DVD Video Editing

[redfive19]

Hello all,
My father shot my cousin's wedding on his sony DVD handicam. It records to those mini-dvd's. Anyway, I ripped these and was able to output an AVI file via an avs script and virtualdub. I used the Canopus DV codec to do this. Besides for the shuttle wheel not working to scrub through footage, the stuff looks great and edited well in premiere.

The problem is, on output, I DEFINATELY have a field problem. I tried a deinterlace command in a 2nd AVS script and that didn't work. Does anyone have any suggestions? I've also tried the AVS plug-in for premiere but that's far too slow. What I would like to do is output to another DV type AVI and have it be the same filename so I don't have to re-edit.

Thanks ahead of time....

-redfive

[jggimi]

Sounds like possible field order error.DV is BFF, AviSynth assumes BFF, but, not knowing how things were created (I don't use Premiere), you may want to examine AssumeTFF()/AssumeBFF() to see if that filter provides assistance.

Typically, to determine which field order is correct, all you need to do is set the one or the other Assume... filter, and add a SeparateFields() filter afterwords. Run the script in Vdub, and look at a motion area frame by frame. If you see "back and forth" movement rather than smooth movement, reverse the assumption and look again. Once you have the correct field order, remove the SeparateFields() filter and you're good to go.

Obviously, checking field order without setting any Assume... filter but just using SeparateFields() will show you if its a field order problem.