Hi guys!
Well Kwag, I have used AVSGEN to generate the big AVISource Line and crop/resize parameters. Very convenient, isn't it?
Rendalunit, I have just started using avisynth more seriously (since I discovered KVCD in fact). It's user-unfriendly, but it is sooo fast!!
My source is 352x576 Hyuff B&W, 90min : encoding time = 3h/4h.
I use VD frameserving only for greyscale filter, so I think I can go even faster if I filter everything in avisynth.
Another thing I like about avisynth, is that I can batch encode with TMPGEnc. This morning I woke up with 8 friends episodes, 1 KungFu movie and 20min bonus from "Saving Grace"
. I have to encode sound separetly because of a bug in TMPGEnc (it craches when I load wav).
Unsharp is the best sharpener I could find so far. Here is an extract from its documentation :
"This filter implements a well-known contrast enhancement/sharpening
technique called unsharp masking. The basic idea is that a blurred version
of the original image is created and then subtracted from the original
image. The resulting image will have contrast boosts around features in
the image. The result is a very pleasing sharpening that is superior to
simple sharpening with a convolution kernel or high-pass boost."
My (poor) source was really improved by TemporalCleaner. I haven't tested it on other material. I will post further results.
To be honest, I am not sure about using both TemporalCleaner and Temporal Smoother together. I could't notice any difference with TemporalSmoother on or off : I've left it because I know it improves compression. Maybe I can do without it.
FYI : I have a P4 1.6 (OC1.7) + 256Mo RamBus + 2x80Go Seagate Barracuda on an Asus TH7-II-Raid Mobo.
Cheers.