Topaz Video AI 5.2.2

Hello everyone,

Today we’re releasing a new update for Video AI, version 5.2.2:

5.2.2

Windows
Mac - DMG | PKG


  • Fixed AI Processor reverting to Auto
  • Fixed Low Power Mode not appearing on macOS systems
  • Improved error messaging – fewer errors will be incorrectly reported as “Colorspace error”
  • Improved alpha layer preservation, image sequence input → image sequence output now works across TIFF & PNG
  • Fixed constant bitrate exports for NVENC - now uses -rc cbr for setting rate control in constant mode
  • Fixed bug where out trim marker was not moving for short inputs
  • Fixed bug where filling intervals less than 5 frames would error out
  • Renamed Instant Render to Live Render
  • Fixed preview intervals merging - will not re-render processed areas but will also not merge the two intervals
  • Preview render region will always start where specified + fill in gaps until end of preview region
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I reported at least twice during the beta that the application does not respect the minimum window size needed to display all controls. Video AI should limit the ability to shrink the application window just like Gigapixel AI or Photo AI do. :eyes:

There is a minimum application size. I found it:

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:grin:

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Hello everyone! Topaz 5.2.2 models Gaia and Theia do not load and give error. (Apple M1)

Importing files from a network/NAS is still locking up the program where it never used to :frowning:

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Hello,

Would it be possible to review the app’s log files to see what could be causing this lockup?

To gather logs, please select Help > Logging and make sure that there is a check mark next to File Logging. Next, recreate the issue and then return to the Help menu and select > Get Logs for Support and attach the “logsForSupport” file to your reply.

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TVAI 5.2.2 seems to put the export always where the source file is, ignoring any selected export path. Can the devs please look into this ?

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It appears that exporting when a project is on a network resource is causing TAVI 5.2.2 to lock up entirely in this new update. You guys fixed the network location importing issue last time but now in this version it appears to cause TAVI to become unresponsive indefinitely the second I click export until I force close it. If I map the same network location as a drive instead of as a resource everything works fine.

Tested on 2 different devices with a few different files all coming from my NAS. Tried a few different models just to be sure, instantly locks up the application. Changing the export location to a local drive or another network drive also does not help. Reverting to the previous version fixes this as well. I know mapping is an easy fix but I don’t normally map network resources as a drive for any of my workflows.

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I uploaded the logs via Dropbox and also sent you a message.

I’ve just discovered a bug in the preferences.

In the Default Audio Settings section, I have 3 output codec selections when converting, AAC, AC3 and PCM:

If I select PCM, the selection boxes disappear and don’t return (saving makes this permanent):

Can anyone reproduce this?

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Finally, a huge enough improvement that it’s an upgrade to the last minor release! Pretty good. Now, instead of 2 second previews, I decide between 5 second and live previews depending on if I’m paying attention to motion or an image. The options scroll too slowly, and I wish the before and after view started with the import properly and displayed more reliably.

Same bug for me.

The CPU and GPU usage during processing is very low! :eyes:

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Where is pause/resume button?

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In version 5.2.2 Topaz still loses several attributes when it creates an MKV container.

Only the language attribute of the audio track survives.
Those of the video-track and the subtitles are lost.

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It also loses:

  • Track names
  • “Original language attribute” (the video-track only)
  • “Commentary attribute” (probably the others as well, but I don’t use them)

It’s an annoyance and forces you to recreate them again, which could lead to errors and is a tedious job if you have many attributes.

Please, please fix it!!!

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When running an export you will see it on the far right of the exports window.

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You will need to make sure that you have these three options turned on in the Preferences Panel>Export>Crash Recovery.

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Reproduced and sent to the team for investigation.

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Why is Topaz even messing with this? It should focus solely on AI training and upscaling and then allow other, more capable tools the task of re-adding the audio track and subtitles. Adding all these extraneous and unrelated capabilities to the application only introduces more bugs, while at the same time, increases customer frustration. After all these years, I still see no reason to upgrade from version 2.

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You’re right, but that’s now beside the point.
It is handling the audio and also other multiplexed streams that can be cut, converted or changed in timing.

If we would then need to process these streams and mimic the handling afterward and in other programs, the whole process would become a very tedious job or even undoable.

If I change the framerate, I expect the audio to stay in sync.

My guess is that you’re looking at it from your own perspective and don’t even have things like subtitles. Maybe not even audio.
My guess you also have a video editing program… I don’t know.

Anyway… That work now has been done in the past and it only needs a bit of work to add the stuff that was forgotten or deemed unnecessary.

This is a tool and like most tools it isn’t used in the exact way or for the exact purpose as you use the tool.

When the source file is on a slower (but not a slow) disk and the source file is big Topaz starts reading for more than a minute after taking a 5 second sample.

I don’t know why it needs to read at all on the source disk, but it does and it doing it at > 150 MB/s, so it’s not slow.
It’s as if it reads the complete 50 GB of the source file again.

Can’t you reproduce it using a NAS or a classic harddisk?

I changed my workflow and deliberately put the source file on an SSD.