Removing Ghost Images from Futurama?

[KlausBreuer]

Hi everybody!

I just bought the first set of Futurama DVDs in Germany (3 Disks, 13 Episodes). They're in PAL format, R2, 4:3, 25fps. Joy!

Less joy, however, when I watched them on my system (I don't have a TV) - they're full of ghost images, very noticable in movements, especially in Episode one, as Fry cycles through the crowd.
With a ghost image I mean two frames blended into each other - you'd see both animation frames simultaneously.

I tried ripping them with GordianKnot (with DivX 5.02), but the problem persists - the ghost images are actually on the frames themselves. No matter which GKnot/DivX5 settings I used, the ghost images remained.

Although I'd guess that this is a very frequently asked question, I didn't find a solution to this anywhere. Am I doing something wrong? Did the DVD creators screw up?

Is there a simply way to fix this, using some kind of VirtualDub filter?

My System:
AMD 1GHz
512MB RAM
GeForce 4 4600i
Win 98SE
PowerDVD v3.0

Any help would be much appreciated!

Ciao,
Klaus

[jggimi]

Ghosts due to quick and cheap transfers from NTSC to PAL are common. There is no perfect fix. The general consensus that I've read here in Doom9's forum is to use FieldDeinterlace with blend=false, or use GreedyHMA's deinterlace function.

But, I seem to remember a whole discussion of Futurama PAL a few months ago. Search for it, you may find an additional thread specific to your dvd.

[theReal]

there are a lot of ghostings in the tv PAL version of futurama and simpsons as well.
I think the original comic is drawn with something like 12 or 15fps and any conversion to a higher framerate will introduce ghost images.

[DagMan]

@ Klaus

look hear (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=16278&highlight=Starfish) this is the thread about the futurama rips a few month ago ;)


DagMan