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Post by LivingFlame » Mon May 26, 2008 4:37 pm

Try FluxSmoothST()
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Maybe typing error: filter

Post by Tiiscool » Tue May 27, 2008 1:39 pm

Thanks LivingFlame.


Is this a typing error ?
LimitedSharpenFaster(stength=200)
strength ?

Improving Visual Quality and Compressibility -> Sharpening
file: http://www.animemusicvideos.org/guides/ ... tqual.html

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Post by LivingFlame » Tue May 27, 2008 3:28 pm

Yea, that's definitely a typo in the guide. It should be Strength. You catch lots of little things. :O
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Re: TFM can check if .d2v is right ?

Post by Zarxrax » Tue May 27, 2008 3:41 pm

Scintilla wrote:
Tiiscool wrote:Hi,

I read that with: TFM(d2v="C:\...\xx.d2v") you can check, if the d2v is alright.
When not, it creates a xx-FIXED.d2v version.

Maybe this is useful information at the end of: Making DGIndex Project Files
file: http://www.animemusicvideos.org/guides/ ... getb2.html

What do you think about this ?
That's only in the case of DVDs encoded with illegal field order transitions (see: Love Hina, Excel Saga, and possibly anything encoded by M.O.F.C. if I'm remembering correctly), but it should be mentioned somewhere, yes.
I've only ever come across one dvd which had an illegal field order transition, and using the "fixed" d2v file actually resulted in broken ivtc, while using the original d2v worked perfectly. I've tried finding out more about this but I can't get any answers.

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AVS Template to compare filter effects

Post by Tiiscool » Thu May 29, 2008 2:10 pm

Hello,

what do you think about a nice avs template, that will help to compare the effects of the filters ?

I found one and changed it. Now it is possible to see also difference with MPEG2Source and cpu. I use usually also Exception Handling. Maybe this is too much for beginner ?

How to use:
* MPEG2Source: you can change cpu for video2 and see the differences
* Other deringing deblocking filter: make sure MPEG2Source is cpu=0
* after "Start of the filters" you can add every filter you want.
video2 will be changed by this filter
* Use comments # to comment a filter
this is easier as delete and rewrite it
* you want wo compare two filter settings ?
of course it is possible also to use filter with video1
be careful with the commands: video1 = DeRainbow(video1,10)
First argument in the bracket is video1 and be sure to save the changes in video1
*PAL video: make sure to comment these lines
#video1 = TDecimate(video1, mode=1)
#video2 = TDecimate(video2, mode=1)


Try
{
#Deblocking & deringing mit MPEG2Source, cpu = 0, 4 or 6
video1 = MPEG2Source("S:\FruitsBasket\01\FruitsBasket_01.d2v", cpu=0)
video2 = MPEG2Source("S:\FruitsBasket\01\FruitsBasket_01.d2v", cpu=0)

#IVTC
video1 = TFM(video1)
video1 = TDecimate(video1, mode=1)
video2 = TFM(video2)
video2 = TDecimate(video2, mode=1)

last = video2

#Start of the filters

#Note: deringing & deblocking
#when you test deringing and deblocking set MPEG2Source cpu=0

#Example
DeRainbow(10)

video1 = video1.crop(0,0,360,0)
video2 = last.crop(0,0,360,0)

StackHorizontal(video1,video2)

}
Catch(err_msg)
{
Blackness.Subtitle(err_msg)
}


What do you think ?

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Post by Zarxrax » Thu May 29, 2008 2:47 pm

I've personally never liked the idea of huge scripts like that, as it makes it more difficult to just read the script and figure out what its doing.

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Post by Corran » Thu May 29, 2008 6:33 pm

Tiiscool wrote:What do you think ?
There are already avs functions included in the amvapp called beforeafter() and beforeafterline() that were made for comparing the effects of filter chains.

Alternatively, AVISynth's very own interleave() function is very useful for comparing footage too.

Using interleave() I'd shorten your lengthy script like this:

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MPEG2Source("S:\FruitsBasket\01\FruitsBasket_01.d2v", cpu=0).TFM().TDecimate(mode=1)		
		
video1 = last
video2 = last.DeRainbow(10)	

interleave(video1,video2).crop(0,0,360,0)
Any filters can go in place of DeRainbow or added to it using a period to join the filters.

Using BeforeAfter I'd do this:

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MPEG2Source("S:\FruitsBasket\01\FruitsBasket_01.d2v", cpu=0)
TFM()
TDecimate(mode=1)		
beforeafter(filters="""DeRainbow(10)""")
crop(0,0,360,0)
To add to the filter chain you would join filters using a period here also.
i.e. beforeafter(filters="""DeRainbow(10).Deen("a3d")""")

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Post by Tiiscool » Fri May 30, 2008 6:58 am

Thanks Corran,

that is what I was looking for:
Corran wrote:There are already avs functions included in the amvapp called beforeafter() and beforeafterline() that were made for comparing the effects of filter chains.
Is there a reason, why it is not in the new version ?
Or is it somewhere else ?
http://www.animemusicvideos.org/guides/ ... tqual.html

I loved to use this code to compare the filters.
But I missed also a possibility to compare MPEG2Source cpu

Ti

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Post by Corran » Fri May 30, 2008 9:10 am

I don't believe Zarxrax mentions the function in the new guides, but it is still in the AMVApp. It's within the helperscripts.avsi file in the plugins directory.

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Color Banding

Post by Tiiscool » Sat Jun 07, 2008 2:17 pm

Hello,

in the old EADFAG, Color Banding is mentioned.
I was happy, when I read this = Now I knew what I did wrong: I oversmoothed ;-)

Maybe I am the only stupid guy here, but what do you think about adding it in the new guide ?


Another question:
Maybe it is useful to write, that it is good to see the filter results in motion.
(With the Play button, and not using the arrow buttons )
I thought it looks great, but it was terrible when I used the play button.

Or am I wrong ?

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