Help with encoding poor quality anime

[molitar]

What filter should I be using on image 1? Second thing this video is quite muddy to me right from the dvd it just was a very poorly done dvd encode. Could someone please take a look at this vob clip (http://molitar.dnip.net/images/vts_04_1_clip.vob) vob clip and see if you can help me clean this up better?


http://molitar.dnip.net/images/image_2.jpg

[Leak]

Could someone please take a look at this vob clip (http://molitar.dnip.net/images/vts_04_1_clip.vob) vob clip
Ouch. Teh horror...

and see if you can help me clean this up better?
Other than blurring the heck out of it, I can't see how this can be improved in any way, other than dragging out and shooting the person responsible for the encode...

Would you mind telling us where this DVD (which one?) came from, so others can avoid buying it? o_O

[Haze_NZ]

Although the source is obviously not of a good standard, it couldn't have helped us analyze the screenshot better by using JPEG compression rather than a lossless format like PNG. Other than that I would be inclined to agree with Leak.

[molitar]

Project Arms the 2nd Chapter by Viz. They do good manga but they do a terrible job at the dvd's it seems and it's dated 2005 of all things :(

[molitar]

Ok here's what I used so far on that clip seems to have improved it quite a bit. But I'm really surprised with the vob clip that nobody has posted any suggestions. So I end up working with just what I could find for blurring since I'm new to all these various filters. Warpsharp and Deinterlacing seemed to help quite a bit but I still think I may have some chroma issues (I think it's chroma) as the silverware shots and the bottom of the candlestick seem to show.

LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\Encoding\DGMPGDEC\DGDecode.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\Encoding\AviSynth 2.5\plugins\WarpSharp.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\Encoding\AviSynth 2.5\plugins\UnDot.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\Encoding\AviSynth 2.5\plugins\Decomb.dll")
#
# SOURCE
mpeg2source("E:\Temp\vts_04_1_clip.d2v")
#
FieldDeInterlace()
# CROPPING
crop(4,0,-4,-2)
#
# RESIZING
LanczosResize(640,480)
#
Undot()
WarpSharp(128,3,150,-0.6)

[RanmaSaotome]

that looks like an intelaced frame to me, if that is a slow panning shot (looks like a vertical pan to me).

try using decomb to reduce the framerate to 24fps.

Telecide(order=1,guide=1,gthresh=5)
Decimate()

that should remove any frames like that better than fielddeinterlace can.