Family Guy R2 Help!

[grug2k]

I've been trying to encode Family Guy (R2), but there are all sorts of artifacts and the like, more than I've ever seen with an NTSC to PAL conversion.

I've tried decomb's Telecide() function and combinations of Blend, PostProcess, and the like, as well as GKnot's de-interlacing, and I can't seem to get acceptable results.

I also tried following the suggestions in the 'Futurama' thread, but to no avail.

Has anyone had any success with encoding this?

[powderkegz]

I encoded my copy of this DVD set for my brother, and the rips came out nicely. Here were my settings:

I wanted 3 eps. a CD, so I encoded each ep to be 233 MB.
DivX 3.11a
128k MP3 audio
448x336 res
SimpleResize Filter (have to watch the crop on this one to make sure that you don't get green shit in your encode)
Field Deinterlace
And then credit encode separately.

Decomb simply hasn't been working for me on cartoon TV rips. (I think FOX or whoever put out these DVDs should have spent a little more time and effort on the mastering.) I always get tons of garbage in the picture, and I can't figure out why, no matter what settings I use.

Anyway, good luck, hope this helps.

Peace,
powderkegz

[grug2k]

I'd already tried FieldDeinterlace, which leaves all the ghost images behind. Is there anyway to solve this? For example, can the 29.97 be recovered? Or do I just have to put up with the "blur effect"?

[powderkegz]

I've not yet heard of anyone being able to eliminate the "blur effect" of this DVD, even some expert rippers I've asked. I've heard that people have also had the same problems with The Simpsons DVDs and Futurama DVDs. I just think Fox did a really shitty job mastering these DVDs, but if anyone can offer any help to these DVDs (Family Guy, Simpsons, or Futurama) as to how to get rid of this ghosting effect, I'd appreciate it to. But I've not heard of anyone being able to do it as of yet.