InterFrame 2.8.2 - Framedoubling/60FPS/HFR conversion script

[BilboFett]

I've followed your great guide from http://www.spirton.com/convert-videos-to-60fps/

MeGUI seems to work great through all steps, even if I modify the AVS script for interframe to change the tuning to "smooth" or "Ultrasmooth". But if I add the line "preset=Placebo", it fails.

Here is my script:

SetMTMode(2,7)
PluginPath = "C:\Program Files (x86)\megui\tools\avisynth_plugin\"
LoadPlugin(PluginPath+"mvtools2.dll")
LoadPlugin(PluginPath+"RemoveGrainSSE3.dll")
Import(PluginPath+"InterFrame.avsi")
<input>.ConvertToYV12()
InterFrame(Preset="Placebo", FlowPath=PluginPath, Tuning="UltraSmooth")

Here's the failure line from when I press "save" at step 10:

[SubJunk]

Hi BilboFett, great to hear it's mostly working well for you!
Your error can be fixed by loading the EEDI2 plugin, which is included in the InterFrame download (not the guide download)

[BilboFett]

Originally Posted by SubJunk

Hi BilboFett, great to hear it's mostly working well for you!
Your error can be fixed by loading the EEDI2 plugin, which is included in the InterFrame download (not the guide download)

Wow fast response!

Can you show me where on my computer to place the EEDI2 plugin, and where to invoke the command in my line? Or even better, show me my new script w/ the EEDI2 plugin added?

Thanks so much for such an awesome tool! I've been searching for months for something like this!! KUDOS!

[SubJunk]

Originally Posted by BilboFett

Can you show me where on my computer to place the EEDI2 plugin, and where to invoke the command in my line? Or even better, show me my new script w/ the EEDI2 plugin added?

It should be put in the same folder as RemoveGrainSSE3.dll
Here's your script with the line added:

SetMTMode(2,7)
PluginPath = "C:\Program Files (x86)\megui\tools\avisynth_plugin\"
LoadPlugin(PluginPath+"mvtools2.dll")
LoadPlugin(PluginPath+"RemoveGrainSSE3.dll")
LoadPlugin(PluginPath+"EEDI2.dll")
Import(PluginPath+"InterFrame.avsi")
<input>.ConvertToYV12()
InterFrame(Preset="Placebo", FlowPath=PluginPath, Tuning="UltraSmooth")

Originally Posted by BilboFett

Thanks so much for such an awesome tool! I've been searching for months for something like this!! KUDOS!

Awesome

[SubJunk]

InterFrame 1.12.3 is released, enjoy

[BilboFett]

Open-question to everyone on this forum: what to do w/ the audio? When I've tried the frame doubling to 59.94 from 29.97, at least in small 2-3 minute items like movie trailers, the audio stays in sync.

But when I apply it to longer things that are 10-15 mins, it gets out of sync every time. Doesn't seem to matter what codec I use for the audio or how I mux it back in w/ the video.

Any suggestions? Any configuration I can do?

I'm having trouble wrapping my brain around the math of what *SHOULD* change about the audio, to have it match the video.

Subjunk, thanks so much for making this for us. A high quality product!

[SubJunk]

If the audio goes out of sync it's likely that the source has a variable framerate. What you said (muxing the original audio with the converted video) should work perfectly if the framerate is constant.

[BilboFett]

Originally Posted by SubJunk

If the audio goes out of sync it's likely that the source has a variable framerate. What you said (muxing the original audio with the converted video) should work perfectly if the framerate is constant.

The source for the audio is a wav file, w/ no variable frame rate. I'll try just muxing the wav file in. But when I've converted it to an mp3 or an ac3, I always choose CBR, not VBR... ?

[SubJunk]

The framerate for the video

[BilboFett]

Originally Posted by SubJunk

The framerate for the video

the frame-rate for the video was 29.97fps locked, and became 59.94fps locked via your step by step process...

I had total control over every step.

Tuning was "smooth". Everything else default.

[SubJunk]

The only other thing I can think of would be dropped frames, are your scripts using DirectShowSource or DSS2?

[BilboFett]

Originally Posted by SubJunk

The only other thing I can think of would be dropped frames, are your scripts using DirectShowSource or DSS2?

In step 8 of your guide, you said: "Click the Extra Setup tab and make sure "Prefer DSS2 over DirectShowSource" is checked" and then in step 9 you said "A window will pop up to give you 3 buttons, click "DirectShowSource".
So, I followed those steps. Should I be doing something different? Also... if its doing the MeGUI writing-to-disk encoding, obviously not in full-time, why would it be dropping any frames whatsoever? When you encode "off-line" like that, shouldn't it go for each and every single frame, period, and not drop any?
UPDATE: I just got properties for my encoded video from Adobe Premiere... it lists zero dropped frames.

[SubJunk]

DirectShowSource drops frames but DSS2 doesn't, so yes you should be safe.
I'm not sure why your audio drifts out of sync with your video, it shouldn't happen and has never happened for me unless I was accidentally using DirectShowSource or a VFR video.
Hopefully someone else can help you.

[Shah Jahan]

I use InterFrame in realtime and with Medium settings the CPU load stays at ~60% whereas with placebo it shoots to 100% and starts to lag. So I guess there is room for improvement with the presets.

Can you please make a few more presets for it? Something like Good, better, best or along the lines? This way I can use the presets and the CPU load more effectively.

Thank you very much.

[Bloax]

I think the biggest speed drain in "Placebo" is EEDI2.
On this little clip I have here (800x600) - EEDI2 alone gets 10 FPS.

I know it's PLACEBO and all, but NNEDI3 (like this) is slightly less smoothish, but six times faster.

NNEDI3(1,true,nsize=0,nns=0)

[Shah Jahan]

Originally Posted by Bloax

I think the biggest speed drain in "Placebo" is EEDI2.
On this little clip I have here (800x600) - EEDI2 alone gets 10 FPS.

I know it's PLACEBO and all, but NNEDI3 (like this) is slightly less smoothish, but six times faster.

NNEDI3(1,true,nsize=0,nns=0)

But I don't use EEDI2 or NNEDI3

I use the following script:

SetMTmode(2,7)
ffdshow_source()
SetMTMode(2)
InterFrame(Preset="Placebo", GPU=true, FlowPath="C:\Program Files (x86)\AviSynth 2.5\plugins\")
GetMTMode(false) > 0 ? distributor() : last

Perhaps, the preset it uses calls for EEDI2? If yes, then perhaps SubJunk might consider using NNEDI3 if it is 6x faster for a slight drop in quality?

Maybe use it in the presets between Medium and Placebo, if you don't want to remove it entirely?

[Bloax]

Yeah, I'm referring to the script itself.

Originally Posted by Interframe.avsi

Preset == "Placebo" ? Eval("""
CustomLuma = EEDI2(Input, field=1).Spline36Resize(2*width(Input), 2*height(Input), src_left=0.25 )
CustomChroma = EEDI2(Input, field=1).Spline36Resize(2*width(Input), 2*height(Input), src_left=0.5 , src_top=0.5)

[Shah Jahan]

Massive improvements in speeds using NNEDI3, but there is still some lag due to high-CPU usage.

[SubJunk]

The placebo setting will always be very slow, that is why it's called placebo It is the same in x264. But yes I could look at adding some more presets in the next version.

[choas ct4]

Hi everyone, congratulations for the forum and this topic, I would like to ask if you can make good use (and how?) InterFrame in real time during playback of videos using this configuration: mpc-hc + ffdshow + avisynth.
thanks