Strange artifacts/ghosting removal

[jagabo]

I would use only very light settings in MKLMeanCL(). I also played around with limiting dehalo_alpha() to only the strongest edges:

LWLibavVideoSource("definitive.mkv", cache=false, prefer_hw=2) 
AssumeTFF()
Crop(8,0,-8,-0)

QTGMC(Preset="Slower",sharpness=0.5)

BilinearResize(width/2, 480)

emask = mt_edge(mode="cartoon").mt_expand().Blur(1.0).Blur(1.0)
dh = dehalo_alpha(rx=3.0, ry=2.0, darkstr=1.0, brightstr=1.0)
Overlay(last, dh, mask=emask)

MergeChroma(aWarpSharp2(depth=5), aWarpSharp2(depth=15))
KNLMeansCL(d=2, a=2, s=2, h=0.5, device_type="GPU", device_id=0) # very light noise reduction
Sharpen(0.5, 0.0)
TurnRight().nnedi3(dh=true).TurnLeft()
#CAS(0.5) # no point in adding back noise after removing it above

[salvo00786]

What are the dlls or the scripts to load for mergechroma and mt_edge?

[jagabo]

MergeChroma() is built into AviSynth. mt_edge() is part of MaskTools2. http://avisynth.nl/index.php/Masktools2

[Selur]

you can further fix it a bit with a content aware sharpening

btw. last I checked CAS was contrast adaptive sharpening not content aware sharpening,...

[jagabo]

you can further fix it a bit with a content aware sharpening

btw. last I checked CAS was contrast adaptive sharpening not content aware sharpening,...

Yes, sorry.

[salvo00786]

Hi... I have tried various configs, and the settings of Jagabo are effectively the best. Now i've found another source, from a russian release DVD, but i can't decide what is the best.

The first source is from the dvd's in my possession Future Coming From The Past:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Dr33ricsawDcYyJvjd6mU1Kt9pp8lh1N/view?usp=sharing

the second from a russian release that i've found online:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/18Bdh2WTkI_eburwwLM5cpXdIL_b5ltxh/view?usp=sharing

Please give me your opinion on what is the best between these two.

How can i stretch the video from 4:3 to 16:9 with the same stretch from the center to the edges?

[salvo00786]

Hi... Jagabo please can you give me some script suggestion for this concert, like you did for the other?

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1etr4O0k6np-VoWyfwanfKEeFAMpBKQGl/view?usp=sharing

[jagabo]

Please give me your opinion on what is the best between these two.

The Russian version is better overall. It has more noise but it also has more detail and less macroblocking. The levels and saturation are off but they're easily corrected. About ColorYUV(gain_y=35, off_y=-18, cont_u=35, cont_v=35).

How can i stretch the video from 4:3 to 16:9 with the same stretch from the center to the edges?

Why would you want to ruin the video like that?

[jagabo]

Hi... Jagabo please can you give me some script suggestion for this concert, like you did for the other?

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1etr4O0k6np-VoWyfwanfKEeFAMpBKQGl/view?usp=sharing

Something like:

LWLibavVideoSource("1998 Closing The Chapter (1)-002.mkv", cache=false, prefer_hw=2) 
CheckMate()
ColorYUV(gain_y=25, off_y=-7, off_u=2, off_v=5)
QTGMC()
dehalo_alpha(rx=3.5, ry=3.0, brightstr=0.7, darkstr=0.7)
MergeChroma(aWarpSharp2(depth=5), aWarpSharp2(depth=15))
Sharpen(0.3, 0.0)
CAS(0.5)

[salvo00786]

Ok, these are the complete scripts:

For the 1996 Russian Video

#MT
#PREFETCH_LIMIT=4

#VideoSource
LoadPlugin("A:\PORTABLE\RipBot264v1.26.0\Tools\AviSynth plugins\lsmash\LSMASHSource.dll")
video=LWLibavVideoSource("D:\da b\Royal Hunt\modifica\1996 Live (Another Version).mkv",cachefile="C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job14\1996 Live (Another Version).mkv.lwi",prefer_hw=3)

#Deinterlace
Loadplugin("A:\PORTABLE\RipBot264v1.26.0\Tools\AviSynth plugins\RgTools\RgTools.dll")
Loadplugin("A:\PORTABLE\RipBot264v1.26.0\Tools\AviSynth plugins\nnedi3\nnedi3.dll")
Loadplugin("A:\PORTABLE\RipBot264v1.26.0\Tools\AviSynth plugins\masktools\masktools2.dll")
Loadplugin("A:\PORTABLE\RipBot264v1.26.0\Tools\AviSynth plugins\mvtools\mvtools2.dll")
LoadCplugin("A:\PORTABLE\RipBot264v1.26.0\Tools\AviSynth plugins\Yadif\Yadif.dll")
Import("A:\PORTABLE\RipBot264v1.26.0\Tools\AviSynth plugins\Scripts\Zs_RF_Shared.avsi")
Import("A:\PORTABLE\RipBot264v1.26.0\Tools\AviSynth plugins\Scripts\QTGMC.avsi")
video=AssumeTFF(video).QTGMC(Preset="Slower",sharpness=0.5)

