Filter for 'weird' interlacing?

[Undead Sega]

VidFire can actually be done in Avisynth.

[2Bdecided]

Originally Posted by zilog jones

Field restoration from telerecordings has been done: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VidFIRE
I have not seen any of the restored programmes mentioned (they don't seem to broadcast them very often) but it sounds promising.

No, VidFIRE may sound similar, but the fluid motion it restores is completely fake i.e. re-created. AFAICT it is normally used with telerecordings where the two fields are completely inseparable / blurred, or even where there's only one field present (skip-field telerecording).

On this specific telerecording, both fields are present, and they're wonderfully clear. So a suitable technique could recover the actual original video motion, not some re-creation of it.

Cheers,
David.

[2Bdecided]

Originally Posted by Undead Sega

VidFire can actually be done in Avisynth.

Yes, you can convert 25p>50p>50i using MVtools using AVIsynth.

IMO VidFIRE is a slightly more subtle, and far less artefact-prone process than what you get from MVtools. It's likely though that the worst artefacts of VidFIRE are simply edited out manually; if so, it's not possible to make a fair comparison.

Cheers,
David.

[zilog jones]

Originally Posted by 2Bdecided

No, VidFIRE may sound similar, but the fluid motion it restores is completely fake i.e. re-created. AFAICT it is normally used with telerecordings where the two fields are completely inseparable / blurred, or even where there's only one field present (skip-field telerecording).

I didn't know that, thanks for clarifying. I thought it actually recreated something using what original fields were left on the film (so assumed it wouldn't work with skip-field, spot wobble, etc.) but I guess not.