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Jahiliyyah:
Why am I awake? Well I was really impressed by the background upscales that have been made with waifu, and someone just made this guide for using waifu2x on videos, so I was wondering if we could get some HD quality versions of the old FMVs.

http://pastebin.com/JzgNfHS4


--- Quote from: ProtomanZxAdvent on 2012-02-23 08:29:57 ---Before i decide to release this im going to let you see it on youtube first. im using the original jp psx intro with it and please tell me if you feel its worth releasing by watch the vid first
 
Mediafire links
Upscaled Verson http://www.mediafire.com/?oq9ikhnnirs5n9f Rename This One Opening

Original Jp quality http://www.mediafire.com/?wrmufd962wa74o7

--- End quote ---

I think I'll play around with it and see if the results are any better than Protoman's were.

Writing... 45 minutes for a 2 minute video upscaled from 224p to 448p jesus christ. This better be good.

Done
http://www.mediafire.com/watch/52mt62l9l19eg4n/Waifu2x_Test_1.avi

Initial thoughts, it looks ok. Most impressive thing is the file size is actually less than the original and more than half Proto's upscale though he's obviously used a different original file. It's not as sharp, but may be worth playing with the settings. I'm going to try increasing the noise reduction next.

Writing... 50 minutes this time. Not a huge increase, but on let's say a half hour clip 10% longer could be hours more. I should mention I have a GTX 760 2 GB. From the guides the deep convolution neural networks used for training are only really useful with topline graphics cards. Mine is already last generation (I have another I'm going to put in SLI soon), but the recommended GTX Titans cost a grand each. I imagine as this project grows people will share their compiled training for various media.

Done
http://www.mediafire.com/watch/wmoxqvm1s46ctqb/Waifu2x_Test_2.avi

I'll look at it later, too tired. It's even smaller this time.

If someone can figure out how to insert training into the waifu2x plugin for AVIutl that may work better: https://github.com/nagadomi/waifu2x

http://forum.videohelp.com/threads/372157-New-upscaling-algorithm-waifu2x?p=2393889&viewfull=1#post2393889
It seems you can only do training on a linux based system with Nvidia GPUs for now. The plugin won't have training until that component gets ported at least.

Either way I'm going to bed now, I have to be up at like 6. This was not a good time to look into this.

Alternative OpenGL plugin: https://github.com/MaverickTse/aviutl-waifu2x-gl

Covarr:
The increased noise reduction on the second one makes it really smudgy.

Jahiliyyah:
Agreed, until training get implemented it's probably not worth bothering with.

Fischkopf:
Not bad, I guess you used the original PSX video as a source?

You could take DLPB's opening.avi from his "Goblin's Bar" project (which uses parts of the infamous 1997 FFVII-Toshiba DVD) to get even better results. He uploaded the whole intro once but the file seems file is no longer available and will only be re-upped until the whole project is finished.

Someone uploaded it to Youtube though: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyReFAfNRKM

You could try using the waifu filter on that. :)

Covarr:

--- Quote from: Fischkopf on 2015-09-25 14:30:24 ---Someone uploaded it to Youtube though: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyReFAfNRKM

--- End quote ---
You realize that the YouTube account Daniel Burke and DLPB are the same person, right?

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