Help with cleaning up footage/ interlaced PAL (Anime)

[eviltwin14]

Hi,

My name is Che :)


I have started on a new project, technically my first. And I lack the knowledge to proceed further.

I have ripped the DVD series "Gun X Sword" (yes its anime, and yes I own it) and I want to use make an Amv (anime music video) with the footage, for personal use only ;)

The footage is currently in 1gig .Vob files, and ready to enter post-production stage (I think that is what it is called) :)

I should mention that I am using Avisynth (which deals with scripting, and area that I am not to knowledgeable with) and using VirtualDubMod as a interface and for its many plugins. I have also installed MeGUI, however I have even less knowledge on how to use it and I am more comfortable with using VirtualDub.

However this is where my problems start,

The footage I have is PAL 25fps
I have had a few people look at screen shots and I have been told that the footage is interlace (double hard, is an informed guess) but myself am not completely certain.

What I want to do is, de-interlace my film, while trying to keep the quality, I know that some quality will be lost, however I wish to use a method that keeps it to a minimal.
And I also want to know which plug-ins or filters I should use (recommended) to bring out the best picture and fluidity of my film. I know that every one has a different medium however I have no idea which to choose, or if there are better methods that have been developed.

Here are some screenshots of the footage :)

http://file047a.bebo.com/9/original/2008/12/14/18/1915314081a9633823216o.jpg
http://file047a.bebo.com/9/original/2008/12/14/18/1915314081a9633823289o.jpg
http://file047a.bebo.com/9/original/2008/12/14/18/1915314081a9633823359o.jpg
NOTE: If you click on the picture you should be able to zoom in.
http://file047a.bebo.com/6/original/2008/12/14/18/1915314081a9633835486o.jpg
http://file048a.bebo.com/2/original/2008/12/16/17/1915314081a9648712219o.jpg

The last two pictures just contain the video information.

If you require more pictures just ask, or if you wish to see an excerpt for the .vob file you will have tell me how make one as I do not know how to at the moment, unless you want me to upload a 1g .vob file :)

Since the footage is PAL, most of the manuals/ methods I have read tend to deal with NFTS.

I have asked around and one method I have been told to try is AnimeIVTC, which I am currently half why through trying to script.

However when I put in one line of scripting it comes up with a error asking for another line. I kept putting in lines, however I was never able to see a picture (I have only tried this method with MeGUI).

I didn't want to go further cause I did not know what I was doing, or what lines do what, :\

I will post my script a little later as I have it saved else where.

So in the mean time, if any one can help me understand how to use AnimeIVTC and point me in the general direction it would be much appreciated.

Che

[linyx]

1) You may want to upload a small video clip as it helps in determining the type of interlacing.
2) You may also want to upload png screenshots as jpeg are lossy and don't truly represent your source.

[eviltwin14]

Ok I will try to upload but it might have to be at a later time/date. As this month I am capped for breaking my download limit (in Australia we have limited downloads) so I am at the dreaded dailup speed of 5 kb/s.
:(

thanks linyx

[manono]

Yep, screenshots are useless. We need a 10 second or so piece of the source. An educated guess says it's field-blended garbage and what you need is an unblender such as SRestore. But maybe AnimeIVTC can do the job if you don't mind waiting a very long time for it to do its thing.

[eviltwin14]

ahh ok,

umm how do u get a 10 second clip from a vob file without changing the quailty or specs

[neuron2]

Open the VOB in DGIndex. Set a range with the [ and ] buttons. Then do Save Project and Demux Video. Upload the resulting M2V file. And give us your full avisynth script as requested.

[eviltwin14]

I have finally had time to upload the clip,

http://www.2shared.com/file/4595012/42b148a9/10secondclipdemuxed.html

At the bottem of the page you can download the clip.


which method should I use to remove the interlacing :)

[manono]

It's field blended from an NTSC source. Since there are often 2 fields in a row that are blended, and since the unblenders depend on at least one field of every field pair being clean, then the unblenders won't do a perfect job of unblending it, but will deinterlace it OK. I had my best luck using SRestore like so:

Yadif(Mode=1,Order=1)
SRestore(FRate=23.976)

For more information on SRestore read here:

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=95924

and here:

http://avisynth.org/mediawiki/Srestore

If getting it to run is too much for you at this stage, about all I can suggest is to buy the NTSC version of whatever anime this is. Or maybe try AnimeIVTC to see if it can do a better job of it. I've never used it so I can't help there.