Using "NTSC filters" in Avisynth script?

[AVCHDfreak]

Hi all,
I'm thinking of applying Blargg's NTSC libraries which are used for 8/16-bit game console emulation as a filter in an Avisynth script and wondering if this is possible. If anybody can shed some light on this it would be much appreciated, thanks in advance,

AVCHDfreak

[Reel.Deel]

Would be neat to have Blargg's NTSC Libraries (http://slack.net/~ant/libs/ntsc.html) as an AviSynth plugin. There was some discussion (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=150596) some time ago but nothing came of it.

[foxyshadis]

You can probably get halfway there with dotcrawlplus (https://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=170433) using the strong preset. All it's missing is color adjustments and scanlines.

[AVCHDfreak]

Hi Reel.Deel, foxyshadis,

I actually suggested for the dot crawl effect in Avisynth over in the Virtualdub forums and raffriff42 made the script, it's a very good effect in its own right, I just want to try a CRT effect, Blargg's filter is apparently great from what I've heard.

[Reel.Deel]

All it's missing is color adjustments and scanlines.

Well there's a plugin for that: scanlines_dll_20031103.zip (http://avisynth.nl/users/warpenterprises/files/scanlines_5F25_dll_20031103.zip)

And here's a script variant: Speeding up scanlines script (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=156658)

[creaothceann]

If you want to capture emulated games then you could try RetroArch, it has some nice shaders. (Search for "record" in the config files; it'll show "video_post_filter_record" etc.)

(old thread) (http://board.byuu.org/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=147)
(newer thread) (http://board.byuu.org/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=4719)

[AVCHDfreak]

Thanks Reel.Deel, I'll check the plugin/script out.

Hi creaothceann,
it would be nice if you could apply the emulated
effect on video which is what I'm after, but I'll have
a look at RetroArch anyway, thanks.

I'm a BASIC guy, haven't got much success in
C programming, trying to decode Blargg's source
into something that I can understand, but I think I
just don't have that mindset.

If I could get the source compiled, I wanted to run
the demo to see if it could apply the effect to a frame
from a video, but resolution differences might be one
of the obstacles.

[Reel.Deel]

While looking for something else I came across this SNESEffect (https://github.com/Xenoveritas/AviSynth-Stuff/blob/master/SNESEffect.avsi) script, it "provides a pixelation effect, similar to the effect a ton of SNES games use." Maybe someone will find it useful.