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    Could someone steer me in the general direction of some suggestions for filtering to improve/polish video quality capturing video with VirtualDub and encoding with TMPgenc?

    I'm actually quite happy with the quality of my earliest successful captures as I view them on standard television, but was wondering if there were tweaks that anyone has discovered that have the potential to add additional quality to the work.

    I think that I've got the general gist of it down now, and would like to experiment with the setup a little...

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    For virtualdub there are some very good temporal smoothers and noise reducers. The best I have found however is Convolution3d for avisynth. It has done wonders on some very poor source, and has a few preset levels for different amounts of change. Even a simple script can do a lot, so you don't have to learn everything about avisynth to get the benifits.

    I suggest you search and/or browse through the restoration forum here, as that is where this type of issue gets discussed a lot.
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    the temporal smother in virtual dub is great. tnpgenc has a noise filter thats is even better but slows the encoding time
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    Originally Posted by guns1inger
    The best I have found however is Convolution3d for avisynth.
    Just in addition to that, This guide might be useful.
    If in doubt, Google it.
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    Looks like I've got quite a bit of reading/learning to do here -- thanks for the suggestions!

    One thing I've noticed in my work so far is that the video on standard television looks somewhat washed out and weak in color when compared to viewing it on the PC. It's almost starting to look like I'll have to adjust it to where it's painfully dark and oversaturated on the PC in order to compensate. The video quality, apart from this, is good, though -- sharp and clean. The AC3 audio is working well also.

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  6. I also found that video can get washed out.
    I almost always use the Levels filter, and sometimes the HSV adjust as well.
    Add to those, Msharpen, usually at quite low settings, and it's noticeably better on TV, but looks very contrasty and oversaturated on the monitor.
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    Originally Posted by reboot
    I also found that video can get washed out.
    I almost always use the Levels filter, and sometimes the HSV adjust as well.
    Add to those, Msharpen, usually at quite low settings, and it's noticeably better on TV, but looks very contrasty and oversaturated on the monitor.
    Am I correct in assuming that "Levels" and "HSV" are capture settings within VirtualDub, and "Msharpen" is an add-on filter?

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  8. Exactly.
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