InterFrame 2.8.2 - Framedoubling/60FPS/HFR conversion script

[SubJunk]

Introduction:

InterFrame uses SVP plugins to create interpolated frames from real ones.
It has been compared with real 60FPS content with good results; it will never be as good as the real thing but it is very good and will continue to get better with your input

Step-by-step guide on how to use InterFrame for beginners

Download:


All dependencies are included in the download


Video samples:

Here is a before and after video comparison:
Original File
InterFrame (default settings with GPU=true)


Code samples:

Here is a sample of what the AviSynth script could look like.
It shows the recommended syntax and should be used with SET's AviSynth 2.6 MT build from here. It requires a build of AviSynth that can do multithreading.

Cores=4
SetMemoryMax(512)
SetMTMode(3, Cores)
LoadPlugin("svpflow1.dll")
LoadPlugin("svpflow2.dll")
Import("InterFrame2.avsi")
dss2("video.mkv", fps=23.976).ConvertToYV12()
SetMTMode(2)
InterFrame(Cores=Cores)

Description:

You've probably all seen the concept before in new TVs, sometimes called "Smooth Motion", "Higher Hz", "True Motion", "TruMotion", "HFR" or just the number of Hz (like 120Hz, 200Hz, 240Hz, etc.), well this is exactly the same but it works on any TV or computer monitor.
It inserts interpolated frames in between the real ones to make either 50FPS (for PAL sources) or 59.94FPS (for NTSC sources) output.
The best sources to use are 29.97FPS and 25FPS videos since they are neatly divisible to 59.94FPS and 50FPS respectively, but it works well with 23.976FPS too.


Documentation:

The help page is here. The documentation is also included in the download.
It contains a detailed breakdown of all options.


Disclaimer:

Some people are conceptually opposed to things like this for many reasons, including:
- It's not true to the director's vision for the video.
- Film should have lower framerates (even real 60FPS content looks too smooth and "cheap").
- The interpolated frames are "fake".

Hopefully people with those opinions can just choose to not use this plugin instead of starting arguments about it; that is your choice and this is ours.


Changelog: (full version)

21/05/2015 - 2.8.2:

• Updated SVPflow to 1.1.15, which increased speed (thanks, SVP!)

02/05/2015 - 2.8.1:

• Updated SVPflow to 1.1.14, which increased speed by up to 15% (thanks, SVP!)

10/03/2015 - 2.8.0.1:

• Updated SVPflow to 1.1.13, which fixed the unused SVConvert function (thanks, SVP!)

[fairchild]

Thanks for this. This can be used as well to do it in realtime as well so you don't have to re-encode the files? This is a script I found by another user from another forum. It doesn't work that smooth for me though, I get alot of frame drops. Probably my CPU is lacking and showing it's age.

SetMTMode(1,16)
V = ffdshow_source()
SetMTMode(2)
G = V.RemoveGrain(mode=3)
H = G.MSuper(pel=2, hpad=8, vpad=8, rfilter=4)
S = V.MSuper(pel=2, hpad=8, vpad=8, rfilter=4)
A = H.MAnalyse(isb=true, blksize=16, plevel=0, search=3, searchparam=3, badrange=(-24), dct=10)
B = H.MAnalyse(isb=false, blksize=16, plevel=0, search=3, searchparam=3, badrange=(-24), dct=10)
C = S.MRecalculate(A, blksize=8, blksizev=8, search=3, searchparam=1)
D = S.MRecalculate(B, blksize=8, blksizev=8, search=3, searchparam=1)
E = S.MRecalculate(C, blksize=4, blksizev=4, search=3, searchparam=1)
F = S.MRecalculate(D, blksize=4, blksizev=4, search=3, searchparam=1)
V.MFlowFps(S, E, F, num=FramerateNumerator(V)*2, den=FramerateDenominator(V)*1, mask=2, ml=10000, blend=false)
GetMTMode(false) > 0 ? distributor() : last

Is this script using InterFrame at all or no?

[SubJunk]

Yes, that is a script from Widezu and is quite similar to the Medium (default) preset of InterFrame.
You can use InterFrame for realtime processing, too, except then it would just be like:

SetMTMode(1,0)
ffdshow_source()
SetMTMode(2)
InterFrame(Preset="Fast")
GetMTMode(false) > 0 ? distributor() : last

Using that Fast preset of InterFrame should be enough to give you smooth playback in realtime, but it will be poor quality.
If you are interested, I can increase the quality of the "Fast" preset so it is still ok for realtime playback but looks better. Let me know

[fairchild]

Originally Posted by SubJunk

Yes, that is a script from Widezu and is quite similar to the Medium (default) preset of InterFrame.
You can use InterFrame for realtime processing, too, except then it would just be like:

SetMTMode(1,0)
ffdshow_source()
SetMTMode(2)
InterFrame(Preset="Fast")
GetMTMode(false) > 0 ? distributor() : last

Using that Fast preset of InterFrame should be enough to give you smooth playback in realtime, but it will be poor quality.
If you are interested, I can increase the quality of the "Fast" preset so it is still ok for realtime playback but looks better. Let me know

Yes the difference from fast to medium is drastic indeed. Fast allows no dropped frames but during fast moving scenes it really breaks apart and quality goes downhill.

