

http://www.robbins.dns2go.com

and on FTP: robbins.dns2go.com l/p - vcdhelp/vcdhelp

again, comments suggestions welcome!

[therick]

My method for the above clip -

-capture from composite video with WinTV Go card using VDub and Huffy @ 352x480 YUY2 and 16-bit 22kHz stereo audio

-frame served with AVISynth to CCE using the following script:

LoadPlugin("decomb.dll")
AVISource("capture.avi")
Telecide()
Decimate(cycle=5)
trim(627,171016)
CropBottom(8 )
AddBorders(0,0,0,8 )
TemporalSoften(1,4,4)
SpatialSoften(1,3,3)
ResampleAudio(44100)

settings in CCE 2.5 SP were as follows:

3-pass VBR 0-1590-2450
No changes in video or GOP
NO noise reduction
Image quality priority at 25

audio encoded with TMPEGEnc and toolame @ 128 kbps.

Anyone see any holes in this?

[vhelp]

evening therick,

I seen your post earlier this weekend, but couldn't respond at the time, as
I was bouncing back and forth between my 2nd pc - had problems with getting
my Wintv GO card workin on it - still.

Anyways, I did get the chance to D/L your latest sample clip of Indy,
and I thought that the quality was much better than the LD of Star Wars,
he, he... No color washout this time! But, quality looked good to me over
here. I did burn it and play it with other clips I did for test CDRWs, and
felt that the quality was good or better on the TV view though. PowerDVD
and WinDVD don't seem to give you truer blockless than once you burn
to CD and play on TV. I've had this suspicion for a while now, cause every
so often, though these two software MPG players do well, they tend to magify
the blocks a little to strong, and once viewed on TV via DVD, you barely
notice them, if at all. That's why I always say to burn to CD and test play
it on your TV set for truer judging. Anyways... thanks for adding your
settings though, was just about to post - question answered.

No, imo, I think that everything seems in order. I still prefer TMPG over
CCE, though when I get the chance, I play around some more w/ CCE.

I don't fuss around too much w/ VHS specs and all, cause bottom line, VHS
is pretty noisy. And, at the moment, my ATW card (acting up now) is on the
noisy side. It produces lots of line noise, and I have to use a bit of
filtering to clean it up as best I can, hence my prev. imroving on my
"filter chain" for VHS. Obvisouly, it wouldn't work for you, as you source
seems to be a bit more cleaner than mine. I have lots of wires and boxes and
a number of AC boxes all jumbled up here, and this may be the cause of the
noise in my VHS captures, and Satalite as well. I'm currently testing
my Wintv GO card, but can't get it to go past 352x240 all of the sudden.
So, I have lots to figure out and bouncing back and forth between PCs to
install drivers and test stuff, etc.

I noticed that you had a TRIM statement, and I was confused as to why you
used it in this one small clip. Unless it was a huge MPG file, and this
just cuts? ...to a certain scene in your avi or mpg?

Anyways, I'm about to dissconnect, so that's about it for now.
I think that the clip (and your process) is fine, and probably wouldn't
change a thing, but I'm pretty tied up at the moment w/ some mental-block
going on (above)

Anyways, keep it up.
-vhelp

[therick]

oh, I didn't think to mention this...the trim was for the entire movie...so that is the script file for the entire movie, not the clip...but the trim was the only thing I changed after I did the sample...