InPaint Delogo - hardsub ripping - new user help please? :)

[VoodooFX]

So that's all done. The video now starts playing, except that it looks like it's 2 bit quality. (Probably supposed to.)

Now find HD video with subtitles as Hypocrites1915 doesn't have any.
It's black and white mask, a good mask is when you see only subtitles but don't see any other things.

Is the following correct?

No.
Extraction is activated with "Extract=1" parameter.

[Spiny Norman]

Now find HD video with subtitles as Hypocrites1915 doesn't have any.
It's black and white mask, a good mask is when you see only subtitles but don't see any other things.

It has title cards (intertitles), and automated extraction could really speed things up for those as well.

Extraction is activated with "Extract=1" parameter.

If you'd use a script for this example, what would it look like?

[Spiny Norman]

This is what I've got so far:

LWLibavVideoSource("C:\Swtools\Hypocrites1915.mp4" )
InpaintDelogo(Loc="60,80,360,180", Show=4, DynMask=4, DynTune=160, DynMask4H=70, Extract=1, ImgDir="C:\Swtools\")

That at least creates a file ~SubsMask2Img_FrameDB_20240920_125431_764.DB and a lot of image files. Some are false positives but others are promising, like the attachment.

How could I improve this further? I can also find a proper subtitle example (in colour) if that helps.

[Baldrick]

Okey. I'm going to delete most replies here.

Continue the private discussion somewhere else.

[Spiny Norman]

Okey. I'm going to delete most replies here.

Continue the private discussion somewhere else.

My general, technical question isn't answered as such. So I would normally really like to post the second example again, though, or at least to keep this for replies.

[Spiny Norman]

An image like the attached looks like it's promising, but not quite there yet. Some words in that sentence didn't make it.

What are the options to improve that, anyone know from experience perhaps? DynMask=5? Or I guess in some cases I should specify something with DynColor?

[Spiny Norman]

Or maybe, let me change the question completely: Has anyone tried this (sub. extraction) on old VHS sourced material? If so, how did it go?

[VoodooFX]

This is what I've got so far

Read the manual.

An image like the attached looks like it's promising, but not quite there yet.

Yeah, you need to read the manual.

Or maybe, let me change the question completely: Has anyone tried this (sub. extraction) on old VHS sourced material? If so, how did it go?

Yes. It went well.

[Spiny Norman]

Yes. It went well.

Can you please be more specific what part of the manual explicitly deals with this settings needed for that?

Some posts were removed for a reason, so FGS let's stick to relevant posts, shall we?

[VoodooFX]

Yes. It went well.

Can you please be more specific what part of the manual explicitly deals with this settings needed for that?

There is no explicit settings just for that.