Mpeg2 -> Divx -> Mpeg2 conversion to remove logos.

[maxlan]

Hi,

I have some mpeg2 movies recorded with a PVR satellite receiver. I'd like to manage them in order to remove the TV logo on the corner of them. I've wandered the forum, and it seems to me that the only way to remove a logo (without cropping) is using the logo remover filter in Virtualdub. The problem is that (I think) I can't use this filter and save an mpeg2 file directly. So the solution seems to be the creation af an intermediate avi file without the logo and then a conversion of this one through Tmpgenc to obtain the mpeg2.

If this is the only way, what is a good bitrate or parameter to use when creating the intermediate avi/divx file?

If not, there is another way to remove the logo and create an mpeg2 file?

Any other advice?

Thank you so much
MaxLan

[IvIark]

I've never tried to remove a logo but it would shorten the process if you simply frameserved the MPEG2 from VirtualDub straight to TMPGEnc rather than create an AVI file first.

[ronnylov]

You will loose quality if making divx as intermediate step. As IvIark just explained it is much better to frameserve from virtualdub to TMPGEnc.

[bugster]

If the source files are mpeg-2 (not mpeg-1), the regular Virtualdub will not open them. You will need vitualdub_mod (or is it virtualdub_mpeg, so many variants these days!).

[maxlan]

I use Virtual_dub with mpeg2 support.

Ok, I will try with the frameserve support.

Thank you so much for all your advices