Video2X Video Enlarger

This software is currently designed for Windows.

2.3.0 (February 8, 2019)

• Added the ability to specify the cache directories as required by @AusNaminator
• Fixed the problem where if there's insufficient RAM, the warning doesn't pause the script and prompt the user to reduce the amount of threads used.
• Some other minor adjustments.

2.2.1 (February 1, 2019)

• Fixed AAC codec error discovered by @meguerreroa

2.2.0 (December 21, 2018)

• Rewritten main file to organize project structure. All executables have been moved into the bin folder.
• Bulk enlarge videos in a folder function has been added.
• Rewritten command line arguments parser to make arguments more clear.
• Other minor improvements.

Setup Script (November 29, 2018)

• Added setup script. Now you can install dependencies and generate video2x configuraiton automatically by running the video2x_setup.py script.

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:

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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

Install Dependencies

You can run the video2x_setup.py script to install and configure the depencies automatically. This script is designed and tested on Windows 10.

This script will install ffmpeg, waifu2x-caffe to %LOCALAPPDATA%\\video2x and all python libraries.

$ python bin/video2x_setup.py

After downloading the dependencies, clone the video2x package.

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

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 -i video.mp4 -o video.mp4 -m gpu --width=1920 --height=1080

To enlarge a video on a computer with CPU

$ python video2x.py -i video.mp4 -o video.mp4 -m cpu --width=1920 --height=1080

Full Usage

usage: video2x.py [-h] -i INPUT -o OUTPUT -m {cpu,gpu,cudnn}
                  [-y {upconv_7_anime_style_art_rgb,upconv_7_photo,anime_style_art_rgb,photo,anime_style_art_y}]
                  [-t THREADS] [-c CONFIG] [--width WIDTH] [--height HEIGHT]
                  [-f FACTOR]

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

Basic Options:
  -i INPUT, --input INPUT
                        Specify source video file/directory
  -o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT
                        Specify output video file/directory
  -m {cpu,gpu,cudnn}, --method {cpu,gpu,cudnn}
                        Specify upscaling method
  -y {upconv_7_anime_style_art_rgb,upconv_7_photo,anime_style_art_rgb,photo,anime_style_art_y}, --model_type {upconv_7_anime_style_art_rgb,upconv_7_photo,anime_style_art_rgb,photo,anime_style_art_y}
                        Specify model to use
  -t THREADS, --threads THREADS
                        Specify number of threads to use for upscaling
  -c CONFIG, --config CONFIG
                        Manually specify config file

Scaling Options:
  --width WIDTH         Output video width
  --height HEIGHT       Output video height
  -f FACTOR, --factor FACTOR
                        Factor to upscale the videos by

This project is based on the following softwares and projects.

• FFMPEG
• waifu2x caffe