Thanks for providing the script, now I have two ways to play around with. I think it's probably just my cpu, maybe if I had an i7 or even a core2quad. Don't spend any time on my account though working on the script, I just wanted to try it and show it to friends so they can see the effect. (I don't plan to use it 24/7) Maybe if some other users on here plan to use it or you get requests then go for it. Thanks again.

BTW, what are the recommended settings for 3:2 Pulldown and Buffer back/ahead?

[Soulhunter]

Looks good, except for the first two seconds (the guys jacket)!

[SubJunk]

I've just updated to 1.2, the changelog is:

- Renamed Fast preset to Ultra Fast
- Added Very Fast and Fast presets - these are so that users who are using it for realtime playback have more options to suit their computer speed
- Increased quality of Placebo and Medium presets
- Added Tuning variable
- Improved detection of scene-changes
- Added the file dependencies to the download since a couple of them were confusing some people
- Added links to the dependency websites in the help file

Originally Posted by fairchild

Don't spend any time on my account though working on the script, I just wanted to try it and show it to friends so they can see the effect. (I don't plan to use it 24/7) Maybe if some other users on here plan to use it or you get requests then go for it. Thanks again.

It's no problem, I want to make this script as useful as it can be
As the changelog above says, I have added some more presets ("Very Fast" and "Fast", while the old version of "Fast" is renamed to "Ultra Fast") that will hopefully let you achieve better quality with realtime playback.

Originally Posted by fairchild

BTW, what are the recommended settings for 3:2 Pulldown and Buffer back/ahead?

You can deal with pulldown the same way as usual, just do it before the InterFrame() line and not after

Originally Posted by Soulhunter

Looks good, except for the first two seconds (the guys jacket)!

Thanks
Yes, I purposely used a clip that isn't perfect since I didn't want people to expect it to be perfect.
I think that is a good representation of what it will usually look like. Sometimes it is worse and sometimes it is better.

[aegisofrime]

Thanks for the continued development of this script

BTW, I'm curious what movie is the sample from? It looks interesting...

[SubJunk]

Thanks aegis, if there are any features you'd like to see feel free to suggest them

It's from a great film called Mr. Nobody. One of my faves

[SubJunk]

Version updated to 1.3, the changelog is:
- Added new Tuning value called Smooth, some people may prefer it to default so check out the sample
- Improved detection of scene-changes

I've updated the documentation with more details, too.

Lastly, the sample videos have been updated to reflect the new quality and tunings, check them out

[Forfront]

Hi' Sub,

Does the "VeryFast" preset not work for realtime? I tried it but avisynth asked what is "SuperDeGrained". Thanks

Edit: Never mind didn't space "Very Fast"

[SubJunk]

Hi Forfront
Glad you got it sorted. I will add descriptive warning messages in the next version to avoid that in the future

[Forfront]

Ok thanks, probably only happen to me though, typing fast can be +/- sometimes

[SubJunk]

Well in case it happens to more people I have updated to the version to 1.3.1
The changes from 1.3 are:
- Added input validation for Tuning and Preset values with descriptive error messages

I also added a mini-changelog to the first post.

[SubJunk]

InterFrame has been updated to 1.4.
This version introduces GPU-acceleration and quality improvements.
The video samples have also been updated

[Fizick]

SubJunk,
please do not forget GPL when distributute plugins

[aegisofrime]

Wow GPU acceleration! Certainly looks interesting. Great job with the plugin so far, I gave it a whirl just now and it definitely seems like it produces less nasty artifacts than MVTools 2 does. BTW, any chance of a 64-bit version?

[SubJunk]

Originally Posted by Fizick

SubJunk,
please do not forget GPL when distributute plugins

Good point, sorry for forgetting about that. It is done now.
By the way, do you have any suggestions on how to squeeze more general quality from the script, regardless of how slow it gets?

Originally Posted by aegisofrime

Wow GPU acceleration! Certainly looks interesting. Great job with the plugin so far, I gave it a whirl just now and it definitely seems like it produces less nasty artifacts than MVTools 2 does. BTW, any chance of a 64-bit version?

Thanks a lot for the feedback
Yes it produces less artifacts because the new DLLs include a new type of masking, so there are actually 2 masks working now instead of 1. It has hardly any effect on performance, but a big effect on quality

I will check for you on the 64-bit versions, that would be cool I agree.

[-Vit-]

One thing you're not doing is using MMask (in SAD mode) to determine areas with a probable poor motion match. In those areas flow will likely create a mess, so use a different interpolate instead. I have used a Gauss-blurred flow as the SAD gets a little high (the blur obscures the most obvious artefacts), and/or a simple frame average where the SAD is very high (which effectively removes the appearance of flow, but is better than the alternatives). QTGMC does a simple version of this with its shutter motion blur, but using a motion mask rather than SAD.

[SubJunk]

Hi -Vit-, thanks for the input! I love QTGMC, I use it all the time.
It does use MMask, it is included in the custom DLLs and is activated by the sadml parameter in the MSmoothFps function. It is similar to Yushko's script in that respect, if you're familiar with his YFRC function.

[metanat]

I have watched around 15 movies that have used various versions of this script, including the latest version. The script has continually improved, to the point that now it is a must have for movie watching. After some initial adjusting to the different feel it gives the movie, you might find, as I have, that it makes a massive difference to the watching experience, creating a silky real-life smoothness that you just don't get without it. Watching regular framed movies now makes them feel jittery, and leaves me wishing they were converted with InterFrame.

Looking forward to more improvements SubJunk, keep up the awesome work!