Alien Song,... 240p->720p

[Selur]

I'm trying to make better version of the Alien Song (I used the mpeg-1 version from https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/945314.945317 as source ), so far the best result I have is using RealESRGAN (see attachment), only downside atm. is that it kind of mangles the text, but I can probably work around that.

-> Does anyone have a better idea how to create a 720p verison of the clip?


Cu Selur

[ProWo]

You could contact Victor Navone and ask him for a better version.
https://vimeo.com/victornavone

[pandy]

640x480 https://vimeo.com/49094961

[Selur]

Nice!

[lollo]

Back to original question, I do not think you can improve much over realSRGAN, maybe give to SwinIR a try

[Selur]

Good idea, totally forgot about SwinIR. -> started an encoding, will attach the result later (encoding with 0.14-0.2fps,... damn gpu prices,...)

[sharer777]

https://vimeo.com/661275299

[Selur]

Here's the SwinIR version (using real_sr_large),...

Cu Selur

[lollo]

I prefer SwinIR https://imgsli.com/ODgwMTc (but it has its artifacts)

[Selur]

Made a version with SwinIR an BasicVSR++,..

Cu Selur

[_Al_]

this last one looks really good