Creating an AviSynth Video Enhancement Script

[ingoldie]

Maybe you would like to see another sample.

Original(512x384)

https://www.mediafire.com/file/0tz5dlhjtbid6y2/Sample_4.avi/file


Result(1024x768)

https://www.mediafire.com/file/86bsq4xd1808v0c/Result42.avi/file

[ingoldie]

it gives pretty good results


W=1440
H=1080

orig=LWLibavVideoSource()

edi0=nnedi3_rpow2(orig,rfactor=2, cshift="spline64resize")

edi=nnedi3_rpow2(orig,rfactor=2, cshift="spline64resize")

sr1=SR(orig)

sr1=ConvertToYUY2(sr1)

yuy2=ConvertToYUY2(orig)

sr2=SR(yuy2)

rev=Reverse(orig)

sr1r=SR(rev)

sr1r=Reverse(sr1r)

sr1r=ConvertToYUY2(sr1r)

yuy2rev=ConvertToYUY2(rev)

sr2r=SR(yuy2rev)

sr2r=Reverse(sr2r)

s64=Spline64Resize(orig,width(sr2r),height(sr2r))

s64=ConvertToYUY2(s64)

edi=ConvertToYUY2(edi0)

sr=Average(sr1,0.25,sr2,0.25,sr1r,0.25,sr2r,0.25)

q1=QTGMC(edi,Preset="draft",Edimode="EEDI2",InputType=3,TR0=1,TR1=1,ProgSADMask=0,Blocksize=8)

q2=QTGMC(edi,Preset="draft", Edimode="EEDI2",TR0=1,TR1=1,Blocksize=8)

q2=SelectEven(q2)

edi=Median(edi,q1,q2)

edi=ConvertToRGB24(edi)

s64=ConvertToRGB24(s64)

sr=ConvertToRGB24(sr)

sr=Average(sr,2,s64,-2,edi,1)

sr=ConvertToRGB24(sr)

edicd=ConvertToYUY2(edi0)

edicd=ConvertToYV12(edicd)

edicd=ConvertToRGB24(edicd)

edi0=ConvertToRGB24(edi0)

Average(sr,1,edi0,1,edicd,-1)

nnedi3_rpow2(rfactor=2, cshift="spline64resize")

Spline64Resize(W,H)

Can you provide those pretty good results with their originals?

Can you copy this provided script and see if you like those pretty good results?

Nothing impressive. Not even denoising.

Original2(512x384)

https://www.mediafire.com/file/4as22g8dfb6z973/Original_Sample_2.avi/file

Result(1440x1080)

https://www.mediafire.com/file/u8953m2n3vd5tp9/Result43.avi/file

[Selur]

https://www.mediafire.com/file/yblaftkdf0gvi8o/filtered.mkv/file too strong?

[ingoldie]

Much better natural/realistic results.

Original(512x384)

https://www.mediafire.com/file/lj4ga7pja7vkqd4/Sample_2.avi/file

Result(1024x768)

https://www.mediafire.com/file/1h2f2f2gk314lhq/Result44.avi/file


Original2(512x384)

https://www.mediafire.com/file/4n4hfa32m3f2x5h/Sample.avi/file

Result(1024x768)

https://www.mediafire.com/file/xbpms4f8e65qjlu/Result45.avi/file


Original3(512x384)

https://www.mediafire.com/file/gxxrc0w5yp5tgy6/Sample_3.avi/file

Result(1024x768)

https://www.mediafire.com/file/wi8fph7vj78ccik/Result46.avi/file

Previous Results

https://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=2023157#post2023157

[ingoldie]

Much better dehaloing and denoising without detail loss. Looks so natural/realistic.

Original(512x384)

https://www.mediafire.com/file/0tz5dlhjtbid6y2/Sample_4.avi/file


Result(1024x768)

https://www.mediafire.com/file/yppohu9rdy354ps/Result47.avi/file


Previous Result

https://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=2023452#post2023452

[ingoldie]

My PC doesn't meet requirements for Topaz Enhance last version.

Could you please post the enhanced results using that or any other software?

I still don't know if there's any software that will provide better results than mine.

