Troubles deinterlacing PS2 480i60 footage

[ShogunGino]

I've browsed as many threads I've found relevant for two weeks now, and nothing I've found and tried have proven successful. I'll list out my attempts in order I tried them.

I have a Hauppauge 1212, purchased to record 480i gameplay footage through YPbPr cables(mostly PS2), since the 1212 does not automatically force a terrible blend fields deinterlacing filter. With it's software, it can record in .ts, .m2ts, and .mp4. The .m2ts option seems to give the highest quality.

I downloaded 64-bit AviSynth and the K-Lite codec pack at the recommendation of another amateur video maker like myself, and we used the following script to get it to work in VirtualDub:

DirectShowSource("source.M2TS")
AssumeTFF()

With VD's built in deinterlacing filters, I can get the framerate where I want it at 59.94, but what I've heard called "color fields" still remain, and no amount of field bob manipulation improves it. See Capture1

The guy who recommended this setup to me says he had no such combing artifacts appear for him.

I tried loading the Avisynth Yadif plugin, which I placed in the plugins64 folder in my Avisynth directory. I removed the AssumeTFF() script, and replaced it with these two lines:

DirectShowSource("source.M2TS")
LoadCPlugin("C:\Program Files (x86)\AviSynth\plugins64\yadif17\yadif.dll")
Yadif(mode=1, order=1, planar=false, opt=-1)

But, Virtualdub tells me that it's unable to load the plugin and doesn't give a special reason why.

So I try downloading Virtualdub's Smart Deinterlacer v.2.8 beta 1, and I place it in both the Plugins and Plugins64 folders, and try to import it as a .vdf in the Add Filters window. It tells me that its not a valid Win32 application, which I find odd because I made sure to download the 64-bit version of VD. It also doesn't show up in the list of Filters, so that didn't work either.

So I try out this QTGMC thing that sounds really exciting, and I download the latest version, v.3.357, along with the
core plugins in the Avisynth plugins64 folder, with the following script:

DirectShowSource("source.M2TS")
QTGMC(Preset="Slow")
AssumeTFF()

Whether or not the AssumeTFF() line is necessary I don't know, because VD tells me that on Line 244 of QTGMC, there is no function for "undefined". See Capture2 for the .ansi file opened to the line in C++.

Nothing I could find in the tutorials mentioned anything about this, or if it could cause a problem, and at this point, I'm not sure how to progress. I don't know if I've organized my folders incorrectly, with plugins in the wrong folders, or if something in my script was off. I've tried following all the advice I could, but nothing is even close to functioning in VD.

It's been quite frustrating since not even trying to record/deinterlace with OBS has worked. I find that weird since I could hook up my PS2 with s-video into my Avermedia EZ DVDmaker 7, and it can record/deinterlace/double frames just fine with that, but with the 1212, I still get combs. The only thing that looks nice is, surprisingly, VLC with its Yadif x2 filter, playback is exactly how I want to have it. Too bad screen capture with OBS and the like for that turns out blurry results, no matter how I set the recording parameters.

[StainlessS]

64bit Avisynth requires 64 [EDIT: bit] dll's, Vdub same.
Just putting in the 64 bit folder does nothing but confuse/mess up your installation.
Run Groucho2004 AvsMeter from command line with -

AvsMeter -avsInfo -L

Will show what dll's you have.

AVSMeter 2.7.0 (x86) - Copyright (c) 2012-2017, Groucho2004

Usage:  AVSMeter script.avs [switches]

Switches:
  -avsinfo            Display extended Avisynth info
  -info [-i]          Display clip info
  -log  [-l]          Create log file
  -csv                Create csv file
  -gpu                Display GPU/VPU usage (requires GPU-Z)
  -range=first,last   Set frame range
  -timelimit=n        Set time limit (seconds)
  -priority=n         Set process priority (1:low, 2:normal, 3:high)

  For more info on the command line switches and INI file
  settings read the documentation (AVSMeter.html) included
  in the distribution package.

