Removing VHS color lines and restoring a cartoon

[bmick23]

I have a 2nd (possibly 3d) generation copy from the only known source of a cartoon and I am trying to remove some color lines that came from the duplication, and perform some general cleanup.

I have never used AviSynth before, but I have seen it do some amazing things including removing a random flicker from a homemade kinescope and I think this would be along the same lines. The footage is not terrible considering it is a VHS recording from 1973, but it could definitely look better.

Can anybody please recommend a good place to start on this?

Thank you!

Clip: https://www.dropbox.com/s/vc8g574f8xqui0w/miniclip.vob?dl=0

[Skiller]

There are major time base errors in this video, thus the biggest improvement you can gain is re-capture it and put a Panasonic DVD or DVD/HDD recorder (preferably the ES10) inbetween the VCR and capture device. The Panasonic will stabilize all those jiggly lines. This cannot be done in software afterwards. So if you can, re-capture it.

[Chief Mouse]

I'd go with CCD (Camcorder Color Denoise) for VirtualDub. I attached it in a RAR file because it wouldn't let me upload the VDF file directly. Unpack and put the VDF in Virtualdub's plugins folder.

Also, if you intend to use Avisynth, chroma shift might be necessary. TurnLeft().ChromaShift(C=-4).TurnRight()
You could also add something like RemoveSpotsMC() since it could reduce some of the dust spots that appear occasionally. I'd also use something like MDegrain2i2(8,2,0) for general clean up.

I'm a noob to be honest (into Avisynth only for about 3 years now) so some of the resident members here might give you a better advice.

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[lordsmurf]

I'm going to fix this for him, as I'm interested as well.

There are major time base errors in this video, thus the biggest improvement you can gain is re-capture it and put a Panasonic DVD or DVD/HDD recorder (preferably the ES10) inbetween the VCR and capture device. The Panasonic will stabilize all those jiggly lines. This cannot be done in software afterwards. So if you can, re-capture it.

The timing error is pretty minor. In fact, it may be possible to hide some of it with a quality deinterlace. This was obviously film source, so the interlacing is false anyway.

The ES10 may or may not fix that "pinking" top-screen error.

But yeah, in general, always re-capture when possible, with better hardware. The end result will be better.

I'd go with CCD (Camcorder Color Denoise) for VirtualDub. I attached it in a RAR file because it wouldn't let me upload the VDF file directly. Unpack and put the VDF in Virtualdub's plugins folder.
Also, if you intend to use Avisynth, chroma shift might be necessary. TurnLeft().ChromaShift(C=-4).TurnRight()
You could also add something like RemoveSpotsMC() since it could reduce some of the dust spots that appear occasionally. I'd also use something like MDegrain2i2(8,2,0) for general clean up.
I'm a noob to be honest (into Avisynth only for about 3 years now) so some of the resident members here might give you a better advice.
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Yep, film source noise. It's maybe fixable, though I'd use another filter.
Chroma is noisy, but color is off as well.
What you've suggested is probably how I'd start as well. But it needs even more.