How to install BasicVSR++ in windows 11

[Sach3932]

I am using this repo to install BasicVSR++
https://github.com/HolyWu/vs-basicvsrpp
I am trying with the following commands.

pip install -U openmim - It runs properly

mim install "mmcv>=2.0.0" - Stuck on this command its saying following message.

C:\Users\SACHIN>mim install "mmcv>=2.0.0"
'mim' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

Anyone have idea about it?

[Sach3932]

DOes anyone can help me please to install this package.

[october262]

I am using this repo to install BasicVSR++
https://github.com/HolyWu/vs-basicvsrpp
I am trying with the following commands.

pip install -U openmim - It runs properly

mim install "mmcv>=2.0.0" - Stuck on this command its saying following message.

C:\Users\SACHIN>mim install "mmcv>=2.0.0"
'mim' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

Anyone have idea about it?

try with mim install "mmcv>=2.0.0rc1"
https://mmcv.readthedocs.io/en/2.x/get_started/installation.html

[_Al_]

Did you install PyTorch 1.13+ beforehand as HolyWu describes?

'mim' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

instead of mim, use the whole path,
or navigate to that directory , where mim is, press Shift + right click on empty space in that mim's directory to get a pop up menu, press Open PowerShell window here, then write "cmd" (no quotes) to that window and press Enter to get a cmd prompt. That will default command prompt window to that mim's directory path. Then use mim command again in that window, you do not need to include the whole path because you are running cmd prompt from that directory.

[Sach3932]

Hello, I have already installed the PyTorch 1.13+ and I am not able to find the mim installation folder on my machine.
Below is the detailed installation screenshot.

[Selur]

btw. if this is an attempt to install BasicVSR++ in Hybrid: this is the wrong way.
for other cases, https://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=183156 might help, I posted how I set up a portable Vapoursynth with BasicVSR++ and others. Required version numbers might not be up-to-date, but it should show how its generally done.

[rgr]

I am using this repo to install BasicVSR++
https://github.com/HolyWu/vs-basicvsrpp
I am trying with the following commands.

pip install -U openmim - It runs properly

mim install "mmcv>=2.0.0" - Stuck on this command its saying following message.

C:\Users\SACHIN>mim install "mmcv>=2.0.0"
'mim' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

Anyone have idea about it?

How do you even install BasicVSR++? How do you install anything in Python in general?

>>> pip install -U vsbasicvsrpp
  File "<python-input-8>", line 1
    pip install -U vsbasicvsrpp
        ^^^^^^^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>>> 

[Selur]

How do you even install BasicVSR++?

It depends on your Python and Vapoursynth setup,...

• Hybrid has a torch add-on ready to download.
• Here's how I build Hybrids torch-addon:
  • Create an empty Vapoursynth folder.
  • Download portable Python (3.12)
    https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.12.9/python-3.12.9-embed-amd64.zip
  • Download portable Vapoursynth
    https://github.com/vapoursynth/vapoursynth/releases/download/R72/VapourSynth64-Portable-R72.zip
  • Extract Python and then Vapoursynth into the Vapoursynth folder
  • Change the content of the python312._pth to:
    

    Scripts
    Lib\site-packages
    python312.zip
    .
    
    # Uncomment to run site.main() automatically
    #import site

  • Install pip
    • Download the pip installer
      https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py and move it into your Vapoursynth folder
    • Open a terminal inside the Vapoursynth and call:
      'python get-pip.py'
  • Integrate Vapoursynth to the environment by calling:
    'python -m pip install wheel/VapourSynth-72-cp312-abi3-win_amd64.whl'
  • Install torch
    

    python -m pip install -U packaging setuptools wheel
    python -m pip install --pre torch torchvision --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/nightly/cu128
    python -m pip install opencv-contrib-python
    python -m pip install --no-deps --pre -U torch_tensorrt --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/nightly/cu128
    python -m pip install -U torch torchvision torch_tensorrt --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cu128 --extra-index-url https://pypi.nvidia.com

  • Install VSGAN
    

    python -m pip install -U vsgan

  • Install vs-rife
    

    python -m pip install -U vsrife

  • Install BasicVSR++
    

    python -m pip install -U vsbasicvsrpp

  • Install DPIR
    

    python -m pip install -U vsdpir

  • Install SCUNet
    

    python -m pip install -U vsscunet

  • Install REALEsrgan
    

    python -m pip install -U vsrealesrgan

  • Install HINet
    

    python -m pip install -U vshinet

  • Install AnimeSR
    

    python -m pip install -U vsanimesr

  • Install FeMaSR
    

    python -m pip install -U vsfemasr

  • Install CodeFormer
    

    python -m pip install -U vscodeformer
    python -m pip install https://github.com/eddiehe99/dlib-whl/releases/download/v20.0.0/dlib-20.0.0-cp312-cp312-win_amd64.whl

  • Install GRLIR
    

    python -m pip install -U vsgrlir

  • Install MFDIN
    

    python -m pip install -U vsmfdin

  • Install ProPainter
    

    python -m pip install https://github.com/dan64/vs-propainter/releases/download/v1.2.1/vspropainter-1.2.1-py3-none-any.whl

