vhs-decode release 0.3.0

notes

• TBC-Video-Export updated
• ffmpeg build update
• update python library dependencies
• updates to latest version of ld-decode and tools, including enhancements to ld-disc-stacker and fixes to video width in ld-analyse

What's Changed in vhs-decode

• minor rf filter tweaks for VHS
• improved chroma filtering for most formats
• minor bug fixes to hifi-decode ui/cli
• add -ire0-adjust parameter for auto level adjustments

Full Changelog: 0.2.7...0.3.0

vhs-decode release 0.2.7

What's Changed

• updates to latest version of ld-decode
• fix cvbs-decode not working
• fix broken filtering for PAL SVHS
• fix --dp demodblock with qt6 enabled (and make it work properly without warning otherwise as well)

Full Changelog: 0.2.6...0.2.7

vhs-decode windows bundle release 0.2.6

notes

• TBC-Video-Export updated
• ffmpeg build updated
• update python library dependencies
• updates to latest version of ld-decode

What's Changed

• tweak filters for vhs (reduce excessive ringing on NTSC), hi8 and u-matic
• rework filtering for SVHS
• some fixes to dropout detection
• fix chroma offset on vhs
• change default output sample rate of hifi-decode to 48 khz
• add preliminary support for decoding 405-line 50 hz format (betamax)

Full Changelog: 0.2.5...0.2.6

vhs-decode windows bundle release 0.2.5 + linux tools appimage

Notes

• TBC-Video-Export updated to v0.1.0b11
• TBC-Video-Export appimage added
• MacOS Tools Builds Added

What's Changed

• update to python 3.12

• update python library dependencies

• weak filters for video8, betamax ntsc and u-matic

• fix hifi-decode not working in .exe

• updates to hifi-decode, incl gui and audio preview

• update bundled tbc-video-export to latest version

• Adds hifi-decode UI, audio mode selection and native ld-ldf-reader input by @VideoMem in #125

Full Changelog: 0.2.4...0.2.5

vhs-decode windows bundle release 0.2.4

Tools appimage will be added later

Changes:

Scripts:

• FLAC Added
• s16-to-flac.bat Added (compresses .s16 to .flac)
• ld-unpack.bat (unpacks .lds to .s16)
• tbc-process-vbi.bat
• tbc-dropout-correct.bat

Tools:

• Hopefully fixes json writing issue
• update dependencies
• tbc-video-export updated to v0.1.0b5
• tbc-video-export appimage release 🎉

vhs-decode:

• updates to deemphasis for 8mm and beta
• updates to hifi-decode
• update dependencies

vhs-decode windows bundle release 0.2.3

Notes

• Updated windows full bundle and windows decode.exe build
• Tools part have not changed since last release - see last release for full info/details and linux tools appimage
• HiFi-Decode still requires raw 8-bit or 16-bit data, .lds & ldf files will not read.

Changes

• HiFi-Decode now working
• ld-unpack.bat - unpacks 10-bit packed .lds to 16-bit singed .s16
• TBC-Video-Export now on version 0.1.04b (overhualed into a full tool, fixed chroma decoder cvbs opts, field-order)

VHS-decode tools, windows bundle release, linux tools appimage 0.2.2

NOTE

READ THE README FOR BASIC USE!

decode-suite-full has all the tools and dependencys in one folder ready to go self contained for running on windows.

Updates

• HiFi-Decode Added
• TBC-Video-Export updated to use correct values
• TBC-Video-Export updated to support CVBS/LaserDisc TBC Files
• Linux tools appimage Added

Usage (windows)

lds-compress.bat / lds-compress-nvidia-gpu.bat compression scripts to work for CPU and GPU based FLAC compression (FlaLDF) for 10-bit packed DdD captures (.lds) via drag and drop after captures are made for DomesDay Duplicator users.

Run vhs-decode/ld-decode/cvbs-decode/hifi-decode by using e.g decode.exe vhs followed by standard commands via a CMD window.

Run tbc-video-export.exe via drag and drop of TBC file or via CMD window to have full options avaliable.

Usage (linux appimage)

running appimage without any arguments launches ld-analyse
Running appimage with any tool as argument runs the specified tool - e.g for ld-chroma-decoder, run
dd86_decode_tools-b13c26a6-x86_64.AppImage ld-chroma-decoder

VHS-decode, ld-tools, appimage, windows bundle release 0.2

Windows tools build contains fix for pipes on windows allowing for commands and scripted commands to work properly within the ld-tools suite.

This now allows for ld-compress.bat / ld-compress-nvidia-gpu.bat compression scripts to work for CPU and GPU based FLAC compression (FlaLDF) for 10-bit packed DdD captures (.lds) via drag and drop after captures are made.

Run vhs-decode/ld-decode/cvbs-decode by using e.g decode.exe vhs followed by standard commands via a CMD window.

Run tbc-video-export.exe via drag and drop of TBC file or via CMD window to have full options avaliable.

VHS-Decode, ld-tools, tools appimage, windows bundle release 0.1

Included In this Bundle

• vhs-decode/ld-decode/cvbs-decode (note no hifi-deocode) - Windows Build
• ld-tools-suite - Windows Build
• Linux App Image build of the ld-tools suite

Usage

decode_win_test_0_1.7z - windows bundle of the python decoders.

Run vhs-decode/ld-decode/cvbs-decode by using e.g decode.exe vhs ... via CMD in the directory files are placed.

decode_tools_0_1.7z - ld-tools suite windows binaries

dd86_decode_tools-31f73ce3-x86_64.AppImage - ld-tools suite appimage.

Launches ld-analyse by default can run other tools by supplying an argument, e.g dd86_decode_tools-31f73ce3-x86_64.AppImage ld-chroma-decoder

Requirements

Windows tools bundle requires Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 Redistributable to be installed (Often already installed by other apps)

Test appimage of ld-decode tools

Test appimage of ld-decode tools built on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Runs ld-analyse by default, launch with tool name to run the specific tool instead.
use ./dd86_decode_tools-82c5632-x86_64.AppImage --lsexec to show tools that can be ran.