x264Resize 0.1: a fast 2x upscaling filter for playback

[Dark Shikari]

Per this RFC (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=145561). I decided to spend an hour writing this, so I did. It's currently completely unoptimized: no assembly from x264 yet.

Usage: x264Resize(). No arguments, no nothing, just works.

Description:
A high performance 2x resize filter using the H.264 6-tap hpel filter algorithm.

Pros:
Similar quality to Lanczos.
Faster than Lanczos (currently almost as fast as Bicubic).

Cons:
Slower than it should be (I haven't added the assembly yet).
Shifts the image 0.25 pixels in the +X and +Y directions, respectively.
YV12-only, because I'm lazy.
2x resize only.

In other words, it's meant for display purposes--where you don't care about a 0.25 pixel shift, and where YV12 is all you care about. I don't feel like implementing non-planar formats, but if someone wants to, feel free; the source is GPL and included.

Download x264Resize 0.1 (http://mirror05.x264.nl/Dark/force.php?file=./x264Resize.7z)

It's a bit alpha at the moment--I don't intend it to be particularly usable until the asm is in.

[cyberbeing]

x264Resize 0.1 seems to be broken on my end.

Avisynth first compains it is unable to load the plugin. Then it complains it isn't a Avisynth 2.5 plugin.

[Dark Shikari]

That's odd; it worked here. I assume the version of avisynth.h doesn't matter (it'll work on 2.58, 2.57, etc?)

I'll check later when I get back to my computer if the dll I included specifically worked or not.

If you have MSVC, you can compile it yourself.

[cyberbeing]

I figured it out, it was a dependency issue. It requires the Visual C++ 2008 Runtimes (msvcr90.dll & msvcm90.dll) and .NET 2.0 or greater (mscoree.dll). I didn't have .NET installed (reinstalled WinXP a few days ago). Installing .NET fixed the problem.

[Dark Shikari]

I figured it out, it was a dependency issue. It requires the Visual C++ 2008 Runtimes (msvcr90.dll & msvcm90.dll) and .NET 2.0 or greater (mscoree.dll). I didn't have .NET installed (reinstalled WinXP a few days ago). Installing .NET fixed the problem.Someone tell me how to fix the silly .NET dependency, it doesn't use .NET so it shouldn't require it.

(newbie to MSVC)

[dancho]

Project->Configuration Properties->Common Language Runtime support == NO Common Language Runtime Support

[Gavino]

Usage: x264Resize(). No arguments, no nothing, just works.
I guess you mean x264Resize(clip).
Shifts the image 0.25 pixels in the +X and +Y directions, respectively.
Does it also introduce a relative shift between luma and chroma?

[Dark Shikari]

Does it also introduce a relative shift between luma and chroma?Hmm, this is a good point, as it resizes each plane separately, and thus applies the shift to each plane separately.

Yes, it probably does.

[Keiyakusha]

Sorry, any progress on this? ^__^