Cleaning up cartoon video in virtualdub

I'm working on a preservation of a cartoon that was originally release in flv format (which was later pulled and then re-released in a censored format). 

I've demuxed the flv into avi/mp3 format, and I'm now trying to do some clean up in virtualdub. 

Here is what they look like right now:

I have this file loaded into virtualdub with some filters suggested by throwgncpr. 

My first question is, can anyone make any recommendations for other filters they have tried and had success with?

My second question is, has anyone used MSU Cartoon restore? I can't seem to get it to load without crashing virtualdub. 

Thanks for any help. 

- You may have to right-click and view image to see the vdub filters I have added. 

reave said:

My second question is, has anyone used MSU Cartoon restore? I can't seem to get it to load without crashing virtualdub. 

I have, and I gotta say, when Vdub doesn't crash and with the right settings, it gives brilliant results.

I don't know what causes the program to crash though. Try to change any setting you can think of that might cause it (frame size, fps, colorspace...)

Do you know which version you were using?

Well, I'm using the latest one, the last time I tried was last week and it did work. Did you try the filter on another file? If it doesn't crash, that may mean Cartoon Restore doesn't like that one file you're trying to restore for some reason (compression, colorspace etc).

You could try disabling any other filters in the chain, if you're using more. That's another way to check what's causing the program to crash.

Yeah, i tried disabling all the other filters, but it still crashed. I'll look into your other suggestion. Thanks!

Avisynth has many more filters and options imo. If you have avspmod you can even preview what you are doing through a GUI  interface.  As far as filters go, I think I would deblock it, then use something like unsharpmask to sharpen it followed by a blur. Maybe anti-alias it as well.

althor1138 said:

Avisynth has many more filters and options imo. If you have avspmod you can even preview what you are doing through a GUI  interface.  As far as filters go, I think I would deblock it, then use something like unsharpmask to sharpen it followed by a blur. Maybe anti-alias it as well.

Cool thanks, althor1138. I'll try those.