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    I have a French anime DVD of an OVA that was only released on VHS in Japan. The DVD uses the same master that the VHS used, so it was interlaced, possibly D2. I want to convert it back to NTSC 23.976fps. Is that possible and easy to do?

    I grabbed a plug in for avisynth that I mistaked for a PAL to NTSC convertor, but it was actually the other way around. I was actually able to recover and almost full progressive video within it with just a few blends left over from the conversion. But when I tried to output, it was 10fps! Despite me telling it 23.976fps. So it seems like it CAN be done based on what I was able to recover in that plug in, but I guess I just need the CORRECT one/ones! I have also seen Sailor Moon mkvs marked as having the R4 Madman DVDs as the source, and are progressive 24fps. I do not own the dvds so I do not know how the conversion was done. From memory, the Jp dvds are progressive, so maybe it was a simple 24fps-> 25fps conversion. The pitch is correct as well. I want to buy these dvds to check them out as they use the R2 DVD source rather than the hideous "blu-ray" version. Other DVD releases also use the shitty bd source rather than the R2 dvds.
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    Usually Srestore in Avisynth works. Post a sample of the VOB,
    you can use DGindex to cut a m2v sample
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  3. And include a long panning shot in the sample.
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    Okay, thanks! Will do! I will rip the DVD tonight or tomorrow.
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    Originally Posted by SegaSonic91 View Post
    Okay, thanks! Will do! I will rip the DVD tonight or tomorrow.
    Write about the result, I am also interested in this question.
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    Originally Posted by Appoloh View Post
    Originally Posted by SegaSonic91 View Post
    Okay, thanks! Will do! I will rip the DVD tonight or tomorrow.
    Write about the result, I am also interested in this question.
    Will do! I just found and ripped the DVD, so I will post a clip in the morning. It is currently 3:11am here >_<;
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  7. Since it is anime, that may complicate things.

    For film, it is easy:

    1. If it was encoded as 23.976 fps, and they simply set the pulldown flag, you just rip it and use it. Otherwise, if it is hard-telecined (the duplicated fields are actually included on the DVD) then you have to remove those using the TFM/TDecimate pair that are included in IVTC.

    2. Once you have your 23.976, you can decide what to do. If your Australian equipment can play it, which I suspect it might, I'd just leave it as is and be done. Do you really need to do the 24-->25 fps PAL speedup?

    Finally, as I said above, the anime cadence could make everything very difficult. It's impossible to tell until we get your sample.
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    Why don't you just leave it alone, converting back to NTSC will degrade it further. You can rip the disc and make the rip as MPEG-2 in mkv container as one single file and you can watch it on almost any TV.
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