Hi Steve!
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Wow! Upon closer look, it does look good! It did a good job of deinterlacing (decomb? smoothing the edges?).
Did you actually mean to say "The results might well look better
than using Premiere Elements."?
Why is the size of the new file so much smaller than the other two? I would have thought less data(information) would look worse?
I do like this Handbrake tool! (I think I may have wasted my money buying "Adobe Premier Elements 2019"). It seems that I can use Handbrake to do a lot of effects I was asking you about such as an shapening, denoise, color enhancements/corrections etc. Although I think I might just use the default settings as described in your video and maybe a little bit of some of sharpening (Unsharp? LapSharp? with some Preset Tune etc. What would you recommend as safe enough sharpen values where I'm not destroying the content?
I'm beginning to understand all this a little better.
Originally when I went to the professional with all my boxes of VHS tapes(family vacations etc), I told him I really wasn't looking to convert everything (ie. there is a lot footage no one is going to care to look at again). The plan (so I could save some money) we came up with was a 2-step approach:
Step 1. Convert from the VHS tapes to DV-AVI format files using TBC etc. This would allow me to have the 'raw' digital content. I needed to get that footage off the VHS tapes sooner than later as the quality of the content was continuing to deteriorate the longer it sat around on those tapes. I would then view those avi files and trim/cut only the parts that I wanted to keep using an avi cutting tool (Virtualdub).
Step 2. (optional) The professional would convert my 'keeper' avi file parts to mp4 files. That conversion would involve things like deinterlacing, denoise etc. He gave me a sample 1 hour mp4 conversion of one of my avi files. I pasted the Mediainfo information below from that mp4 file. It appears he is using a different paid tool similar to Handbrake. I found his sample mp4 file was also not sharp like the original avi. But as you already mentioned to me, VHS was a pretty poor format. I'm beginning to think I can basically do Step 2 on my own using Handbrake. Is there any settings below from his sample mp4 file that you think I need to consider? Again, I'm not looking for any perfection. I just want decent 'good enough' quality mp4s. The only thing that I really want to do is sharpen them up a little as they look a little dull.
Again, Thanks so much for your help!
General
Complete name : C:\Users\kruse\Documents\Easter.mp4
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media / Version 2
Codec ID : mp42 (mp42/isom/avc1)
File size : 2.53 GiB
Duration : 1 h 3 min
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 5 752 kb/s
Encoded date : UTC 2021-06-29 20:08:11
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Writing application : TMPGEnc Video Mastering Works 7 Version 7.0.12.14
Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L3
Format settings : CABAC / 6 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, Reference frames : 6 frames
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 1 h 3 min
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 5 500 kb/s
Maximum bit rate : 8 200 kb/s
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 29.970 (30000/1001) FPS
Standard : NTSC
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.531
Stream size : 2.42 GiB (96%)
Writing library : x264 core 155
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Color range : Limited
Color primaries : BT.601 NTSC
Transfer characteristics : BT.601
Matrix coefficients : BT.601
Codec configuration box : avcC
Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC LC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec Low Complexity
Codec ID : mp4a-40-2
Duration : 1 h 3 min
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 256 kb/s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel layout : L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate : 46.875 FPS (1024 SPF)
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 114 MiB (4%)
Default : Yes
Alternate group : 1
Encoded date : UTC 2021-06-29 20:08:11
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