#Decimate

#Crop

#Resize

#Tonemap

#Levels

#Colours

#Denoise

#Custom

#Prefetch
video=Prefetch(video,4)

#After_Prefetch_Denoise

#After_Prefetch_Custom

#Sharpen

#Borders

#Subtitles

#AudioSource
Import("C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job14\job14_a1.avs")

#Triming

#AVSameLength

#ColorSpace

#Various
Loadplugin("A:\PORTABLE\RipBot264v1.26.0\Tools\AviSynth plugins\Checkmate\Checkmate.dll")
CheckMate()
ColorYUV(gain_y=35, off_y=-18, cont_u=35, cont_v=35)
Loadplugin("A:\PORTABLE\RipBot264v1.26.0\Tools\AviSynth plugins\nnedi3\nnedi3.dll")
BilinearResize(720/2,480)
Import("A:\PORTABLE\RipBot264v1.26.0\Tools\AviSynth plugins\Scripts\Dehalo_alpha.avsi")
emask=mt_edge(mode="cartoon").mt_expand().Blur(1.0).Blur(1.0)
dh=dehalo_alpha(rx=3.0, ry=2.0, darkstr=1.0, brightstr=1.0)
Overlay(last, dh, mask=emask)
Loadplugin("A:\PORTABLE\RipBot264v1.26.0\Tools\AviSynth plugins\aWarpsharpMT\aWarpsharpMT.dll")
MergeChroma(aWarpSharp2(depth=5), aWarpSharp2(depth=15))
Sharpen(0.5, 0.0)
TurnRight().nnedi3(dh=true).TurnLeft()
Loadplugin("A:\PORTABLE\RipBot264v1.26.0\Tools\AviSynth plugins\CAS\CAS.dll")
CAS(0.5)

#Return

For the 1998 Video

#MT
#PREFETCH_LIMIT=4

#VideoSource
LoadPlugin("A:\PORTABLE\RipBot264v1.26.0\Tools\AviSynth plugins\lsmash\LSMASHSource.dll")
video=LWLibavVideoSource("D:\da b\Royal Hunt\1998 Closing The Chapter.mkv",cachefile="C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job15\1998 Closing The Chapter.mkv.lwi",prefer_hw=3)

#Deinterlace
Loadplugin("A:\PORTABLE\RipBot264v1.26.0\Tools\AviSynth plugins\RgTools\RgTools.dll")
Loadplugin("A:\PORTABLE\RipBot264v1.26.0\Tools\AviSynth plugins\nnedi3\nnedi3.dll")
Loadplugin("A:\PORTABLE\RipBot264v1.26.0\Tools\AviSynth plugins\masktools\masktools2.dll")
Loadplugin("A:\PORTABLE\RipBot264v1.26.0\Tools\AviSynth plugins\mvtools\mvtools2.dll")
LoadCplugin("A:\PORTABLE\RipBot264v1.26.0\Tools\AviSynth plugins\Yadif\Yadif.dll")
Import("A:\PORTABLE\RipBot264v1.26.0\Tools\AviSynth plugins\Scripts\Zs_RF_Shared.avsi")
Import("A:\PORTABLE\RipBot264v1.26.0\Tools\AviSynth plugins\Scripts\QTGMC.avsi")
video=AssumeTFF(video).QTGMC(Preset="Slower")

#Decimate

#Crop

#Resize

#Tonemap

#Levels

#Colours

#Denoise

#Custom

#Prefetch
video=Prefetch(video,4)

#After_Prefetch_Denoise

#After_Prefetch_Custom

#Sharpen

#Borders

#Subtitles

#AudioSource
Import("C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job15\job15_a1.avs")

#Triming

#AVSameLength

#ColorSpace

#Various
Loadplugin("A:\PORTABLE\RipBot264v1.26.0\Tools\AviSynth plugins\Checkmate\Checkmate.dll")
CheckMate()
ColorYUV(gain_y=25, off_y=-7, off_u=2, off_v=5)
Import("A:\PORTABLE\RipBot264v1.26.0\Tools\AviSynth plugins\Scripts\Dehalo_alpha.avsi")
dehalo_alpha(rx=3.5, ry=3.0, brightstr=0.7, darkstr=0.7)
Loadplugin("A:\PORTABLE\RipBot264v1.26.0\Tools\AviSynth plugins\aWarpsharpMT\aWarpsharpMT.dll")
MergeChroma(aWarpSharp2(depth=5), aWarpSharp2(depth=15))
Sharpen(0.3, 0.0)
Loadplugin("A:\PORTABLE\RipBot264v1.26.0\Tools\AviSynth plugins\CAS\CAS.dll")
CAS(0.5)

#Return

Are these scripts correct?

Checkmate is for the two videos of only for the 1998?