23.07.2024, 02:46
So, I was able to fix the file.
The good news is I definitely was not the one who broke it, neither did the broadcasting. The problem is in the source file they broadcasted, since I doubt they were editing the episode on the fly (bear with my explanation): I used Hybrid and SelectEvery (AviSynth) to select the frames I wanted to keep. Every 8 frames, the same offset was used (there was a rule to the duplicates).
However, after every fade-out->fade-in transition, the offsets would change, indicating (to me, at least) that the TV station had this norm-converted file, to which they then trimmed the fades, while disregarding the offset.
Hence, in my opinion (and experience with TV recording), if I were to record this episode again in the future from this same station, I would get the same resulting file.
In any case, there's no way I broke it like this. While trimming it, I did not have the time to mess around with such complex settings, let alone re-encode a file in x264 (slow! - this trim was done in 5 minutes, including setting the trim points, opening the file, etc.): I had to learn for uni at the same time.
Thanks for the help, couldn't have solved this without!
The good news is I definitely was not the one who broke it, neither did the broadcasting. The problem is in the source file they broadcasted, since I doubt they were editing the episode on the fly (bear with my explanation): I used Hybrid and SelectEvery (AviSynth) to select the frames I wanted to keep. Every 8 frames, the same offset was used (there was a rule to the duplicates).
However, after every fade-out->fade-in transition, the offsets would change, indicating (to me, at least) that the TV station had this norm-converted file, to which they then trimmed the fades, while disregarding the offset.
Hence, in my opinion (and experience with TV recording), if I were to record this episode again in the future from this same station, I would get the same resulting file.
In any case, there's no way I broke it like this. While trimming it, I did not have the time to mess around with such complex settings, let alone re-encode a file in x264 (slow! - this trim was done in 5 minutes, including setting the trim points, opening the file, etc.): I had to learn for uni at the same time.
Thanks for the help, couldn't have solved this without!