Hi all,
I'm trying to confirm some things as I continue post-processing my VHS captures. I'm keeping Master copies of my original captures as I'll be using some captures in different ways, and I plan to upload the batch I'm working on now to Youtube.
I watched this tutorial in order to understand how to download AviSynth+ with plugins using 64-bit Win10.
https://youtu.be/C4PyyQoz6eo?feature=shared
Install was successful. I realize that one script does NOT fit all, but I'm just sharing the script I started with, which was 'the most common script' to use according to the video tutorial above:
Code:
SetFilterMTMode ("QTGMC", 2)
FFMPEGSource2("title.avi", atrack=1) # *[or -1]
ConvertToYV12()
AssumeBFF() # *[or TFF]
QTGMC(preset="Slower", EdiThreads=2) # [Edi = Half of Physical Cores]
BilinearResize(720,540) # [lordsmurf says downsize to 640,480 so I'll that]
Prefetch(6) # [Prefetch = # of Logical Cores Minus 2]
While I've fiddled with the above script settings, I'll be trying out other scripts as well today. Having said that, I have a few questions I'd appreciate your help with...
1) Is it correct that I should be using VirtualDub2.0 with AviSynth+? (I use VirtualDub1.9 for capture of course).
2) How should I be exporting from VirtualDub2.0? I've downloaded and opened Hybrid, but haven't used it yet. I'm not a computer whiz so it takes some time for me to understand how to use each program in the VHS transfer process...
Is it incorrect to export from VDub2.0 as x264 8-bit (.mp4) from VDub2.0? From what I've read in threads here, should I actually be exporting as .avi and then use Hybrid to convert to .mp4? I normally use Premiere Pro to edit my video projects, and I'm not sure if that would affect the choice here.
3) Should I be including ConvertToYV12() in my scripts if I used
HuffYUV compression for capture?
4) I know everything is on a case-by-case basis, but generally, how helpful are incorporating VDub filters in post?
I really appreciate your time. I've made it this far, I know I can 'cross the finish line' with your help (which has been invaluable...)