Automatically remove "black frames"

[Selur]

Okay, here's what you can do.

• Start Hybrid
  
• load clip
  
• set 'Filtering->(De-)Interlace/Telecine->Overwrite input scan type to' to 'top field first'
  
• optional: enable 'Filtering->(De-)Interlace/Telecine->QTGMC Vapoursynth->Bob'.
  
• go to 'Filtering->Vapoursynth->Custom->Insert Before' set it to 'FillDrops', enable the text box below it.
  
• in this custom section you now enter:
  
  # replace a black frames with last frame that was not black def ReplaceBlackFrames(clip, thresh=0.1, debug=False): core = vs.core if not isinstance(clip, vs.VideoNode): raise ValueError('This is not a clip') def selectFunc(n, f): if f.props['PlaneStatsAverage'] > thresh or n == 0: if debug: return core.text.Text(clip=clip,text="Org, avg: "+str(f.props['PlaneStatsAverage']),alignment=8) return clip toReplace = n for i in range(n)[::-1]: if clip.get_frame(i).props['PlaneStatsAverage'] <= thresh: continue # remove current replace with frame before start = core.std.Trim(clip, first=0, last=n-1) r = core.std.Trim(clip, first=i, last=i) end = core.std.Trim(clip, first=n+1) replaced = start + r + end break if debug: return core.text.Text(clip=replaced,text="Replaced, avg: "+str(f.props['PlaneStatsAverage']),alignment=8) return replaced clip = core.std.PlaneStats(clip) fixed = core.std.FrameEval(clip, selectFunc, prop_src=clip) return fixed clip = ReplaceBlackFrames(clip, thresh=0.1, debug=False)
  If you now look at the Vapoursynth Preview all black frames should be replaced with the last non-black frame.
  
• optional: if there were no multiple black frames in a row, enable 'Filtering->Vapoursynth->Misc->FillDrops', this will then replace the duplicate with an interpolated version.
  

Cu Selur