Anime improvement advice, please

[kazary]

I own the DVD of the movie Street Fighter II- Animated Movie, but I want to add subtitles and extra audio without touching the menu. I've read some texts on how to do, but I also thought of to encode(without compressing) the video using an avisynth script, because sometimes I think the picture a little shaky, not sure what it is or what to say. Anyway, then put the movie on DVD again, without changing the original menu. A piece of AVS that thought, I'm not very good, didn't want to change dramatically in color or image of the movie, so if anyone can give feedback or make a script that considers good, also would be grateful.
Telecide(order=1,post=2,blend=false,vthresh=30,back=1)
Decimate(cycle=5,mode=3,quality=3)
deen("a2d",4,9,11)
fluxsmooth()
mftoon()
ssxsharpen()
colorYUV(gain_u=15)
tweak(sat=1.2)
LRemoveDust_YV12(17,1)
FastLineDarken(strength=80,thinning=0)
aSharp(1,3)
aWarpSharp(depth=22)
Deblock(quant=50)
Deen(mode="w3d",3,3,5) // dfttest(sigma=20)
LSFmod(strength=60)
BiFrost(interlaced=false)
Checkmate(20)

Examples of AVS scripts
It has some screens of the movie here: http://picasaweb.google.com/faoliveiras/SFII?authkey=Gv1sRgCMXC1ILLh9vpQA&feat=directlink

So, in summary if someone can help me with the AVS or tell me how to put back the movie to the original menu I am grateful

[manono]

Hello, and welcome to the forum,

Putting the reencoded movie back into the original DVD, keeping the menus and anything else you want, is easy, You author the reencoded video the audio and subs using Muxman and then use the 'Replace' button in VobBlanker to replace the original with the 'new and improved' version.

At first glance it seems to me you're a little filter happy, but to give informed advice a video sample is much more useful than are pictures.

[kazary]

Thank you for the help ^^
Here a sample of the movie: http://www.mediafire.com/?hvk11kaei8n18j8

[manono]

You said you owned the DVD. But that sample is an AVI it says. No one wants an AVI. We want something from the source. And no one wants 96MB. If you don't know how to cut without reencoding, open a VOB in DGIndex, use the [ and ] buttons to mark off a small piece, 10 seconds or so with steady motion, and then File->Save Project and Demux Video. Upload the resulting M2V.

[kazary]

Oh sorry, here with m2v http://www.mediafire.com/?clfuc9o0uzuecez

[manono]

OK, now we're getting somewhere. Too bad they didn't encode that nice widescreen anime as 16:9. At least it's progressive, that sample anyway.

And, it does have serious problems that can be improved with filtering. It's got a lot of noise, edge enhancement (aka halos), dot crawl, and moire (is that what you call all that colored stuff that shouldn't be there?). Unfortunately, the latest tricks to try on poor anime are outside the realm of my expertise, such as it is. Tell you what, I'll send this thread over to the AviSynth Forum and perhaps someone there has some good ideas. And maybe I'll rename the thread to reflect the real subject of the thread.

[Mug Funky]

the R4 version was my attempt at cleaning up this source. it's widescreen, has had (most of) the dot crawl removed, and the edges finessed to remove some of the analog sharpening echoes. still far from perfect, but what can you do?

if only we had the resources to grab a fresh interneg and transfer that one clean...

your source can benefit from a similar treatment - careful IVTC, dot crawl removal, a bit of edge filtering. but filter it too much and it'll turn into analog pixel paste and not really be much fun to watch.

[kazary]

Thanks for the help guys, any help is valid

[Nightshiver]

You are already lucky. Your source is progessive, or at least the sample is so your Telecide and Decimate lines are not needed, and so you have already avoided the potential problem of anime interlacing/IVTC problems. Manono is also right, you are being a little "filter happy" and it seems like you are just slapping as many in there as you can fit. The other problems present are also rather easy to fix.

ChubbyRain2()
YAHR()
Checkmate(20)
source = last
vectors = source.MVAnalyseMulti(refframes=1, pel=2, overlap=4, sharp=1, idx=1)
source.MVDegrainMulti(vectors,thSAD=500,idx=1)
LimitedSharpenFaster(ss_x=1.8, ss_y=1.8, smode=3, strength=185, overshoot=1, undershoot=1)
crop( 10, 56, -8, -60)
Spline36Resize(720,416)

ChubbyRain2 for getting rid of the rainbowing, Checkmate for dotcrawl, and YAHR for halo removal. I messed around with Dehalo_alpha but couldn't work out anything that works better than YAHR. There's also not a whole lot of noise, so only a light MVDegrain is needed followed by some sharpening.

