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  1. Member
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    Yeah, I know, this is FAR from the optimal situation. But, it's the best that I've got. This is 35 year old VHS video that was transferred/converted to mp4 (H.264) via a $40 USB "Convert Your VHS to Digital in One Click!" contraption. Due to reasons beyond my control, it has since been converted to DV-AVI. That's the file that I now have to work with.

    I'd like to see what I can do with VirtualDub filters to clean this thing up. Based on the previous conversions that this video has already gone through, is it even possible to restore at this point? Is all the crap/artifacts already baked in to my "original" video?

    I'm not trying to make it perfect, I'm just trying to make it better. I'm a total noob at VirtualDub but I'm willing to spend the time and effort to get things figured out to improve this video. On a sentimental scale of 1-10, this video is a 15. Lucky for me, I have short clips to edit.

    Here's a sample video. What do you think? Recommendations on VirtualDub filters/settings to use?

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    The best way you can do to it is leave it alone, unless you want to convert it to a cartoon.
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    I'd have a fiddle with the colours, which look a bit green to me. Colormill is the goto for this.

    Also have a play with the "levels" controls in Colormill to reduce that fine grey haze.

    The overall bluriness/out of focus will be pretty hard to rectify, but a slight sharpening (internal sharpening filter) may help a bit; don't overdo it or you'll introduce noise and accentuate the blockiness.

    Camcorder Color Denoise might help a little with odd colours/blotches; I've attached a ZIP of the two (32bit and 64bit) VDFs. Otherwise, I don't think there's any need to denoise it further.

    Here's my quick attempt; original on left, filtered on right

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    VDub filter list:
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    I've attached the vdscript file as a ZIP because the forum won't allow it to be attached directly.

    If you're not familiar with the filter system in VDub, have a read of my notes here.
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    Alwyn, thank you so much! I'll have to study this a bit and read over your filter notes. Much appreciated!
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