Video2X Video Enlarger

WARNING: Version 2.1.1 might be unstable.

A test is undergoing for version 2.1.1 to verify is stability. Please wait patiently for us to finish the tests. It shouldn't take longer than half a day.

This software is currently designed for Windows.

2.1.4 (November 2, 2018)

Added hardware acceleration option for ffmpeg. Ffmpeg will use hardware acceleration (GPU, usually) if --gpu or --cudnn is given. You can customize the method to use in video2x.json.

2.1.1 (October 22, 2018)

Fixed video stream and audio stream indexing issues.

2.1.0 (October 22, 2018)

Added multithreading.

Description

Video2X is an automation software based on waifu2x image enlarging engine. It extracts frames from a video, enlarge it by a number of times without losing any details or quality, keeping lines smooth and edges sharp.

For short: Video2X enlarges your video without losing details

Watch for the sharper edges in this screenshot around the shadows:

Or you can watch the YouTube video Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PG94iPoeoZk

Screenshot

Installation

Prerequisites

Python 3
Download: https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/
FFMPEG Windows Build
Download: https://ffmpeg.org/download.html
waifu2x-caffe for Windows
Download: https://github.com/lltcggie/waifu2x-caffe/releases

After downloading the dependencies, clone the video2x package.

$ git clone https://github.com/K4YT3X/video2x.git
$ cd video2x

Then you'll need to install python dependencies before start using video2x. Install simply by executing the following command.

$ pip install -r requirements.txt

Quick Start

To enlarge a video on a computer with NVIDIA GPU

$ python video2x.py -v VIDEO_FILE -o OUTPUT_FILENAME --width OUTPUT_WIDTH --height OUTPUT_HEIGHT --gpu

To enlarge a video on a computer without NVIDIA GPU

$ python video2x.py -v VIDEO_FILE -o OUTPUT_FILENAME --width OUTPUT_WIDTH --height OUTPUT_HEIGHT --cpu

Full Usage

usage: video2x.py [-h] [--width WIDTH] [--height HEIGHT] [-v VIDEO]
                  [-o OUTPUT] [-y MODEL_TYPE] [--cpu] [--gpu] [--cudnn]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit

Controls:
  --width WIDTH         Output video width
  --height HEIGHT       Output video height
  -v VIDEO, --video VIDEO
                        Specify source video file
  -o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT
                        Specify output file
  -y MODEL_TYPE, --model_type MODEL_TYPE
                        Specify model to use
  --cpu                 Use CPU for enlarging
  --gpu                 Use GPU for enlarging
  --cudnn               Use CUDNN for enlarging

This project is based on the following softwares and projects.

FFMPEG
waifu2x caffe

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