Varying source sizes, need them at the same aspect ratio

[Hareoic]

I have several different video sources, but I don't know how I could make them all the same size without messing up the aspect ratio.

Here's a list of the episodes and the resolutions for the sources I have:

First Season

• 1 - 640x352 (Raw) or 704x396 (Sub)
  2 - 704x396 (both)
  3 - 704x396 (both)
  4 - 704x396 (both)
  5 - 704x396 (both)
  6 - 704x396 (both)
  7 - 704x396 (both)
  8 - 704x396 (both)
  9 - 704x396 (both)
  10 - 704x396 (both)
  11 - 704x396 (both)
  12 - 704x396 (both)
  13 - 704x396 (both)
  14 - 704x396 (both)
  15 - 704x396 (both)
  16 - 704x396 (Raw) or 848x480 (Sub)
  17 - 704x396 (Raw) or 848x480 (Sub)
  18 - 704x396 (Raw) or 848x480 (Sub)
  19 - 704x396 (Raw) or 848x480 (Sub)
  20 - 704x396 (Raw) or 848x480 (Sub)
  21 - 704x396 (Raw) or 848x480 (Sub)
  22 - 640x360 (Raw) or 848x480 (Sub)
  23 - 704x396 (Raw) or 848x480 (Sub)
  24 - 704x396 (Raw) or 848x480 (Sub)
  25 - 704x396 (Raw) or 848x480 (Sub)
  26 - 704x396 (Raw) or 848x480 (Sub)

Second season

All episodes seem to be the same size, though it changes depending on where they're viewed. In Windows Media Player, they measure 711x400, but in Virtual Dub Mod, they're 704x400. I don't know if this is because of the .mkv encoding or something else, but unless I'm told otherwise I'll take the measurement of 704x400 as the proper measurement.



None of the videos have had their edges cropped, so the color distortion that occurs near the edges is present, but I don't know whether to do that before or after resizing the videos (no idea how the technical stuff works out). Can somebody please help me out here?

[JaddziaDax]

use avisynth to crop off the ugly parts and resize them all to the same size

crop(0,0,-0,-0)
LanczosResize(width,length)

and use math, math is your friend

ignore display sizes in other programs, vdm should be right

[Hareoic]

Okay, I've got a size picked out that works fairly well for all of the ones I'm using (512x288), now I just need to know, should I crop it before or after resizing?

[Hareoic]

And I also need to know if I'm supposed to do cleanup of the footage first, before I try to resize it.

[badmartialarts]

Clean up before resizing and cropping. Crop before resizing.

That was easy...

[Kariudo]

Clean up before resizing and cropping. Crop before resizing.

That was easy...

to go into just a bit more detail
when doing your cleaning:
deinterlace / IVTC right away (if needed)
do your smoothing (deen, removegrain, smooth, vaguedenoiser, etc..) before your sharpening (vmtoon, msharpen, limitedsharpen, etc...)
resizing can be put anywhere after the deinterlacing/IVTC-ing...I prefer to put it at the end

some rainbow removal and dot crawl removal things need interlaced footage to work right

[Hareoic]

Clean up before resizing and cropping. Crop before resizing.

That was easy...

to go into just a bit more detail
when doing your cleaning:
deinterlace / IVTC right away (if needed)
do your smoothing (deen, removegrain, smooth, vaguedenoiser, etc..) before your sharpening (vmtoon, msharpen, limitedsharpen, etc...)
resizing can be put anywhere after the deinterlacing/IVTC-ing...I prefer to put it at the end

some rainbow removal and dot crawl removal things need interlaced footage to work right

For some reason, I could never tell the difference when I deinterlaced, so I just smoothed it over instead.

And the vmtoon item doesn't seem to work. I don't know why this is.

Still, that clears several things up for me, and I shouldn't have any problems.

[Kariudo]

would it be possible to post a before/after shot?

[Hareoic]

would it be possible to post a before/after shot?

Sure, but another thing I've found is that the color changes slightly when I take a screenshot from what it was originally.

Without any filters:


And the filters I use:
UnDot
Deen("w3d",2,2,4)
DeBlock(quant=15)
vmToon(strength=24, xstren=128)

With filters:

[Kariudo]

I was kinda hoping for a before deinterlacing/IVTC and after deinterlacing/IVTC shot

raws may already been deinterlaced