  • Install VSDDColor
    

    python -m pip install https://github.com/dan64/vs-deoldify/releases/download/v4.0.0/vsddcolor-1.0.1-py3-none-any.whl

  • Install SwinIR
    

    python -m pip install -U vsswinir

  • Install DeOldify
    

    python -m pip install -U scikit-image
    python -m pip install -U numba
    python -m pip install https://github.com/dan64/vs-deoldify/releases/download/v5.0.4/vsdeoldify-5.0.4-py3-none-any.whl

    • Download:
      • https://colorizers.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/colorization_release_v2-9b330a0b.pth
      • https://colorizers.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/siggraph17-df00044c.pth
      • https://data.deepai.org/deoldify/ColorizeArtistic_gen.pth
      • https://www.dropbox.com/s/axsd2g85uyixaho/ColorizeStable_gen.pth?dl=0
      • https://data.deepai.org/deoldify/ColorizeVideo_gen.pth
        Place them in Vapoursynth/vsdeoldify/models-folder
      • https://github.com/zhangmozhe/Deep-Exemplar-based-Video-Colorization/releases/download...checkpoint.zip
        Extract it into Vapoursynth\Lib\site-packages\vsdeoldify\deepex
      • https://download.pytorch.org/models/resnet101-63fe2227.pth
      • https://download.pytorch.org/models/resnet50-19c8e357.pth
      • https://dl.fbaipublicfiles.com/dinov2/dinov2_vits14/dinov2_vits14_pretrain.pth
        Place them in Vapoursynth\Lib\site-packages\vsdeoldify\deepex\checkpoints-folder
      • https://github.com/yyang181/colormnet/releases/download/v0.1/DINOv2FeatureV6_LocalAtte..._s2_154000.pth
        Place it into Vapoursynth/Lib/site-packages/vsdeoldify/colormnet/weights-folder
    • Install spatial_correlation_sampler (needs new build, see: https://forum.selur.net/thread-3595-post-26036.html#pid26036)
      Extract content into Vapoursynth\Lib\site-packages
  • Download Models for the installed tools:
    

    python -m vsrife
    python -m vsdpir
    python -m vsscunet
    python -m vsrealesrgan
    python -m vshinet
    python -m vsfemasr
    python -m vscodeformer
    python -m vsgrlir
    python -m vsddcolor
    python -m vsswinir
    python -m vsbasicvsrpp

  • Install DeepDeinterlace (fails due to openmim dependency)
    Download https://github.com/pifroggi/vs_deepdeinterlace/archive/refs/heads/main.zip and place the vs_deepdeinterlace-folder (under vs_deepdeinterlace-main) into Vapoursynth/Lib/site-packages
    

    python -m pip install positional_encodings

    not supporting DfConvEkSA atm. due to openmim issues.

How do you install anything in Python in general?

If you want to install anything for python, you usually use a package manager like pip.
Depending on your environment you then use either:

python -m pip install -U <package name>

or

pip install -U <package name>

for Hybrid, which uses a portable Python and Vapoursynth, the first is correct.


Cu Selur

[rgr]

For now, I've installed Python (I already had 3.12, now I have 3.13).
I installed pytorch 2.80 -- it worked without a problem using the command on their website.
I'm installing it on the system, not on Hybrid.

Edit: OK, the pip command should be issued in the Windows shell, not in python

[Selur]

I installed pytorch 2.80 -- it worked without a problem using the command on their website.

2.8? Do you mean 3.8? Yes, depending on the Python version and the package dependencies it can fail or not.
Happy you found a setup that worked for you.

[rgr]

Latest: PyTorch Build -- Stable (2.8.0)

[Selur]

DOH, sorry. I misread PyTorch as Python, which caused my confusion.

[_Al_]

Selur, thanks for detailed what to do.

To make a bit more simple In your detailed explanation installing latest vapoursynth, compatible python, get-pip.py into a directory, running whl file, could be done just by running that Install-Portable-VapourSynth-R72.bat (that uses that *.ps1 file, that needs to be downloaded, or just run that ps1) from https://github.com/vapoursynth/vapoursynth/releases site. So as myrsloik mentioned, this replaces this part of your workflow:

Create an empty Vapoursynth folder.
Download portable Python (3.12)
https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.12.9/python-3.12.9-embed-amd64.zip
Download portable Vapoursynth
https://github.com/vapoursynth/vapoursynth/releases/download/R72/VapourSynth64-Portable-R72.zip
Extract Python and then Vapoursynth into the Vapoursynth folder
Change the content of the python312._pth to:
Code:

Scripts
Lib\site-packages
python312.zip
.

# Uncomment to run site.main() automatically
#import site

Install pip

Download the pip installer
https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py and move it into your Vapoursynth folder
Open a terminal inside the Vapoursynth and call:
'python get-pip.py'

Integrate Vapoursynth to the environment by calling:
'python -m pip install wheel/VapourSynth-72-cp312-abi3-win_amd64.whl'

So just running that bat would automatically download and put into a directory latest vapoursynth with python and do some init work running that whl.

[Selur]

Yes, I copied (+modified) those steps from a step-by-step list I wrote when the Powershell script for the setup was not available. ��