Ghost in the Shell:Stand Alone Complex & DGIndex

Guld_Bowman_02 · Post by **Guld_Bowman_02** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 1:45 pm

I recently borrowed a 3 disk set of Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex (TV Collection). The only audio stream is Japanese and it has English and Chinese subtitles. Practically all of the text, with the exception of the title is all written in Japanese. I got the VOB files w/o a hitch, but in DGIndex, it keeps jumping form progressive to interlaced/ film 90% to NTSC interlaced 10%; on other episodes it worse! Even when using force film, there is still interlacing in the picture. I left the field operation to the none setting and made some test project files (basically 29.97FPS and untouched). here are some of the avisynth scripts that i tried:

mpeg2source("D:\stand alone d_2\test.d2v",ipp=true, cpu=6)
telecide(order=1,post=2,blend=true,vthresh=30,back=1)
Decimate(cycle=5,mode=3,quality=3)

the one above seems to give the best results (used individually, of course), while the others below gave not-so-good results (ghosting, blended frames, etc).

#ConvertToYUY2(interlaced=true)
#SmoothDeinterlace(tff=true, doublerate=false)

#TomsMoComp(1,5,1)
#Telecide(order=1,post=4)
#Decimate(mode=1, threshold=1.0)

has any one had any experience w/ this particular anime or problem?...

Org Profile · Post by **808-buma** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 5:47 pm

you may have to make your clips first and then apply your avisynth scripts to the clips to adjust for this. I have this problem with a source vid I'm currently doing and I'm sort of glad I get to apply scripts to the individual clips...

and it's always a good idea not to use import dvds for source vids as they are compressed even more so that they can get them onto 3 discs other than the 6 or 7 they normally do.

Qyot27 · Post by **Qyot27** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 11:45 pm

808-buma wrote:and it's always a good idea not to use import dvds for source vids as they are compressed even more so that they can get them onto 3 discs other than the 6 or 7 they normally do.

No, what you mean is it's not a good idea to use bootleg discs, which is where the OP clearly got the footage from. There's nothing wrong with using legit Japanese R2s (actually, it's more preferable than using the American release), as the video quality on those is the highest of any, but those usually come with only 2 or 3 episodes per disc.

Org Profile · Post by **808-buma** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 2:06 am

Qyot27 wrote: No, what you mean is it's not a good idea to use bootleg discs, which is where the OP clearly got the footage from.

I was trying to be diplomatic and not use the b-word...

shirohamada · Post by **shirohamada** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 12:54 pm

R1's halo blinds me

Guld_Bowman_02 · Post by **Guld_Bowman_02** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 11:12 pm

Oooo.. the infamous 'B' word; it figures. I'll keep on experimenting to see what gives me the best outcome. This stupid thing has DGIndex bouncing around like crazy. I've never seen it go from interlaced to progressive and back again in a matter of a few frames

. Oh well, thanks for the input...

Brsrk · Post by **Brsrk** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 3:01 pm

As soon as I saw "Japanese with English and Chinese subtitles" I knew it was bootleg. I've worked with bootleg footage before, granted it looks HALFWAY decent (if that), it's still by far the worst I've worked with. Trash the bootlegs and get the real DVDs. Definately worth it