Removing aerial noise and crosstalk?

[Master Tape]

I've encountered a few recordings with a very static picture due to the use of an indoor aerial, and would like to clean things up a bit. I've just attached a short random example.

I've tried SMDegrain, and whilst it helps a little, there's still too much noise.

[Sharc]

AVISource("Aerial Noise.avi")
converttoYV12()
knlmeansCL(d=10,s=8,h=10.0)
smdegrain(tr=6,thsad=1000)
knlmeansCL(d=10,s=8,h=10.0)

[Attachment 68585 - Click to enlarge]

But I would rather ditch this capture.

[Master Tape]

Getting a 'There is no function named 'knlmeansCL' error, despite having put the 64-bit plugin in the correct folder.

Impressive results. I will be ditching this capture, it's just a random snippet of no value.

[Sharc]

Try the 32-bit plugin.
Then, process it as interlaced or deinterlace it if the capture is interlaced . It didn't really matter for this poor source though.
See here:
https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/407943-Anyway-to-boost-contrast-without-clipping#post2675676

[themaster1]

Neat was made for this kind of noise

[Attachment 68587 - Click to enlarge]

[Master Tape]

Try the 32-bit plugin.
Then, process it as interlaced or deinterlace it if the capture is interlaced . It didn't really matter for this poor source though.
See here:
https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/407943-Anyway-to-boost-contrast-without-clipping#post2675676

Thanks, i got the 64-bit plugin to work eventually. Yes i am deinterlacing all my clips anyway, so always apply after deinterlace for best results.

Neat was made for this kind of noise

[Attachment 68587 - Click to enlarge]

Wow that's even better. I wish i knew how to use Neat properly. So from what i gather, Neat works by fetching information from the previous and following 5 frames to reconstruct a better image? And can Neat do so whilst retaining detail and not let it be smeary? And does it work better on longer sources?

[Selur]

Neat looks nice. (Using HQ3D (or BM3D) with high strength + SMDegrain + DeSpot/Lossless + some sharpening returns similar results here)
But I agree that proper recapturing would be the preferred approach.

[Alwyn]

I wish i knew how to use Neat properly.

I find the trick is to use an area of constant colour. In this case, I used the blue sky at frame 18 after deinterlacing with VDub's deinterlacer.

You can also play around with the sliders to set the desired amount of NR; back it off if it's too plasticy.