[Selur]

"or any other software" => Sample_4 (https://www.mediafire.com/file/p7s12dhefzzy2jv/Sample_4_1024x.mkv/file) and Sample_4_1024x_with_noise

[ingoldie]

It looks very unnatural and amorphous. What software did you use?

[Selur]

just something I had lying around
(doesn't really seem more unnatural than your last results)

[ingoldie]

(doesn't really seem more unnatural than your last results)

Are you serious?

[ingoldie]

If you can help me earn money in some way, I can release the codes.

[Selur]

Can you explain how "Result47.avi" (139 frames) has more frames than "Sample 4.avi" (137 frames) ?
Doesn't seem like your sources match your restored versions,...

[wonkey_monkey]

If you can help me earn money in some way, I can release the codes.

It seems you've spent 10 or so years to achieve a passable but broadly replicable* result on a low-bitrate pirated XVID of a 40-year-old TV show (which has, in the intervening time, been remastered in HD). That just isn't something anyone's going to pay for.

* Left: mine (took a few minutes of messing around with filters), right: yours (https://i.ibb.co/QjhPgQYY/image.png)

[VoodooFX]

@wonkey_monkey
How much is your script? :D

[wonkey_monkey]

For you Voodoo, call it a fiver.

[ingoldie]

Can you explain how "Result47.avi" (139 frames) has more frames than "Sample 4.avi" (137 frames) ?
Doesn't seem like your sources match your restored versions,...

I used SolveigMM Video Splitter to extract Sample 4.avi from the full video. It might have gotten rid of 2 frames.
But I used AviSynth trim() function for Result47.avi.

[ingoldie]

* Left: mine (took a few minutes of messing around with filters), right: yours (https://i.ibb.co/QjhPgQYY/image.png)

Can you provide the video?

[VideoMilk78]

I still don't know if there's any software that will provide better results than mine.

I think there's plenty lol

[ingoldie]

I think there's plenty lol

There are many answers, but no proof.

Can you name a software and provide an enhanced result?

[Selur]

It might have gotten rid of 2 frames.
.. and might have reencoded parts of it since you didn't cut on key frames and thus lowered the quality of the source you present others as source, when it is not the source,...
Who knows what you did?
In my opinion, you should redo your tests and make sure your result is based on the source that you represented here, otherwise all your results do not really seem trustworthy.
side note: your results seem oversampled, at least on a larger screen I prefer a smoother variant https://www.mediafire.com/file/fmruyoezyc2l563/not_so_oversharpend.mp4/file, sharper (https://www.mediafire.com/file/6x77ec90xj46eav/sharp.mp4/file) still not as oversharpened as your result.

[ingoldie]

What do you think about YouTube's Super Resolution feature for video enhancement?

[ingoldie]

YouTube Super Resolution (1080p)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63nfV47oDhU&list=RD63nfV47oDhU&start_radio=1

Original (1080p)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfQndu0y1hQ&list=RDZfQndu0y1hQ&start_radio=1

[johnmeyer]

Even by the standards of this guy, this is pretty strange. A still image with music???

[wonkey_monkey]

I suppose it demonstrates YouTube's super resolution as well as any other random clip. But we have no idea what resolution the upsampled one was, originally. Was it just 480p (the highest non-super resolution available) or was it higher? Who knows.

And the same with the "native" 1080p one. It's not from the same image as colour and geometry is different.

So, in short... we can't really tell anything from that.

[ingoldie]

Another Example

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pO1HC8pHZw0&list=RDpO1HC8pHZw0&start_radio=1

[ingoldie]

I examined it closely and I think this is what I'm looking for.
Is there an equivalent AviSynth script or any other software?

[ingoldie]

Better Results

Original(512x384)

https://www.mediafire.com/file/lj4ga7pja7vkqd4/Sample_2.avi/file

Result(1024x768)

https://www.mediafire.com/file/g6qct3k0v3ujojk/Result48.avi/file


Original(512x384)

https://www.mediafire.com/file/4n4hfa32m3f2x5h/Sample.avi/file

Result(1024x768)

https://www.mediafire.com/file/42qphoazngith5h/Result49.avi/file


Original(512x384)

https://www.mediafire.com/file/gxxrc0w5yp5tgy6/Sample_3.avi/file

Result(1024x768)

https://www.mediafire.com/file/gt3arbnk4bup0ls/Result50.avi/file

Previous Results

https://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=2028745#post2028745


Original(512x384)

https://www.mediafire.com/file/0tz5dlhjtbid6y2/Sample_4.avi/file

Result(1024x768)

https://www.mediafire.com/file/pey2m24pj5o9nmw/Result51.avi/file


Previous Result

https://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=2029042#post2029042

[ingoldie]

I think I've completed my video enhancement script.

