PAL VHS to NTSC without motion blur

[ntonix]

Hello, I tried to convert my PAL VHS to NTSC VCD/MPEG1 format. I captured the video at 352x576 using Huffyuv compression,and with these commands in Avisynth script : 1.avisource("c:\capture.avi"),2.complementparity() ,3.separatefields(). I then opened this script in Virtualdub,add Donald Graft's SmartBob filter,and add Precise Bilinear resize to 352x240,retain the 50 fps, and save the AVI with Huffyuv compression. I then opened up this AVI in Aftereffect 5.5,set the composition setting's fps to 29.97, and performed frameblending. It took so long to render,and the final AVI were filled with so many blurring,especially when there're lots of motion. Is there any other way to frameblend 50 fps movies to 29.97 fps faster without producing too much motion blur, perhaps with Avisynth or Virtualdub ? Thanks a lot for the advice.

[snowmoon]

If you want to go advanced the try the following...

In the avisynth script as the last line as

ChangeFPS(23.976) or is it AssumeFPS(23.976)

Basicly you will be slowing down the video, but it will be very crisp. 23.976 is a valid NTSC VCD FPS.

[ronnylov]

You can try Dynapel MotionPerfect (http://www.dynapel.com) to convert the framerate. Canopus Procoder is also good at convert PAL to NTSC. You can also do it in TMPGEnc. I've never tried it myself...