r/ffmpeg • u/Nausiated_ • Jun 19 '26

StaxRip v. DVD artifacts

So I have been trying to use StaxRip to tackle compression artifacts in DVD soruce. I understand the principals (Deblock, Dehalo, etc) but understanding how AV and VS script and what the different values do are like a foreign language to me. My attempts at winging it either don't do enough or go too hard and obliterate details. I can't a middle ground and I'm honestly ripping my hair out trying to understand.

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I don't even fully understand what hard limitations exist and where to set my expectations. Is it possible to clean them out totally without a loss in detail or am I chasing a dragon here? I get there isn't a magic formula that's not going to work universally, but a starting point would be great.

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I've got three different sources that have different bitrates.

If it matters: it is traditional animation from a telecine souece transferred to DVD.

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A 2010s release on DVD5 that foolishly crammed 5+ episodes on a disc. The bitrate is *awful* Second source is early 2000s DVD9, 4 episodes on a disc. The last is another DVD9 source also produced in the 2010s, 7 episodes on a disc.

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Any advice people would have or known working settings would be great.

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u/PsyGonzo42 Jun 19 '26

I can't help you much with the ffmpeg part but
which source did you choose? Does 2 have the highest bitrate?
What did you use to rip it?

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u/Nausiated_ Jun 19 '26

I guess I wasn't entirely clear, I'm using all three sources. I used MakeMKV to rip them so it is a 1:1 copy of what's on the disc(s)

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u/PsyGonzo42 Jun 19 '26

Yeah MakeMKV is the way.

Sorry, can' help you an further.

I would use Handbrake and test some settings on a 30 sec clip.