[kazary]

Thanks Nightshiver, maybe(or sure :D, but without knowledge: /) I'm a "filter happy". Well, I will do the encode later to see the result. Summing up the script looks like this:
MPEG2Source("C:\Users\Felipe\Desktop\SF\VTS_01_1.d2v")
LoadPlugin("C:\plugins\DGDecode.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\plugins\mvtools2.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\plugins\warpsharp.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\plugins\RemoveGrain.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\plugins\mt_masktools-26.dll")
Import("C:\plugins\chubbyrain2.avsi")
Import("C:\plugins\YAHR.avsi")
Import("C:\plugins\YLimitedSharpenFaster.avsi")

ChubbyRain2()
YAHR()
Checkmate(20)
source = last
vectors = source.MVAnalyseMulti(refframes=1, pel=2, overlap=4, sharp=1, idx=1)
source.MVDegrainMulti(vectors,thSAD=500,idx=1)
LimitedSharpenFaster(ss_x=1.8, ss_y=1.8, smode=3, strength=185, overshoot=1, undershoot=1)
crop( 10, 56, -8, -60)
Spline36Resize(720,416)

If i'm wrong,has something to fix or improve ,correct me please(. I have only two questions: Why the resize and crop(i want to put back the movie in the original DVD menu)?And maybe it would be better to use LSFmod? Thanks again

[Dogway]

Is that the DVD for real? what region? I say because I was going to buy it in a future, as I already own the VHS, but now I dont know...

[kazary]

Well i bought the Uncut version with Japanese tracks, the region is 1

[Mug Funky]

@Dogway:

i don't think there is a good version of this disc... unless there's a version made after 2006. they're all ex-composite NTSC.

[Nightshiver]

Thanks Nightshiver, maybe(or sure :D, but without knowledge: /) I'm a "filter happy". Well, I will do the encode later to see the result. Summing up the script looks like this:
MPEG2Source("C:\Users\Felipe\Desktop\SF\VTS_01_1.d2v")
LoadPlugin("C:\plugins\DGDecode.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\plugins\mvtools2.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\plugins\warpsharp.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\plugins\RemoveGrain.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\plugins\mt_masktools-26.dll")
Import("C:\plugins\chubbyrain2.avsi")
Import("C:\plugins\YAHR.avsi")
Import("C:\plugins\YLimitedSharpenFaster.avsi")

ChubbyRain2()
YAHR()
Checkmate(20)
source = last
vectors = source.MVAnalyseMulti(refframes=1, pel=2, overlap=4, sharp=1, idx=1)
source.MVDegrainMulti(vectors,thSAD=500,idx=1)
LimitedSharpenFaster(ss_x=1.8, ss_y=1.8, smode=3, strength=185, overshoot=1, undershoot=1)
crop( 10, 56, -8, -60)
Spline36Resize(720,416)

If i'm wrong,has something to fix or improve ,correct me please(. I have only two questions: Why the resize and crop(i want to put back the movie in the original DVD menu)?And maybe it would be better to use LSFmod? Thanks again

Oh, I was only doing that out of habit. You can remove those. Better to use LSFmod? That's up to the user, as LSFmod is no better or worse than LSF, at least in terms of quality to me.

[kazary]

I'm using HCEnc, but it gives this error
http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/8881/semttulombd.jpg

The .avs script:
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files (x86)\AviSynth 2.5\plugins\DGDecode.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files (x86)\AviSynth 2.5\plugins\mvtools2.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files (x86)\AviSynth 2.5\plugins\checkmate.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files (x86)\AviSynth 2.5\plugins\warpsharp.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files (x86)\AviSynth 2.5\plugins\RemoveGrainSSE2.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files (x86)\AviSynth 2.5\plugins\MaskTools.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files (x86)\AviSynth 2.5\plugins\cnr2.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files (x86)\AviSynth 2.5\plugins\Repair.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files (x86)\AviSynth 2.5\plugins\medianblur.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files (x86)\AviSynth 2.5\plugins\aWarpSharp.dll")
Import("C:\Program Files (x86)\AviSynth 2.5\plugins\MinBlur.avsi")
MPEG2Source("C:\Users\Felipe\Desktop\Sincronizar SF\FullDisc\NEW\video.d2v")

ChubbyRain2()
YAHR()
Checkmate(20)
source = last
vectors = source.MVAnalyseMulti(refframes=1, pel=2, overlap=4, sharp=1, idx=1)
source.MVDegrainMulti(vectors,thSAD=500,idx=1)
LimitedSharpenFaster(ss_x=1.8, ss_y=1.8, smode=3,
strength=185, overshoot=1, undershoot=1)
crop( 10, 56, -8, -60)
Spline36Resize(720,480)


I think I put all plugins and filters required. The YAHR.avsi and chubbyrain2.avsi are located in the Avisynth plugins

[Motenai Yoda]

update removegrain with 0.9 ver

[Nightshiver]

And remove the resize and crop lines. You can't keep my crop line, as it will ruin the AspectRatio of the movie since you are resizing to 720,480 instead of 720,416.

[Didée]

update removegrain with 0.9 ver
Actually, RemoveGrain v0.9 is the one not-yet having mode 20.

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1337452#post1337452

[kazary]

Thanks for the help. Well, the RemoveGrain (http://avisynth.org/mediawiki/Removegrain)is version 0.9. Keeps up the error message even after removed the line of rezise and crop.
http://i54.tinypic.com/ebeo1t.jpg

Uptade: Using the RemoveGrain post by the Didée (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=976573&highlight=hurdy-gurdy#post976573) the error now is this:
error loading Avisynth script, Script error; there is no function named called "MVAnalyseMulti" line 18

[Nightshiver]

You have the wrong version of MVtools. Click (http://www.mediafire.com/?1q5yxmmdjqrbklq)

[kazary]

Thank you for your patience,it worked now, will only take a TIME (http://i52.tinypic.com/zkh27l.jpg).... :) but i chose profile Best and dc_precision 10, well thanks for the help