Wed Feb 14, 2024 1:47 pm
I too am in the position of archiving a lot of old tapes (Super 8 film transfers, VHS, SVHS, Hi8 etc ). Some more important than others. I have Topaz and yes it is good but very, very slow on either my PC or Studio Max. For speed TMPGenc Master Works 7 is much faster, close to realtime for deinterlace and encode to almost anything !! . Topaz is better for source that is not that good. But a good source file is close between them. Older VHS I tend to use Topaz but SVHS etc tend to use TMPGenc. Most are family video or shows I recorded a long time ago so not super critical as content in a more usable form is more important than pixel peeping.
You will need a powerful computer for Topaz but even TMPGenc needs a fast GPU too.
Threadripper 1920, Gigabyte X399 DESIGNARE EX, 32G RAM, Gigabyte 4070Ti 12G, ASUS PB328Q, IP4K, WIN10 Pro 22H2, Speed Editor
Resolve Studio 18, EDIUS 9WG,EDIUS X WG, Vegas 18
Studio Max M1 24 core GPU, 32G, 1T drive. iPad Pro 12.9` M2 16G, 1T