Help with nasty interlaced, ghosting NTSC dvd

[Lux Delux]

Howdy. Just got Samurai Cop in my mail and was very disappointed by the DVD, which currently seems to be the only version out there.

Here's a vob sample

http://www.sendspace.com/file/xd5hs1

I tried some restore24 combinations and also IVTC with additional de-interlacing filters, but no luck.

I'm afraid the ghosting might be unavoidable, but I don't have much experience with it. So am asking the pros.

I'd be extremely grateful for any kind of progress with the source.

Thanks in advance :)

[Spuds]

That is an ugly DVD, ghosting in both the odd and even fields. I think you are pretty much stuck with what you have. This helps a bit but in the end beauty is in the eye. This script was from scharfis_brain and seems to help a bit ....

converttoyuy2(interlaced=true)
a=smartdecimate(24,60,tel=0.9)
b=a.lanczos4resize(width,height*3/4).lanczos4resize(width,height)
# w is the ghost removal factor .. 0.7 (strong) and 1 (none)
w=0.9
c=overlay(b.invert().duplicateframe(0),b,opacity=w)
c.levels(round((1-w)*255),1,round(255*w),0,255)

[Lux Delux]

:eek: :thanks:

Better than nothing and a good improvement! Thanks a lot man :thanks:

I presume there is no way to completely get rid of the interlaced lines unless I want more ghosting to appear? :o

[Didée]

I presume there is no way to completely get rid of the interlaced lines unless I want more ghosting to appear? :o
There is.

converttoyuy2(interlaced=true)
bobbed = bob(0,0.5)
weaved = bobbed
a=smartdecimate(24,60,tel=0.9,bob=bobbed,weave=bobbed)
b=a.lanczos4resize(width,height*3/4).lanczos4resize(width,height)
# w is the ghost removal factor .. 0.7 (strong) and 1 (none)
w=0.9
c=overlay(b.invert().duplicateframe(0),b,opacity=w)
c.levels(round((1-w)*255),1,round(255*w),0,255)

You can use some smart bob like Tdeint. Bob() above is only an example for simplicity.

[Lux Delux]

Awesome Didée :)

Thanks to both for making this DVD look like something, can't thank you enough :thanks:

And now to encode the sucker. Ninja time!!! :D