Okay, since I bought a new TV last year, I’m getting more interested in transfering my old DVD’s into good quality upscales, and Robocop is well deserved of this treatment. Of course, I can’t speak for everyone, but generally those of us who own this version think it’s 200% better than any other release to date, even if it is grainy as hell and non-anamorphic NTSC!

So, here is my upscale script:

RU.08’s Upscale Script for Robocop Criterion

Required plugins

import(“LSFmod.v1.9.avsi”)
LoadPlugin(“DGDecode.dll”)
LoadPlugin(“TIVTC.dll”)
Loadplugin(“mt_masktools-25.dll”)
Loadplugin(“removegrain.dll”)
Loadplugin(“Repair.dll”)
Loadplugin(“mvtools2.dll”)
Loadplugin(“nnedi2.dll”)

Load DVD video

Mpeg2Source(“VTS_06_1.d2v”)

IVTC video

TFM(mode=5,PP=7,slow=2)
TDecimate()

Crop most of the black borders here, leaving enough for MDegrain

crop(0,44,720,384)

Degrain the video somewhat

source = last
super = MSuper()
bvec2 = MAnalyse(super, isb=true, overlap=4, delta=2)
bvec1 = MAnalyse(super, isb=true, overlap=4)
fvec1 = MAnalyse(super, isb=false, overlap=4)
fvec2 = MAnalyse(super, isb=false, overlap=4, delta=2)
source.MDegrain2(super, bvec1, fvec1, bvec2, fvec2)
Repair(last, source, mode=9)

Crop all of the black bars (can’t be done in YV12 mode)

ConvertToRGB24()
crop(2,1,714,-1)

Upscale to 720p using nnedi2. The reason there is 3 parts is because

from 1:13:20 onwards there is 2 more lines of black at the bottom of

image, up until when the credits start.

PartA = trim(0,105605).nnedi2_rpow2(rfactor=2, cshift=“Spline36Resize”, fwidth=1200, fheight=720)
PartB = trim(105606,139289).crop(0,0,0,-2).nnedi2_rpow2(rfactor=2, cshift=“Spline36Resize”, fwidth=1200, fheight=720)
PartC = trim(139290,0).nnedi2_rpow2(rfactor=2, cshift=“Spline36Resize”, fwidth=1200, fheight=720)
PartA + PartB + PartC
ConvertToYV12()

Sharpen Image

LSFMod(strength=180)

The result is very nice indeed, and guess what? It still looks better than the 2007 DVD version (which I belive is the same basic transfer as the Bluray, although I don’t have that). So, here are some screenshots of the upscale:

I am very pleased with how the upscale looks, and hopefully it will encode beautifully!