List of available 64 bit dll's for avisynth+:- http://avisynth.nl/index.php/AviSynth%2B_x64_plugins

[LemMotlow]

Originally Posted by ShogunGino

DirectShowSource("source.M2TS")

DirectShowSource? For m2ts?
Who told you to use that? No one here, I hope.

[manono]

Better would be to make 10 seconds or so available for us to have a look.

[ShogunGino]

Nobody on these forums recommended DirectShowSource for my script. It was a Youtuber who was told what to do by a contact of his own. Having seen some videos of his, it apparently seems to work alright for him.

In any case, here is a link to a short test video, where the M2TS has been deinterlaced with VD's Yadif filter while doubling the frame rate:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-hY3XZeRyY

I went ahead and updated my AviSynth to make sure that it was the 64-bit version, and got the equivalent plugins for it. However, I'm still getting VD complaining about that "undefined" on Line 244 of the QTGMC 3.357 ansi file. Don't know how to go any farther than that.

[StainlessS]

UnDefined is from Avs v2.60

Undefined

Undefined() v2.60
Returns the undefined state.
It's the state for which Defined() returns false.

Examples:

x = Undefined()
Defined(x) # == false

http://avisynth.nl/index.php/Interna...ions#Undefined

Looks like you are using an old v2.5 64 bit, you should anticipate lots of problems heading your way.

Here is the 32/64 installer, Avisynth+ v2.60 r2664-MT:- https://github.com/pinterf/AviSynthPlus/releases

Or Groucho2004, multi-version (universal) installer:- http://www.iol.ie/~schubert/gas/gas.html

DirectShowSource is not frame accurate, so will probably cause problems, use only as last resort.

[manono]

Originally Posted by ShogunGino

In any case, here is a link to a short test video, where the M2TS has been deinterlaced with VD's Yadif filter while doubling the frame rate

From the untouched source. Not deinterlaced, not reencoded by YouTube, untouched. Pick a short 10 second section that, when deinterlaced using your filters, shows the problem you're having.

Having seen some videos of his, it apparently seems to work alright for him.

And you asked him what your problem is?

As StainlessS recommends, it's best that you stick with 32-bit everything - AviSynth, filters, VDub.

[StainlessS]

Originally Posted by manono

As StainlessS recommends, it's best that you stick with 32-bit everything - AviSynth, filters, VDub.

I find it hard to disagree with that advise.

EDIT: If you want everything to always work as advertised, then stick with 32 bit,
If you want to be 'cutting edge', then go with 64 bit and all of the extra exiciting stuff that goes along with the cutting edge stuff.

[ShogunGino]

Changing all my software and plugins to 32 bit seems to have solved the compatibility issues and the combing artifacts go away when using QTGMC.

The issues now are related to the doubled framerate, since each field is its own solid frame now (or so it seems), the video constantly jutters back and forth between them now, and when exported, the speed is off, and audio desyncs.

If this is a result of using DirectShowSource to load the M2TS clip, then I'm open to other suggestions. The wiki suggests FFmpegSource, but as I've come to find, it seems the advice and links on the wiki pages haven't been the most up to date.

In any case, for using FFmpegSource, the wiki says to include the timecode file in the path, but I haven't found a reliable way to get a timecode for my videos.

[Gser]

I converted completely to x64 and the only problems I've had is when using outdated versions of plugins or other software. I use QTGMC weekly to deinterlace, using avs+ and virtualdub2 and haven't encountered a single crash and hang, which is much more than I can say about the normal avs and 32 bit. But alas I can say nothing about your case until I have a sample of the file you are using. L-smash source is also an option and the "more" frame accurate Directshow source 2 mod from here https://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=134275&page=2

And you can ignore the timecode thing.

[StainlessS]

The guys are likely to want to see a 10 secs sample from unprocessed source with constant motion (I have no idea what to use to cut M2TS).

Before deinterlace, to establish whether top/bottom field first

AssumeTFF
#AssumeBFF
Separatefields

uncommenting one of the AssumeXXX options, then play, if jumps backwards/forwards then is wrong, use other one.
(then remove the above stuff).

Arh, just looked it up, M2TS cuttable with DGIndex.
Mark section with '[' and ']' buttons.

Menu "Save Project & demux video". (post m2v file on some file host).