How to deinterlace SNES video for PC play/capture?
I've found some useful information in the following posts:
https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/capturing-streaming-your-retro-consoles-the-right-way.289/
https://www.reddit.com/r/speedrun/comments/2fvcy6/snes_capture_scanlines/
Both of these mention using some software called amarectv. It seems it was last updated in 2013, but this works on Windows 10.
Here's a screenshot of it the output, the interlacing issue I posted about is no longer present:
Some notes on the setup:
I downloaded the software and unzipped it, filename amarectv231_en.zip
.
There are a few different executables, I just ran AmaRecTV.exe
.
Here's a copy of the config, this is the only tab where I changed anything:
Text overview of settings:
- Video Capture Device:
Conexant Polaris Video Capture
(only option) - Audio Capture Device: changed to
Conexant Polaris Audio Capture
- Input: changed to
composite
- Audio input: changed to
(link)
- (I'm in the US, using the 29.97 fps options)
- Format (top/video): changed to
*w= 720, h= 480, fps=29.97, fcc=UYVY, bit=16
- Format (bottom/audio): chose
*sample= 48000, bit=16, ch= 2
(only option)
A note on the format, the 360x240 options (*w= 360, h= 240, fps=29.97, fcc=YUY2, bit=16
) are still badly interlaced. I can't tell a difference between UYVY and YUV2