Thanks Moth3r.
I am a complete noob with Avisynth, but I know my way round Google :-)
I ran the script with VirtualdubMod, and found the result too distracting in motion. The filter has to cover a square block, with very little image area to sample from, so I think a simple blur effect would be less distracting. What filter would you recommend for a simple blur?
Here are the steps I need to cover in as few renders as possible.
1. Crop out the black bars.
2. Resize the remaining image to 720x480 (anamorphic)
3. Blur what's still visible of the counters.
4. Output to MPEG2 again
What would such a Avisynth script look like, and what programme do you recommend to run it?
I just want to do this with as little generational loss as possible, without having to go through lossless AVI. (If at all possible? Noob, remember.)
Any and all help is greatly appreciated.
Fritz.