What is it called and how to fix it? (from an old video)

[namphong0612]

Hello everyone, I have an old video, seems that it used to be stored on a VHS tape, then transferred to DVD.
Anyway, all I have now is a video file, and it looks like this:



The horizontal white stripes, what do you call it (sorry)? They look really annoying and I want to remove them.
I have:
- VirtualDub
- Sony Vegas Pro 8
- Neat Video plugin for Sony Vegas

The Neat Video plugin always crashes when I open it in Vegas.
Could you show me how to remove those white stripes please?

Thanks a lot!

[aedipuss]

use mediainfo on the file. paste the text results here. most likely interlacing which can be de-interlaced during playback by the video player software. removing it would result in a lower quality video.

[namphong0612]

use mediainfo on the file. paste the text results here. most likely interlacing which can be de-interlaced during playback by the video player software. removing it would result in a lower quality video.

I use Vegas to check the media info, and here's the result:

Streams
Video: 02:02:23.002, 29.970 fps interlaced, 704x480x32, MPEG-2
Audio: 02:02:23.008, 48,000 Hz, Stereo, MPEG

ACID information
ACID chunk: no
Stretch chunk: no
Stretch list: no
Stretch info2: no
Beat markers: no
Detected beats: no

Other metadata
Regions/markers: no
Command markers: no

Media manager
Media tags: no

[redwudz]

I think aedipuss was referring to the MediaInfo program for information. The info from Vegas is minimal, but it does appear to be interlaced video.

Try viewing it with a player that properly displays interlaced video and see if the problem goes away. VLC with Bob deinterlacing turned on is one choice.
Interlaced video should display properly on a TV as it handles interlaced video correctly. PC displays are normally progressive displays and do not unless you use a interlace capable player. If your final output is to be DVD, you don't want to deinterlace.

If that doesn't fix the problem, try posting a short representative clip here.

[namphong0612]

I think aedipuss was referring to the MediaInfo program for information. The info from Vegas is minimal, but it does appear to be interlaced video.

Try viewing it with a player that properly displays interlaced video and see if the problem goes away. VLC with Bob deinterlacing turned on is one choice.
Interlaced video should display properly on a TV as it handles interlaced video correctly. PC displays are normally progressive displays and do not unless you use a interlace capable player. If your final output is to be DVD, you don't want to deinterlace.

If that doesn't fix the problem, try posting a short representative clip here.

Thanks. I do want to put it to DVD after editing those white stripes.
Here's a sample clip:
http://www.mediafire.com/?u8793420r6xkd38

[jagabo]

Your sample is interlaced but that has little to do with the noise. I don't know why Vegas is crashing with Neat Video. Attached a quick example of what Neat Video can do in VirtualDub (Xvid AVI). You should be able to tweak it for better results.