What software does 3-pass?
"Audio: 192kbps Dolby Surround ac3"
ONLY 192 kbps? That's not nearly as much. I ran mine at the full 448kbps. You'd think a 3-pass MPEG would leave room for the PCM. I know my 2-pass left room for 3 soundtracks.
"Encoded through S-Video, deinterlace the video"
As great as this may sound, it could be two strikes against this set. S-Video rarely helps the LD pic, and de-interlacing can introduce more visual artifacts than were originally there. In fact, as Patrick pointed out, S-video can introduce even more dot-crawl than is found in a composite transfer.
"Plus he's done all three. I am impatient, after all."
Still finalizing some aspects. Tell me what you think.
(These are untouched captures: 1st attempt versus latest attempt. No filters or modifications.)
BTW, apparently IVTC works much better in VD, versus VDMod. Tremendously better results!
And, because someone out there likes this pic.
