How to get this script working with Potplayer?

[mzso]

Hi!

I found this old script on doom9:

Deblock()
dfttest()
FastLineDarken()
deen("a3d",4,8,9)
Spline36Resize(last.width*2,last.height*2)
AddBorders(4, 0, 4, 0)
aWarpSharp(depth=12,blurlevel=4,thresh=0.2,cm=1)
FastLineDarken()
aWarpSharp(depth=6,blurlevel=4,thresh=0.7,cm=1)
Crop(4,0,-4,0)
FastLineDarken()
DeHalo_Alpha()
fft3dgpu(bt=3,sigma=8,sharpen=1.3)
Spline36Resize(last.width/2,last.height/2)

Can anyone tell me how to use this in potplayer (64-bit)? Do I want multi-threaded avisynth or not? Does it only work if I have 64 bit avisynth too?

[jagabo]

You're not going to get realtime playback with a script like that.

[mzso]

You're not going to get realtime playback with a script like that.

Well, as it stands I can't even try... Installed Avisynth, the plugins/scripts. Copied the script into potplayer, but nothing changed.

[hello_hello]

Do Potplayer's built-in scripts work? I assume everything needs to be either 32 bit or 64 bit, including the Avisynth plugins.
Start with the built in Colorbars script. Open any video and make sure the "use AVIsynth Filters" and "Add Potplayer Source" options are checked. Click Apply. That's as simple as an Avisynth script gets. If you don't see Colorbars instead of the video, Avisynth isn't working.



Next try the Fastest TrueMotion script. That takes me straight into error message territory, as I have the single threaded version of Avisynth installed and the script includes multi threaded stuff, but at least you can see Avisynth is functioning and you're heading in the right direction. Your script doesn't require a multi threaded version of Avisynth, but any additional complaining from Avisynth along the lines of "there's no such function as" would likely indicate there's a missing or non-functioning plug-in. Although in my case it's even more likely to indicate there's typos in the script.



Personally I'd stick with 32 bit everything. I'm not sure if there's always going to be 64 bit versions of required plugins. Aside from the Colorbars script, all the other Potplayer scripts require one or more plugins.

It might also pay to add Info() to the end of the script you're using to help determine if it's working, as that'll get Avisynth to display some info about the video. Once it's working you can remove it. Or even adding GreyScale() to the end would help determine if the script is being used, because it should output the video in black and white. If the other filtering is quite slow, there mightn't be an immediate display of information or lack of colour etc. You might have to let the video run for a few seconds. Or try typing Info() into the script section without anything else for testing.

[mzso]

@hello_hello

Thanks!
I'll try it when I'll have more time.

[mzso]

I eventually settled on the "r=5, sharpen complex, deband and extreme denoise" and "r=6 sharpen complex, deband and extreme denoise" shaders from the shader pack shared here.
I didn't have to wast my time just enable them. (r6 is good for low res animation but results in some frames drop at 1080p, so I use r5 for that. )

PS: I see now that I didn't mention it, but the script is supposed to filter artifacts/noise from animated videos.