[Mikhail Petrushin]

Actually, it is interpolate 🙂

I used to use VDub with its internal deinterlace filter that allows to deinterlace videos using different interpolate methods (Yadif, ELA, Bob) with doubling frame rate. I used Yadif interpolation algorithm.

Now I use QTGMC deinterlacer as a part of SimpleSlugUpscale script when I working with SD footage.

P.S. Many thanks for the link to yadif plugin for Vegas

[Mikhail Petrushin]

I’d avoid to use internal Vegas deinterlacing methods 🙂

While working with interlaced sources I’m deinterlacing them first with doubling frame rate and encode with lossless codec.
Yes, I know that this is more resources and time expensive and the workflow is much more complicated.

[Mikhail Petrushin]

Quite often it crashes for me too (I reported 3 times about it and sent them zip archive that can be used for reproduce crash, however 2 times they just closed my ticket).

First of all the project settings should match media settings.

You can try cut one frame on the beginning and/or one frame on the end of the problematic fragment. Then create a new subclip and stabilize it.
This workaround works in my case (1080-50p project settings and footage).

[Mikhail Petrushin]

6960 kbps is a bit low bitrate in my opinion (DVD standard allows use 9800 so any commercial player must handle bitrate up to 9800).

So I’d rather choose VBR settings with Average Birtrate 6960 kbps and Maximum birtate 9800. In this case the video quality on dynamic scenes will be better.

Off: Where do you live Nigel? I’m in Ferny Grove (Brisbane North West)

[Mikhail Petrushin]

Thanks, I know about deshaker and I already use it with VirtualDud.
However, the workflow in vegas with deshaker is a bit hard.

[Mikhail Petrushin]

I know I know…
However, I don’t have another 200 bucks for Mercali stabilizer yet. 🙂

[Mikhail Petrushin]

It looks strange that you choose “Main” profile in codec’s settings, however in media info it shows “Baseline”. Also, bitrate in media info is higher than in the codec’s settings. Are you sure that this media is rendered with these codec’s settings?

You can try to disable GPU usage by set “Encode Mode” to “Render Using CPU Only”.
Also, don’t forget to set “Video Render Option” to “Best” on the Project Tab.

P.S. I don’t know if it helps in your players because I don’t use VLC and QuickTime.

[Mikhail Petrushin]

A tiny addon:
Sony Stabilization can’t be applied to EventFX. It should be applied to MediaFX only.

[Mikhail Petrushin]

For upscaling and deinterlacing my old SD videos I use SimpleSlugUpscale (google for it). In addition, I stabilize videos using deshaker plugin for VDub (imho it works better that Vegas stabilizer). The resulting videos (encoded by loseless coded) I use in Vegas.

A little example:
Source (MPEG2, PAL, 50i)
Deinterlaced + Upscaled (MP4, 1024*768, 50p)
Deinterlaced + Upscaled + Deshaked (MP4, 1024*768, 50p)

Some details were lost by transcoding from loseless AVI to MP4.

P.S. I wrote bat-file that help me to do that. I simply select files in Total Commander, press custom button on toolbar and voila (after a few hours 🙂 ).

[Mikhail Petrushin]

Nope. I use another workflow:
1. Upscale all my SD videos using SimpleSlugUpscale (I simplified process by integrating all _my_ typical settings into simple bat-script and adding an action button on Total Commander toolbar)
2. Edit resulting videos in Vegas

Both workflows use the same AviSynth/QTGMC deinterlacer (+noise remover).