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Old 27th June 2015, 02:46   #2541  |  Link
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zach can we port super xbr in chroma upscaling? I'm getting nicer result compared to jincs in madvr
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Old 27th June 2015, 04:47   #2542  |  Link
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I've tried both NEDI and Super-xBR with SuperRes, the new SuperRes result in a very pleasant picture quality with NEDI, from 1024x576 -> 1920x1080 videos.

Super-xBR is too sharp, the edges of faces sometimes 'harder' than with NEDI.

Also the new algorithm work great without the old rendering time increasing issue, which makes the MPDN an alternative to my choice of daily media players.
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Old 27th June 2015, 09:01   #2543  |  Link
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Just a heads-up: Downloaded the standalone version of MPDN and the extension binaries and sources into new folders (using the links from the first post), copied the extensions in the right folders. But now both 32bit and 64bit MPDN complain with "One or more extensions failed to load". I had deleted the old "AppData" MPDN folder. Tried emptying the PlayerExtensions folder, didn't help.
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Old 27th June 2015, 10:01   #2544  |  Link
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Just a heads-up: Downloaded the standalone version of MPDN and the extension binaries and sources into new folders (using the links from the first post), copied the extensions in the right folders. But now both 32bit and 64bit MPDN complain with "One or more extensions failed to load". I had deleted the old "AppData" MPDN folder. Tried emptying the PlayerExtensions folder, didn't help.
I've run into this a number of times and clearing out appdata and deleting the extensions folders before reinstalling has always fixed it.

I just downloaded latest x64 and x86 versions of MPDN and extensions from http://mpdn.zachsaw.com/Latest/ after completely uninstalling my old installation and I had no errors with either. You might want to try it again.
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Old 27th June 2015, 10:19   #2545  |  Link
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I've run into this a number of times and clearing out appdata and deleting the extensions folders before reinstalling has always fixed it.

I just downloaded latest x64 and x86 versions of MPDN and extensions from http://mpdn.zachsaw.com/Latest/ after completely uninstalling my old installation and I had no errors with either. You might want to try it again.
I did all that. But I found what the problem was:

When only using the MPDN standalone version + the binary extensions, everything works fine. But when also extracting the binary source code and copying the binary source code "Extensions" folder over to MPDN, the problem occurs. I guess I'm not supposed to do that? Still, seems like something to look into. The first post looks like I should download and "install" all 3 (standalone version, extension binaries and extension sources). Maybe it would make sense to move the "extension source" to the "Miscellaneous" section on the first page, to make it clearer which downloads are necessary to make the standalone version work with all extensions?
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Old 27th June 2015, 12:14   #2546  |  Link
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Also the new algorithm work great without the old rendering time increasing issue, which makes the MPDN an alternative to my choice of daily media players.
This is just getting weird now, but I'm glad that it works.
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Old 27th June 2015, 12:58   #2547  |  Link
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I did all that. But I found what the problem was:

When only using the MPDN standalone version + the binary extensions, everything works fine. But when also extracting the binary source code and copying the binary source code "Extensions" folder over to MPDN, the problem occurs. I guess I'm not supposed to do that? Still, seems like something to look into. The first post looks like I should download and "install" all 3 (standalone version, extension binaries and extension sources). Maybe it would make sense to move the "extension source" to the "Miscellaneous" section on the first page, to make it clearer which downloads are necessary to make the standalone version work with all extensions?
I've changed the wording so hopefully that removes any ambiguities.
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Old 27th June 2015, 13:01   #2548  |  Link
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Ah, now I understand! I can either use the binary or the source version of the extensions, correct? If that's correct, then the wording should be clear now. Might still make sense to investigate why it gets broken if you install both the binary and source version? I mean, maybe someone installs the binary version first, then wants to switch to the source version, or something. Would be nice if that would still work.
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Old 27th June 2015, 13:04   #2549  |  Link
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Yeah that's correct.

I might just remove the source version from the download section actually. Advanced users can always download them from github.

@Shiandow what do you think?
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Old 27th June 2015, 13:26   #2550  |  Link
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Yeah that's correct.

I might just remove the source version from the download section actually. Advanced users can always download them from github.

@Shiandow what do you think?
It might be best to remove them if it prevents confusion, although I'm not too happy with making it harder for people to try playing with the code. If possible I'd prefer if MPDN detected such a conflict and asked to remove the binaries (or the sources but it's hard to tell if those have been edited).

Can you install the sources with the installer by the way? Haven't had a chance to try it out yet.
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Old 27th June 2015, 13:48   #2551  |  Link
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No. The installer only installs the binary version. If we want auto update / update checker for the extensions, the only way is to have the binary version, which has a product version that is tied to github release version.

I'll see if there's a way to detect if a conflict has occurred but that's just one of the many mistakes users could make when using the source version. I think end users shouldn't be tinkering with the scripts anyway. Anyone interested in poking around should be knowledgeable enough to download the source from github.

What we can do is perhaps distribute a readme with the binary version with instructions on how to get the source version. Anyone who's interested in poking around would surely have looked into the extensions folder and readme would be the first thing that stands out.
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Old 27th June 2015, 14:08   #2552  |  Link
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Maybe you can detect the conflict and change the wording of the message box to guide the user in solving the conflict? E.g. point the user to the readme. The current message box text is very generic and sounds more like some extension is corrupt/damaged.
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What we can do is perhaps distribute a readme with the binary version with instructions on how to get the source version. Anyone who's interested in poking around would surely have looked into the extensions folder and readme would be the first thing that stands out.
That might be a good compromise. I still think it's a shame that users would lose the ability to change the extension's behaviour by changing a few lines of code, but maybe nobody did that anyway.
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Old 27th June 2015, 14:12   #2554  |  Link
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Yeah that would be ideal. Just have to find out if it's possible to detect that it's a conflict and not any other errors...
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Old 27th June 2015, 14:15   #2555  |  Link
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That might be a good compromise. I still think it's a shame that users would lose the ability to change the extension's behaviour by changing a few lines of code, but maybe nobody did that anyway.
Oh I think the ones who frequent this thread know how to switch to the source version in a heartbeat when there's something they need / want to change.

The installer is really meant to make it easy for users who simply just want a media player and don't necessary even know much about image scaling, let alone tinkering with it
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Old 28th June 2015, 00:23   #2556  |  Link
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With the upgraded version of Super-xBR, I cannot distinguish it from NEDI with SuperRes now. I'd say it becomes as good with one of my test video.

Edit: For other video clips, NEDI still more 'natural' for me.

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Old 28th June 2015, 15:56   #2557  |  Link
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Regarding extension versioning, prior to the binaries being implemented was using file hashing ever considered?
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Old 29th June 2015, 02:29   #2558  |  Link
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Yes, but we wanted something more straight forward to start with. File hashing may still be implemented for the source version later. We don't even have an extensions version checker yet at the moment.
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Old 29th June 2015, 14:24   #2559  |  Link
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Got it. I have some ideas about a possible process if you don't already have a mechanism in mind.
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Old 29th June 2015, 14:26   #2560  |  Link
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Oh feel free to discuss here. Belphemur is the one looking into it.
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