improving quality on old MPEGs/DivX?

[Viper187]

Eh... I hate to ask so many questions, but here I go again. :P

I've got some old, mostly small (5-150MB), videos that look ok windowed but look like shit when viewed full screen. Is it possible to fix that?

[poopyhead]

crap in==> crap out

if the source sucks, you can't fix it

[NeWcS]

crap in==> crap out

if the source sucks, you can't fix it

LoL....i was going to use the "crap in,crap out" saying too.

[graemee]

Try filters in TMPGENC

You will find the filters in tmpgenc under the MPEG setting -> ADVANCED
They are a series of check boxes, double click a filter's name to load the settings screen. I use the sharpen fillter in tmpgenc to sharpen the picture & use the colour correction filters if the colours are washed. I use ~40 on both settings for the sharpen filter. The noise reduction filter does the bulk of the work for me in removing artifacts and smoothing, 80,3,80 are the settings.


AND

Try if encodig to MPEG1 and use the SOFTEN BLOCKS @35 under the QUANTIZE MATRIX tab. This removes most artifacts in MPEG1 @1150 bitrate.