HQ deinterlacing & noise reduction,which filters?=>HQ SVCD's

[SSSoft]

Hi,
I'm capturing Videos in 768x576@25fps with VirtualDub, HUFFyuv and my WinTV from TV.
Later I'm creating nice SVCD's out of this source.

I do only have one big problem. Deinterlacing and noice reduction is very very slow on my TBird 1400. I only get 3 Frames per second.
(90min video takes 25hours)

At the moment I'm using:
Deinterlacer - PAL Movie from Gunnar Thalin
Deinterlacer - Rather Smart from Gunnar Thalin
to deinterlace my AVI's and
VirtualDub resize to 480x576,
VHS Filter from flaXen to denoice.

If I use them, my MPEG-Encoders can work really fine without these macro-blocks.

Do you know any faster higt quality filters for these jobs, or any other way to get SVCD's near DVD quality?
Everything is done in PAL format. As MPEG-Encoders I'm using TMPEG, LSX and sometimes CCE (CCE normally not cause I have tryed several settings and can't get MPEG-Streams without macro-blocks).

THX for your Help!
Simon S.

[Poplar]

My opinion is, if you are creating SVCDs that are going to be played on TV, Do Not deinterlace. I know the frames might look combed in VirtualDub, but that's just the nature of the video. I feel that deinterlacing introduces a blurry look to my video.

However, sometimes it's absolutely necessary to reduce noise in your source.

I have tried several filters in VDub, but I settled with AVIsynth. Here is the script:

SegmentedAVISource("d:\capture.avi")
#complementparity()
#separatefields()
#weave
TemporalSmoother(4,2)
#complementparity()
#bicubicresize(480,480,0,0.75)

I just wrote this script by memory and did not check syntax.
I use # to comment out some lines. But if you want to play with them, you can delete #. But TemporalSmoother is most effective filter in this script. It cleans up source without wiping out too much details. You can see for yourself. I prefer CCE over all other encoders. It is the best and the fastest, period.

[SSSoft]

Normally I must deinterlace cause I normally use my PC for playback.

Do you have some tips how to get perfect results with CCE? I have tryed many settings but I always got much macro-Blocks.

THX
Simon S.

[Poplar]

If you use PC for playback, I am not sure CCE+SVCD is the best way to go. DivX is probably better. In my experience with CCE, there are minimal macro blocks if you keep bitrates between 2200-2500 kbps. Of course, when played on TV.

[SSSoft]

No, I never used DivX and I will never use it!

MPEG is the right format, also because it is shure that everybody is able to playback it also in 20 years!

With my codecs and TMPEG/LSX-MPEG the quality is really near DVD-Quallity. Only if the camera moves very fast I get some macro-blocks.

THX
Simon S.