Deinterlace, denoise and upscale SD/DV footage for beginners

[Darryl In Canada]

The most common thing I see from newcomers is paralysis when it comes to post-capture processing. They've got a working capture setup, decent footage, and then they hit Hybrid or Avisynth and shut down completely.

My initial attempt to help the community has to create a Hybrid for Beginners video on YouTube, showing the most basic but required steps.

My new attempt to help is the VCG Deinterlacer Windows application.


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It's a Windows wizard-style application built for people with a capture device (a USB capture stick, a DV-25 camcorder) who need to handle the core post-capture workflow. It wraps QTGMC, the industry-standard motion-compensated deinterlacer, along with several other VapourSynth filters, behind a step-by-step interface. It's the software I wish had existed when I got back into video capture a few years ago.

What it does:

• Deinterlaces using QTGMC, configured conservatively to preserve analog character without over-sharpening
• Automatically crops switching noise from the bottom (and edges where applicable)
• Optional temporal denoising via SMDegrain (light or heavy)
• Optional upscale to HD resolutions using NNEDI3 -- useful because YouTube compresses HD uploads better than SD, so your final video actually looks cleaner online
• NTSC and PAL support with correct pixel aspect ratio handling
• Batch processing, drag and drop, no installer required

Advanced Options (all optional):

• Y/C Delay correction, Color Cast correction, Levels adjustment, mono-to-stereo audio mix
• Output formats: ProRes HQ, H.264, FFV1
• On first launch it downloads and installs FFmpeg and VapourSynth automatically (about 136 MB). Nothing else to configure.

I want to be clear about scope. This is not a replacement for Hybrid. If you need dehalo, advanced color grading, custom filter chains, or anything beyond the standard analog tape workflow, use Hybrid. I still do. VCG Deinterlacer covers the most important steps for the typical newcomer with SD or DV footage and gets them to a clean output without a steep learning curve.

I test every release on a secondary Windows machine to make sure it runs cleanly on a system other than my own development setup. That said, bugs are still possible. If you run into anything, please leave a note on the GitHub releases page or reply here.

Next steps:

1. Download the latest release: https://github.com/Video-Capture-Guide/VCG-Deinterlacer/releases
2. Watch the tutorial on how to download and run it: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhig3_qBFyah3Tg6Rs3l10yLxRCyvSwhF

[c24]

both chrome and windows defender flag this program as a virus

[_Al_]

nice,

question, if I may, not related to apps functionality, but regarding qtgmc. What version of vapoursynth it uses? Havsfunc and its qtgmc function does not work with latest versions, is that right?

[davexnet]

Here's some more info

[desperate_vhs_archiver]

Hello, long time lurker here. Made an account just for this.

I have strong reason to believe this developer has malicious intent.

They've been notified of these viruses weeks ago and have not addressed it. In fact, they updated it a few weeks ago with even more viruses.

DO NOT DOWNLOAD OR INSTALL VCG DEINTERLACER ON A DEVICE OR A NETWORK THAT MATTERS.

Screenshot of VirusTotal included.