Software for temporal interpolation - anything better than..

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davidrobinson@postmaster.co.uk (David Robinson) wrote in message news:<cd71db10.0411150953.7a596ea9@posting.google.com>...
> Hi,
>
> I've been using MotionPerfect from DynaPel / Gooder Video to "enhance"
> some video clips I took under difficult circumstances using a Canon
> digital still camera.
>
> The camera produces 320x240 MJPEGs at 15fps which, as you can imagine,
> look awful. They're flickery enough at 15fps, but burning them to a
> PAL DVD makes movement look even more jumpy because of the non-integer
> frame rate change.
>
> MotionPerfect (slow and buggy as it is) interpolates the motion very
> nicely some of the time, producing very pleasing results. However,
> where ever something moves against a patterned or textured background,
> the stationary background is "dragged" by whatever moves in front of
> it. It's quite obvious, and very disconcerting when (say) someone
> moves their hand in front of their face. Great for a horror movie, but
> not what I'm looking for!
>
> You can see the same effect on 100Hz Sony TV sets or Philips TV sets
> with "digital natural motion", but it's not as bad - probably because
> they're starting from 24fps rather than 15fps.
>
> So, what are the alternatives for converting my footage? Are there any
> affordable alternatives to MotionPerfect? What about money no object
> alternatives? They're not an option, but it would be interesting to
> know what's out there and what the pros would/could use.

No answers then? Or did GoogleGroups just miss them?

I can't believe no one else has tried this!

Cheers,
David.