So, as this is my first such preservation project, I am still learning how to do this properly. That being said:
@ Molly - A HUGE apology concerning the "telecine" issue as you were RIGHT!!!
I have managed to deinterlace telecined material properly before but, apparently, you CAN'T use the same settings for all material. After playing around with the "Decomb Telecine" filter in avidemux, I have managed to produce a nearly flawless (as occasionally there are minor artifacts, but very minor) deinterlaced, NON-blended picture.
@ Space Kaijuu - HUGE thanx for pointing out that I should look at the video one FIELD (not frame) at a time (as this is what helped me realize that the source videos that had the issues were actually telecined) ALL of the source videos are MPEG-2 PAL files, all INTERLACED (only the low quality xvid releases are progressive and I ONLY use those as timing reference or for title cards)
@ Andrea - Again, thanx4kind words and4ur suggestions. When it comes to release time, BD-25 will probably be the way I end up releasing it HOWEVER there is a consistency problem when it comes to amount of episodes per season because:
Season 1 = 22 episodes
Season 2 = 10 episodes
Season 3 = 10 episodes
Season 4 = 8 episodes (plus the xmas special episode)
So how should I separate those between different discs is still a mystery to me, unless I release Season 1 on two discs, and each season after that on one disc each(?)
I do have MultiAVCHD and have made very (really, VERY) basic menus before (where there was only ONE title on disc), but for a release like this I would like to make nice (maybe even fancy) menus and things (I even downloaded some Disney and Winnie the Pooh FONTS so it can look nicer), HOWEVER I will have to learn how to do this first which is ok because this whole project is a learning-as-I-go experience.
Now, with all that out of the way, I have to go back and re-do a few episodes (fortunately I'm figuring this out early instead of when I'm nearly done) This will probably set me back a week on release time, BUT it will be worth it, as ALL episodes will look correct, will be progressive, at NTSC-speed, restored back to original broadcast format, and contain numerous languages synced up properly ;)
Again, HUGE thank you to ALL that have helped me so far. It is greatly appreciated. Peace,
Jerry