VirtualDub - which filter?

[post-it]

. Howdy

. I've run into one heck of problem here:

. As you can see, the Video is starting its 2nd pass - but there's a problem!
The Yellow Hexigons have steps - instead of curved lines.

. Any idea's?
I've removed each filter, one by one, and even removed them all - no change

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[Scintilla]

This looks like the classic "Deinterlace when speed is below 100%" effect, though I'm sure other interlacing-related processes can also cause it.

This wasn't on the full-res export?

[post-it]

Captured 720 X 480, deinterlaced ( internal ) then filtered again with Smart De-interlace
and finally resized to 704 X 528.. This isn't the first time I've
seen this problem, and it rarely happens to me, but at least "this time" I caught it.

now, how the heck to eliminate it? .... VirtualDub 1.4.10 ( I caught it as it was
being Encoded ( I got the same thing from VD-MOD so now I'm really confused. )

[Zarxrax]

Thats deinterlacing. As you state you have run 2 deinterlacers, I would imagine thats where the problem came in at.

[post-it]

. Believe it, nor not, this is the same picture with nothing but resizing!

. I'm beginning to think its the ATI MPEG-1 Codec itself - locking-in this break!
De-interlacing with either filter, let alone both, seem to have "no affect"

. Is there a filter which could -sorta- bend these lines to curve a little ?

[Zarxrax]

What kind of resizing are you doing?
If you are using a nearest neighbor resize, or resizing within premiere, you will get shit like that.
Use a bicubic or lanczos resize for the image to look good.

[post-it]

. simple Bi-cubic.
I've tryed every resize, except "nearest neighbor - of course" and even
Smart Resize yealds the same resolts.

and, no, I'm not inventing this problem - this is an actual, real-time, problem!

. Smoothers only washout the Video and Warp2sharp just cuts the lines.

[Zarxrax]

Post an image of your raw footage.
Then describe exactly what you are doing that makes it look like that.

[AbsoluteDestiny]

Just looks like crappy deinterlacing to me.

[post-it]

<a href="http://www.streamload.com/merlins_magic/capture - traxx 1.00.avi">capture - traxx 1.00 - Xvid 400k</a> via streamload - it should work!?!

Here is the section of video, direct to Xvid ( no filters, no nothing ) settings
are at the "default" setting. ( 900, 85%, Quartized 5 - you know the screen. )

maybe its me, let me know - please ( this problem is very very confusing )

THx

I'll drop the hosting from streamload once you-all have a copy.