We've been sitting on a project for several years now. The client is/was not in a rush, yet wanted the impossible. As some of you know, sometimes the impossible is possible with time. New video filters are created, new methods are discovered, and existing filters/methods improved.
So here's your challenge.
http://cdn4.digitalfaq.com/kpmedia/2..._10H46M_AM.VOB
The file is about 1.2gb in size.
The original MPEG2-based mini DVD-R video camera appears to have a CCD that was going out while it shot this ceremony. You'll know what I mean when you download the video.
This is only one of the VOBs. There are a few more, but this one of the worst ones.
We've tried multiple methods over the years -- none produced satisfactory results. (Though to be completely honest, our expertise is analog-source video -- not digital source video. Keep that in mind.) At this point, I made the decision to give up. The only alternative that I can see if to extract the audio, and few decent video stills, and add in some stills submitted on CD-R to create a slideshow.
But I wanted to give one last stab at it, this time with community input.
The recent "how can we make the site better" had a good suggestion -- contests.
You're allowed to fix this with whatever means possible. Restoring truly damaged video means that you sometimes have to get creative.
To make it worth your time, I'll give $50 to a useable result.
Ready, set, go!