Keith Jarrett - 1979? Interview and solo piano at home

I need some help with this one... This is my first VHS rip on YouTube, but it took quite a lot of effort. The cassette was in bad shape, so I tried multiple captures with different gear. But even my best capture was worse than a capture that was done from the same tape someone else did maybe 20 years (?) ago. So I thought about restoring it as best as I can using AviSynth & VirtualDub. But is it worth all that effort? Not that the content isn't worth it (on the contrary), but maybe the program is preserved elsewhere in much better quality already. However I can't seem to find ANYTHING about this program. The broadcast is from the Swedish SVT (TV1 channel), but the program obviously isn't Swedish. To me the presenter sounds a bit Australian - or just British? If I could find the source or the title of this program, I could do some research and at least find out how rare and treasurable this item is. Please let me know in the comments if you have some suggestions. Anyway, here is my capture setup: Panasonic NV-FS200 - DataVideo TBC3000 - ATI600 USB captured on Win7 using VirtualDub2 in FFV1 4:2:2 8bit. For the restoration, I was oblivous on how to go about it, because of the combination of film artifacts and severe videotape deterioration. I started a thread on digitalFAQ, and user 'Keaton' helped me out a lot. Here is the discussion in question: https://www.digitalfaq.com/forum/video-restore/14693-vhs-worth-restoring.html So what you see here is the result of some AviSynth filtering (see script below) followed by 2 filters in VirtualDub (CCD and DFN VHS). Then exported using x264 with CFR=18. If there are any AviSynth or VapourSynth experts here who can see further improvement, I can send you the raw capture file. Thanks for helping out. Here is the AviSynth script I used (thanks to 'Keaton'): ============================================================== function clean(clip c, int size) { a=last AssumeTFF(c) SeparateFields() e=SelectEven().SpotLess_Mod(BlkSz=size) o=SelectOdd().SpotLess_Mod(BlkSz=size) #Resequence even and odd fields into frames: even first, odd second Interleave(e,o.loop(2,16,16)) Weave() } FFmpegSource2("MDJ-keithjarrett[PANA-TBC3000-ATI600].avi", atrack=-1).ConvertToYUY2(interlaced=true).trim(45,0).DelayAudio(-0.370) #Crop off edges for a more accurate Levels adjustment crop(8,0,-16,-16) p1=trim(0,15) p2=trim(16,0) p1 Levels(16,1.0,224,16,235,coring=false,dither=true) #Reduce the Blue area on the Vectorscope so it's within gamut Tweak(sat=0.7,startHue=270,endHue=360,coring=false,dither=true) p1b=last p2 #Stretch the existing luminance to use the full legal YUV gamut, and increase gamma to try and move more shadow into midrange Levels(18,1.15,200,16,235,coring=false,dither=true) #Shift U/V color channels a bit to better align them in Histogram("levels") output ColorYUV(off_u=6,off_v=2) #Flesh tones are too green on Vectorscope, so rotate all hues clockwise # (perhaps RGB adjustment in Vdub Filters would work better ?) #Increase the saturation significantly Tweak(hue=10,sat=1.4,coring=false,dither=true) p2b=last p1b++p2b #YV16 Used for Spotless/Histogram ConvertToYV16(interlaced=true) # Use Histogram to check Levels adjustments above #Histogram("levels") #Spotless can be a bit harsh and remove details. Sometimes doing this on Even and Odd Fields separately can help. clean(8) #Replace what was cropped above after we've made the Levels adjustments addborders(12,8,12,8) # Convert to RGB if using VirtualDub filters (such as Camcorder Color Denoise) ConvertToRGB32(matrix="Rec601",interlaced=true) #If not using Vdub filters, then convert back to original color space #ConvertToYUY2(interlaced=true)