video2x/README.md

Video2X Video Enlarger

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.

Watch for the sharper edges in this screenshot around the shadows

Installation

Prerequisites

• 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

Now follow the in-line description and modify FFMPEG_PATH and WAIFU2X_PATH.
You can also change FOLDERIN and FOLDERIN if you want.

Quick Start

To enlarge a video on a computer with NVIDIA GPU

$ python video2x.py -v VIDEO_FILE -o OUTPUT_FILENAME -f TIMES_TO_ENLARGE --gpu

To enlarge a video on a computer without NVIDIA GPU

$ python video2x.py -v VIDEO_FILE -o OUTPUT_FILENAME -f TIMES_TO_ENLARGE --cpu