Hi Valky,
i've captured Fawlty Towers some weeks ago from BBC Prime with my DVB card. (btw. i love Fawlty Towers + Monty Python!)
i'd say your DVD version is oversharped by a large amount. also this burning in white areas didn't occur in my version. but you can see in both versions that the material is 30 years old!
here's the script (from my memory) that i used to encode it.
Code:
mpeg2source("fawlty.d2v", cpu=4) # cpu=4 eliminates the blockiness.
# Maybe you should use cpu=6 to eliminate the mosquito noise
Viewfields() # separating the interlaced frame in 2 non-interlaced parts,
# so that interlacing-unaware filters can be used
UnDot()
Fluxsmooth(7,7)
UnViewFileds() # brining the interlaced frame together again
Limiter()
This script will not help with your specific problems (oversharpening, burning, rainbowing), but it will enhance the quality and makes the video better compressable!
You should also think about using deen(). Maybe deen("a2d",1,1,3)
I hope this helps!
Btw. I'm missing the last 5 minutes of 'The Psychiatrists'. Can you upload them somewhere i can get it from??
Greetings,
Malcolm