Black lines extend right on VHS

[jmac698]

You can see them here, despite using my multipass technique:
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comp...4395/picture:3
Anyone found a way to get rid of them? They seem to be on sharp luma transitions.
This video is still pretty bad even when cleaned up a huge amount by multipass.
@yup
you worked on this?

[Mounir]

you might wanna tnl-means filter not sure it'll solve your issue entirely but should help

[Gerry62]

Hmm interesting MultiPass results there, Care to elaborate on how you got it thus far?

[Tempter57]

Originally Posted by jmac698

You can see them here, despite using my multipass technique:
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comp...4395/picture:3
Anyone found a way to get rid of them? They seem to be on sharp luma transitions.
This video is still pretty bad even when cleaned up a huge amount by multipass.
@yup
you worked on this?

Used filter depulse http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.ph...hlight=depulse

[jmac698]

Easy, just record it 9 times and take the median
What's left is purely the original tape/camera noise, I guess.

temptr
Are you sure you viewed the pic with the mouse over it? That's the clean version.

[cobo]

Do they shift from frame to frame? If so, I think I'd try TemporalDegrain or Didée's script for single frame spot removal. With the spot remover, medianblur seems to be faster, but I suggest to use version 0.5 as the latest version was causing x264 and QuEnc to crash.

[Ghitulescu]

Is the VCR ok? Sometimes the black/white peaks are the result of a defective headamp (most probably one capacitor).

[jmac698]

G
Thanks for the advice, however this VCR plays other tapes fine. This is the first tape I've seen with the white lines, originally, which ppl on the internet call dropouts. I have to talk to yup, he made a mask for this problem.

[Ghitulescu]

Yes, I know, but dropouts are the problem of the tape, while these lines of yours are not dropouts. Most VCRs have a dropout correction/masking circuit.
Of course, it may be that the recording VCR had problems and if these are part of a signal you can only hope for a correction in SW.
BTW, have you tried the tape in another deck?

[jmac698]

yes in 5 decks actually, by far this was the best result. I have seen the black lines before and recreate them, though I think from another reason. If I record svhs-et and playback in a non-et vhs I get the same look.

[johnmeyer]

Have you tried manually adjusting the tracking control? This sure looks like a tracking problem. On most VCRs, tracking can be manually adjusted by pressing either the Channel UP or the Channel DOWN button on your remote control while playing the tape (the tape has to first be playing before you press these buttons). I think this might solve the problem.

The other thing to try on your VCR, when capturing, is to see if it has an "EP correction" circuit. On JVC decks, this is called "Video Stabilizer." It is NOT a TBC, and it only works on EP (6-hour) mode recordings. I am less confident that this will improve your capture, but it is worth a try if the tape is EP.

Again, this looks like something that can be corrected by using manual tracking.

[jmac698]

Hi,
Yes it was captured by adjusting the tracking for each scene. This did affect the white lines noise, I could minimize it. Of course I can completely eliminate the white lines with my multipass technique, but the black lines continue. The black lines are fairly consistent, which is why that even after 9 captures I can't eliminate them.
Actually I have given the tape back to the customer now, I have a half dozen captures lying around, they all have the black lines.

[Mounir]

A local blur filter with a find edge option may help perhaps ? Otherwise you're good for a photoshop cleaning-crap session

[jmac698]

ps I have an SVHS JVC with tape calibration, actually that didn't end up being the best deck. It seems one deck will be best for each kind of tape.
Let me try some of the suggestions here; I think depulse could be adjusted to find black lines instead of white lines for one thing.

[Ghitulescu]

Then the black lines are part of the image and o software solution is needed to remove them.

[IanB]

Originally Posted by jmac698

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Let me try some of the suggestions here; I think depulse could be adjusted to find black lines instead of white lines for one thing.

You could try using Invert to swap Black and White then apply your current fix white logic.

[2Bdecided]

Assuming your VCR is not at fault, then I bet the tape was recorded with a worn head. A similarly worn head may play it back just fine.

I know that's no help - just sharing!

You mention yup - have you seen his thread about this? I think the lines are too clustered together for his approach to work, but I don't know.

Cheers,
David.

[StainlessS]

Originally Posted by jmac698

ps I have an SVHS JVC with tape calibration, actually that didn't end up being the best deck. It seems one deck will be best for each kind of tape.
Let me try some of the suggestions here; I think depulse could be adjusted to find black lines instead of white lines for one thing.

Depulse does cope with black lines:-

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.ph...14#post1355414

EDIT: Added the missing default values to the linked post.

[jmac698]

Please see http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=121197&page=3 for a specific script developed by yup for removing these black lines.