Media player with "vector adaptive deinterlacing"?

[Asterra]

I have recently gotten my hands on a 1080i video which I intend to watch with the best possible presentation. By that I mean I am hoping to find a media player whose deinterlacer is as impeccable as 2018 technology can render. In truth, I had expected this to be a long-solved issue, and indeed I have had great luck with deinterlacing whenever watching 480i content, or so I thought

But within seconds of playing the video in either VLC or MPC-HC, I noticed the kind of artifacts that suggested that either no deinterlacing was taking place, or it was simply failing to achieve what I am confident can be achieved. Rapid movement spots like moving mouths or blinking eyes were regularly being shown with interlacing, even as frame-by-frame.

This led me to this helpful post from a decade ago. In it, the author provides a sample 1080i video along with many detailed explanations on how to identify the type of deinterlacer a given playback device may be using. Through the use of this post and the provided video, I was able to determine a few things:

• In 2009 at least, vector adaptive deinterlacing seems to have been the clear winner.
• Based on the artifacting I saw, MPC-HC (MadVR) quite clearly uses motion adaptive deinteralcing.
• Based on the artifacting I saw, VLC (Yadif 2x) quite clearly uses either adaptive or bob deinterlacing. (Permanent flickering even when not in motion.)
• Vector adaptive deinterlacing is not in evidence in either case.

If I prove unable to find a vector adaptive deinterlacing solution today in 2018, MPC-HC is the obvious choice between these two players in their default configurations. But I am obviously hoping for better.

[flashandpan007]

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[KarMa]

Best possible quality comes from QTGMC in Avisynth. So you would have to re-encode it, as you normally can't use QTGMC in realtime.

[Asterra]

Best possible quality comes from QTGMC in Avisynth. So you would have to re-encode it, as you normally can't use QTGMC in realtime.

I am familiar with QTGMC, having made use of it in a few of my own home video projects. As you likely know, it is not well-suited for the realtime demands of a media player. I'm not hoping for a miracle. I'm hoping for a media player that can do at least what was possible ten years ago.

[jagabo]

If the video is film based you will be better served by an inverse telecine.

For real interlaced video you might be able to get AviSynth's nnedi3(-2) to run in realtime.

[Asterra]

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It's in the post I gave a link to above. But here is a direct link.

[flashandpan007]

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It's in the post I gave a link to above. But here is a direct link.

That's the file you want to watch? I thought you have is another file and the one of AVS forum is just another sample file for testing.

[jagabo]

A test pattern like that isn't really indicative of deinterlacing quality. And that video isn't really interlaced, it's 30p with the fields out of phase. Play it with:

SeparateFields()
Trim(1,0)
Weave()

That easily runs in realtime on my old i5 2500K. Some players may do the same automatically.

[poisondeathray]

But within seconds of playing the video in either VLC or MPC-HC, I noticed the kind of artifacts that suggested that either no deinterlacing was taking place, or it was simply failing to achieve what I am confident can be achieved. Rapid movement spots like moving mouths or blinking eyes were regularly being shown with interlacing, even as frame-by-frame.

And that sample has no "mouthing mouths or blinking eyes"