[HELP] Trying to remove VHS dropout (comet tails)

[Selur]

Masked Spotless with high (i.e. 5 or 6) temporal radius?
For example:

## Starting applying 'EdgeMask (Prewitt)' masked filtering for vsSpotLess
clipMask = clip
clipMask = core.std.Prewitt(clip=clipMask)
clipMask = core.std.Maximum(clipMask)
clipMask = core.std.ShufflePlanes(clips=[clipMask], planes=[0], colorfamily=vs.GRAY)
clipFiltered = clip
# Spot removal using SpotLess
clipFiltered = SpotLess.SpotLess(clip=clipFiltered, radT=6, pel=1, smoother="zsmooth")
clipMask = core.resize.Bicubic(clip=clipMask, format=vs.YUV422P10, range_s="limited", dither_type="error_diffusion")
clip = core.std.MaskedMerge(clip, clipFiltered, clipMask) # PrewittEdgeMask
## Finished applying 'PrewittEdgeMask' masked filtering for vsSpotLess

Probably would be better to apply something like this on the source before applying Despot and you might have to try different masks and settings.

Cu Selur