Help with MSU Deinterlacer

[Textbook]

I am new to AVISynth and I am trying to test out a deinterlacer I found, named MSU Deinterlacer (http://compression.ru/video/deinterlacing/index_en.html). Previously I have used Smart Deinterlacer with VirtualDub and AVIDemux, but MSU looks like it would work better. My main use for this is TV Tuner captures from an analog cable source. Mainly ice hockey games that I wish to archive.

My TV Tuner is a Hauppauge PVR-150. This card has a hardware Mpeg-2 Encoder, so everything is already encoded into Mpeg-2 (PS) right from the get-go. 720x480 resolution, 30fps, up to 10mbps CBR.

I have uploaded a 30-second sample clip here: http://www.360mods.net/hockey/test.zip

As you can see, interlacing has a huge effect on this type of footage, because of the fast motion and high contrast (dark sticks / players on white ice). Here is frame 500 of the above video:

http://www.360mods.net/hockey/frame500.png

I am trying to use AVISynth, MSU Deinterlacer filter, and Virtualdub to deinterlace the above video, and this is my sample script:

DirectShowSource("C:\Documents and Settings\Textbook\Desktop\test.mpg")
ConvertToYUY2()
LoadPlugin("C:\Documents and Settings\Textbook\Desktop\msu_fieldshiftfixer.dll")
AssumeFieldBased()
MSU_FieldShiftFixer(1,0,0)
ConvertToRGB24()

When I try this, the video just comes out the same, still interlaced.

[vampiredom]

FieldShifter is not a deinterlacer. MSU's deinterlacer is not public, I believe. There are many other options for you. See this page for a start:
http://avisynth.org/mediawiki/External_filters#Deinterlacing

[Alex_ander]

FieldShiftFixer is for restoration of progressive video, where some parts got interlacing by field shifting between even/odd frames. You have interlaced video from TV and even with a right tool for deinterlacing (like TDeint, LeakKernelDeint, Yadif) you can only improve it for PC playback (using double output framerate). Deinterlacing a fast motion video (like sports) at original framerate kills half of motion phases thus making it look worse on TV.

[vampiredom]

Also lose the AssumeFieldBased() line... This is not what you want. You should instead use (if anything) AssumeTFF() or AssumeBFF() to tell AviSynth the field order of the clip. Also take a look at DGIndex -> mpeg2source() instead of DirectShowSource(). mpeg2source should set the field order correctly, so you probably won't need to "assume" anything.

[Textbook]

Ahh, thank you folks. I was confused, thinking the field shift fixer was a deinterlacer. My apologies. I will stick to yadif and smart deinterlacer then. Thanks everybody!

[Mounir]

Does someone know if MSU will release their deinterlacer ?

Judging by the example they've provided it's really good !
http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/5634/msudeinterlacer.jpg


Is there a deinterlacer that give similar results with avisynth ??

[aegisofrime]

I'm gonna have to say TGMC.

[Terka]

not all you see is good. static pictures is one thing, flickering video other. try TGMC, it is slow, but far better than all other deinterlace filters ive seen.