Removing Horizontal Line Shifting on VHS

[QueenAllTheWay]

Obviously a lot going on in this video. Out of all, one thing that I would like to get around is the horizontal line shifting happening all over the place, mainly noticeable on the bottom text. It was originally captured back in 2009 in Canopus DV so I unfortunately don't have the tape in my possession for a re-grab. Even with TBC enabled it would still be impossible. Why I want to still preserve this despite looking like sh*t? This is the only color copy in existence inside the Queen community.


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[lollo]

Quick attempt with FixRipsp2. Try to tune the parameters in the FixRipsp2.avsi original script.

# plugins directory
plugins_dir="C:\Users\giuse\Documents\VideoSoft\MPEG\AviSynth\extFilters\"

	# FFmpegSource
loadPlugin(plugins_dir + "ffms2_87bae19\x86\ffms2.dll")

video_org=FFmpegSource2("Buenos Aires 81 Press Conference (color) 1.avi", atrack=-1).trim(0,168).convertToYV16(interlaced=true)

	# FixRipsp2
Import(plugins_dir + "FixRipsp2.avs")
	# RgTools
loadPlugin(plugins_dir + "RgTools-v1.0\x86\RgTools.dll")
	# DePanEstimate
loadPlugin(plugins_dir + "depanestimate110\DePanEstimate.dll")
	# FFTW
loadPlugin(plugins_dir + "LoadDll\LoadDll.dll")
loadDll(plugins_dir + "fftw3_20040130\fftw3win32mingw\fftw3.dll")
	# DePan
loadPlugin(plugins_dir + "depan1131\DePan.dll")
	# MaskTools2
loadPlugin(plugins_dir + "masktools2-v2.2.23\x86\masktools2.dll")
	# MVTools
loadPlugin(plugins_dir + "mvtools-2.7.41-with-depans20200430\x86\mvtools2.dll")

### separate fields
video_org_sep=video_org.AssumeTFF().separateFields()

### select even fields
video_org_sep_even=SelectEven(video_org_sep)

### select odd fields
video_org_sep_odd=SelectOdd(video_org_sep)

### repair
video_org_sep_even_rep=video_org_sep_even.FixRipsp2().FixRipsp2()
video_org_sep_odd_rep=video_org_sep_odd.FixRipsp2().FixRipsp2()

### interleave
video_interleaved=interleave(video_org_sep_even_rep,video_org_sep_odd_rep)

### weave
video_restored=video_interleaved.Weave()

return(video_restored)

Comparison side by side: comp.avi

[Alwyn]

A few clicks for the Neat Video (paid) plugin for VDub.