"Strobing" while using noise reduction filter

[marknyc]

I'm transferring a VHS tape to DVD and would like to use a cleaning filter with VirtualDub. But every one I've tried adds some "strobing" to the image. For example, there's a section where a number of people are waving hello and the motion of their arms is jerky, like a strobe light was on them.

I've tried Temporal Smoother, Flaxen's VHS filter, Smart Smoother, and some others. They all seem to cause this problem.

Can someone recommend a good filter to clean up VHS that will not cause a problem with fast motion, or settings for the above filters that will minimize it?

Thanks for any help!

Mark

[anonymez]

welcome to the forum


that really shouldn't happen. is the source interlaced? using any other filters before/after?

[marknyc]

Figured it out with help from another forum - I was encoding bottom field first, when it should've been top field first.

SO many variables - my god!

Mark