Is this VHS Quality Acceptable?

[cfelicio]

Umm, I just realized I have no audio using MPEG2Source("smalltestclip.d2v"). the DGIndex creates a .mp2 file, and virtualdub says it's not supported when I try to use it. Any ideas?

Found solution: audio = MPASource("smalltestclip.mp2", normalize = false)
AudioDub(video, audio)

[cfelicio]

Also realized the first field is top, not bottom:

video = MPEG2Source("smalltestclip.d2v")
audio = MPASource("smalltestclip.mp2", normalize = false)

AudioDub(video, audio)

ConvertToYV12(interlaced=true)

AssumeTFF()


Crop(8,0,-8,-0)
Spline36Resize(640,480)

QTGMC(Preset="Slow")
SelectEven()

MergeChroma(aWarpSharp2(thresh=204, type=1, blur=24, chroma=4, depth=32))



FFT3DFilter(plane=3, sigma=4, bt=3)
LSFmod(strength=120)

ConvertToRGB(matrix="PC.601")

[cfelicio]

Here is a video sample of the final result (with deshaker). If you look on the left margin, you'll notice some "artifacts". I think that's because I didn't fully crop (as recommended on the posts above), but I tried to change my crop settings and my video got a bit distorted, so I'll wait for some feedback on how to crop / resize properly

Thanks,
Carlos

[poisondeathray]

Those weird edges (not just the left, but also the bottom and the right) are from your edge fill options. If you select adaptive+fixed (no borders) you will not see them, but the downside is it will be zoomed in more. There might be better settings, wait for others to chime in.

I'm not so sure keeping the mergechroma is a good idea, it helps some parts, but makes some parts worse on the original sample

Deshaker will run pretty slow with that script (especially if you use stronger analysis settings) - it might be faster to use a lossless intermediate first. Then run deshaker on that. (So both passes of deshaker will be faster, instead of having to endure QTGMC and the slow script twice)

[lordsmurf]

I would multi-pass in intermediaries.
Your still looks good, but the motion version does not. Beginner mistake, obvious reliance on previewer.

Just be patient, and you'll get there eventually.