"Mike Rivers" wrote in message
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In article writes:

You recorded it OFF THE AIR?

This is a route for NASTINESS. This is NOT a low generation copy. This
is
dozens of generations of junky gear down.

Yeah, but it's probably pretty close to the sound on a commercially
released videotape, which is about as close as anyone without
credentials can get to the first generation. As much of the optical
noise has probably already been removed as is practical, but of course
that's a matter of judgement of the person who did it, the budget, and
the tools available at the time.

I suspect that what's remaining is what he wants to remove. I'd say
just watch the old movie and recognize that it's an old movie.

--
I'm really Mike Rivers - )


Many thanks Scott and Mike,

I recorded the movie from Public TV and cable - not "off air." With the
same VCR and TV station, I recorded an opera - much more recent than the
1937 movie - probably 1980s or 1990s. With the Cool Edit default settings,
and an fft sample from the beginning, I denoised it and the result is better
than the average FM radio where I live. I'm very happy with that result. I
think that denoising simply removes the noise introduced by the VCR, so the
original must have been in a fairly good state.

That old 1937 movie could have had many copies made to get into the state it
is in
now. I managed a reasonably good de-popping, and most likely the VCR noise
was removed too, but there is still much hiss and sometimes the voices are
not very sharp. What filter settings would make the best shot for a start? I
could spend a little time refining it afterwards.

Anyone know of a good sharp book on either or both audio and video editing?

TIA

Rua