Interstella 5555 - how do I fix it?

[AlekseiV]

So, Interstella 5555 has some kind of chroma problem, I think. I'm not really sure what I'm doing.
I've uploaded a sample

http://sovietpride.su/sample2.m2v

For example, deinterlacing and looking at frame 188 shows this:
http://sovietpride.su/chroma.png

I think I have to use srestore to fix the chroma, but I have no clue how to use it and couldn't find any understandable information about it. Also that frame looks pretty bad even ignoring the chroma.

Any help?

[MatLz]

Hi! I think it's not really a chroma problem, it's blended fields and the 'thingchromaghost' you see is part of the next frame after deinterlacing.

I'm not too much familiar with blended fields so wait the experts...
IMO the main problem is the blocking...

[Vitaliy Gorbatenko]

I have the original 6 + Gb DVD ... I tried different scripts - a normal result did not get T_T By the way - on my DVD problems with blocks is absent.

[AlekseiV]

There's a dual-layer release of the movie? Huh. Wish I had bought that one.

[Lyris]

All releases of Interstella that I know of are screwed up - the PAL version is a standards conversion of an NTSC source and the NTSC version appears to be a standards conversion of the said PAL version (yes, double).

Neither of the DVDs I've seen have the block problem you posted, though.

[a451guy451]

How bout you post the script you used to deinterlace to take a look at?

[AlekseiV]

All releases of Interstella that I know of are screwed up - the PAL version is a standards conversion of an NTSC source and the NTSC version appears to be a standards conversion of the said PAL version (yes, double).

Neither of the DVDs I've seen have the block problem you posted, though.
I've only seen blocking in that specific scene, and only in frames with problems like in the image. It may be somewhere else, but I wouldn't know where.


How bout you post the script you used to deinterlace to take a look at?Here it is (I think):

LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\megui\tools\dgindex\DGDecode.dll")
DGDecode_mpeg2source("W:\INTERSTELLA_5555_NTSC\VIDEO_TS\VTS_08_1.d2v", info=3, idct=5, cpu2="ooooxx")
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\megui\tools\avisynth_plugin\ColorMatrix.dll")
ColorMatrix(hints=true, interlaced=true, threads=0)
crop( 6, 0, -2, 0)
function YadifModDeint(clip src)
{
interpol = src.nnedi2(field=-1)
return src.YadifMod(mode=0, edeint=interpol)
}
YadifModDeint()

[a451guy451]

I'm wondering if the blocking is just being caused by the extra chroma distortion your deinterlace script seems to be creating (I'm assuming the samples are transcodes from the dvd source though). I've worked with the source for the standalone music video before... have you tried running an IVTC on it yet, such as TIVTC or AnimeIVTC?

[AlekseiV]

Sample is a non-transcoded cut with DGIndex. I believe it shows up in the interlaced DVD too, if you look hard enough. Let me check.

Accidentally took out my server (Ubuntu can't boot) so watch this space.