Hi,

I'm a newbie to Avisynth, but have found this site and others infinitely helpful in converting a dvd to avs so I can editing it in premiere. I've made the script pieced together from bits and pieces and have googled certain commands to see what they do in order to improve my script and the final quality.

I'm working on a documentary about Sept 11th and have gotten a few dvd's to use footage (I can't afford to buy stock footage just yet, but will need to for final edit) from, to weave my story together. Its just for my use and to help with the edit process. [please don't get on my case about copyright issues, yes I know them, as stated this is for helping purposes, i've bought the original dvd's]

Anyway, the original footage was filmed in the US in NTSC (as we all know), the Dvd was converted and made for region2 PAL, so assume its at 25fps now. I had problem when I tried script for NTSC telecide, anyway.

What I would like to do is (I'm using the AMV guide to ripping as a starting point and the mpeg.dll template as its in the guide)
Deinterlace it (its top field first), clean it up, sharpen it, smooth it if possible (so far this slows down the speed massively), convert it to rgb32 for premiere editing.

Can someone look at the script and tell me if its okay or what I could do to improve it. I'm not sure field deinterlace is the best line to run but it does the job and hasn't affected the field/speed.

Script 1******************************

#ASYNTHER MPEG2Source (mpeg2dec.dll)
loadplugin("C:\Program Files\AviSynth 2.5\plugins\TemporalCleaner.dll")
loadplugin("C:\Program Files\AviSynth 2.5\plugins\MSharpen.dll")
MPEG2Source("C:\DVDVolume\9 11.d2v",cpu=4)
FieldDeinterlace(full=true,blend=true)
#ntsc to pal IVTC
#telecide(order=1,guide=2,post=2,blend=true,vthres h=30,back=1)
#decimate(cycle=5,mode=2,qquality=3)
#assumefps(24)
TemporalCleaner (ythresh=5, cthresh=10)
MSharpen(15,100,true,false,false)
#msmooth(threshold=6,strength=4)
tweak(sat=1.1,cont=0.9,bright=1.0)
#mftoon()
ConvertToRGB32()
******************************

script 2

#ASYNTHER MPEG2Source (mpeg2dec.dll)
LoadPlugin("F:\Program Files\AviSynth 2.5\plugins\decomb521.dll" + "MPEG2DEC.dll")
MPEG2Source("G:\9 11\911.d2v",cpu=4)
#telecide(order=1,guide=2,post=2,blend=true,vthres h=30,back=1)
#decimate(mode=1,threshold=1.0)
#assumefps(24)
tweak(sat=1.1,cont=0.9,bright=1.0)
vaguedenoiser()
temporalcleaner(5,10)
#msmooth(threshold=6,strength=4)
#mftoon()
ConvertTorgb32()
***************************************

I can't see a difference for vaguenoiser, mftoon, decomb521.dll or what they'd do.

Thanks