Does anyone know of any companies that need video enhancement service?

[ingoldie]

A new sample

https://www.mediafire.com/file/antxve1u3r4nwx7/Video_Enhancement_Script11.avi/file

Original

https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/358043-A-comparison-of-AVIsynth-denoise-filters#post2283228

[ingoldie]

If you can somehow help me earn just $1000 a month, or give an AviSynth script that produces better video enhancement results than mine, I'll release the code.

[wonkey_monkey]

There's zero market for Avisynth scripts in general, let alone one that someone has spent years on yet can be broadly matched or bettered in five minutes with modern tools.

Not to mention all your examples seem to be enacted on sources of low quality and dubious legality.

[ingoldie]

let alone one that someone has spent years on yet can be broadly matched or bettered in five minutes with modern tools.

For example?

[wonkey_monkey]

I already showed you an example that I spent 5 minutes on and was pretty much indistinguishable from your result. And your latest one is barely differentiable from a bilinear upscale with a bit of (too much, in fact) noise reduction.

[ingoldie]

I already showed you an example that I spent 5 minutes on and was pretty much indistinguishable from your result. And your latest one is barely differentiable from a bilinear upscale with a bit of (too much, in fact) noise reduction.

I think you're talking about

* Left: mine (took a few minutes of messing around with filters), right: yours (https://i.ibb.co/QjhPgQYY/image.png)

Can you provide the video?

I still don't know if there's any software that will provide better results than mine.

I think there's plenty lol

There are many answers, but no proof.

Can you name a software and provide an enhanced result?

The answers are not convincing.

[Columbo]

For that specific case I think the ingoldie result looks better. Less auras. E.g., look at the red arrow in the top left and the word WANTED. JMHO

[ingoldie]

Also looks more natural.

[VideoMilk78]

For that specific case I think the ingoldie result looks better. Less auras. E.g., look at the red arrow in the top left and the word WANTED. JMHO

This could probably be matched with either something like temporal degrain 2 or maybe even just a little blur

[ingoldie]

I think I've completed my video enhancement script.

I was wrong.

I am using 2 different denoisers and one of them is fft3dfilter.

I realized it causes an annatural result.

Better Results

Original(512x384)

https://www.mediafire.com/file/lj4ga7pja7vkqd4/Sample_2.avi/file

Result(1024x768)

https://www.mediafire.com/file/g6qct3k0v3ujojk/Result48.avi/file


Original(512x384)

https://www.mediafire.com/file/4n4hfa32m3f2x5h/Sample.avi/file

Result(1024x768)

https://www.mediafire.com/file/42qphoazngith5h/Result49.avi/file




Results without fft3dfilter (look natural but still noisy)

https://www.mediafire.com/file/c7b9fof8nma3tn4/Result52.avi/file


https://www.mediafire.com/file/anx59swt22a6uh4/Result53.avi/file


Can you help me get rid of the noise by using a denoiser instead of fft3dfilter preserving the naturalness?

[johnmeyer]

fft3dfilter is not a great choice for a denoiser, although it still can be used as a prefilter in some circumstances.

[ingoldie]

fft3dfilter is not a great choice for a denoiser

Can someone please recommend me a great choice for a denoiser preserving the naturalness.




Results without fft3dfilter (look natural but still noisy)

https://www.mediafire.com/file/c7b9fof8nma3tn4/Result52.avi/file


https://www.mediafire.com/file/anx59swt22a6uh4/Result53.avi/file

[VideoMilk78]

Can someone please recommend me a great choice for a denoiser preserving the naturalness.

Can I recommend you give up? Nobody is going to pay anything for an Avisynth script much less $1000 a month. :)