Topaz Video AI Beta v4.0.1.0.b

[luke.roche]

Hello everyone,

We have a new beta available for testing.

4.0.1.0.b

• Windows
• Mac - DMG | PKG

Changelog from 4.0.0.0

• Custom slow-motion values (like 2.5x).
• Better UI/UX for Direct Comparison view.
• Fixed timeline zoom precision related issues.
• Fixed UX in tutorial slideshow.
• Fixed blank GPU options in preferences.

Known Issues

• Inconsistent “Preview X frames” enable status.
• Preview frames syncing may be off by roughly 1/2 a frame.
• Rotation w/ previews will not be rotated.
• Reprocessing overlapping preview areas.
• Stuttering on entrance-to/leaving previews.

[chane2k1]

The new interface is coming along. I like that the preview show down below again. When I select a preview from the list of previews I would like the play head to move to the beginning of that preview, begin playing and repeat until I either select another preview or press stop. Right now we have to manually move the play head to where the preview exists on the timeline and it’s a bit of an exercise. Nice progress.

PS. If I set the Enhancement type to Interlaced Progressive and use the Dione Robust model for Preview 1 and for Preview 2 one of the previews will say Dione Robust (Manual) and the other will say Dione Robust (Auto). Additionally if I select two different AI model versions the previews don’t indicate what version of the model was used.

[michael-3397]

This beta crashes immediately on launch. Doesn’t even get to a point where I can gather a log. The attached log is the Mac OS crash log.

System is a Mac mini Intel (i7, 6-core, 64GB, 2TB), Ventura with all updates.

TVA 4010b crash log.txt (55.6 KB)

[betafunction (Alex)]

Same for me on Apple Silicon: Immediate crash with the same issue!

Crashed Thread: 4 QQmlThread
Exception Type: EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000

How can I rollback without loosing all my presets?

[michele.meschke]

You can make a backup from them and copy them between the official release the Alpha and the Beta.

On Windows they can be found here:
C:\ProgramData\Topaz Labs LLC\Topaz Video AI\presets
C:\ProgramData\Topaz Labs LLC\Topaz Video AI ALPHA\presets
C:\ProgramData\Topaz Labs LLC\Topaz Video AI BETA\presets

Should be similar on other systems.

Normally the presets remain untouched…but it´s always good to keep a backup…

[christian_p_schaefer (X)]

Direct Crash on Start…
macOS Sonoma, (intel iMac)

[navjinder.saini]

Crashed as soon as i click to open it

[joachim.ehrhardt]

a minor issue:

When I select “Preview Next 10 Frames” it shows 9 frames. All other selections respond correctly.

[mikmod1]

I’ve noticed this also in the stable VEAI v4 as well, but currently, this program reacts a bit funny on 4:3 MPEG 1 files:

I think it should be 576x480?

They’re being processed correctly though, but the ‘Pixel Type’ setting doesn’t seem to change anything resolution-wise (I set it to square pixel manually).

[jo.vo]

There’s an instant crash here as well when starting this version:
Mac Studio M2 Ultra, MacOS Sonoma 14.1 (23B73), 64GB RAM.

TVAI4.0.1.0.b_crash.zip (13.4 KB)

Seeing that there are several very different systems (M1, M2 and also Intel Macs; also both, Ventura and Sonoma) with this very exact same issue: Did you test this on MacOS at all??

[myerpj]

It seems version 4 may have a similar problem to version2, in that, both sides of the preview seem to get processed again, even when there is no change to the one side. Am I wrong about that?

I process one side, and assuming there is an improvement, then I use that side to compare to the other side when I make the changes to that. At this point I don’t care what the original looked like as I’m seeking the best improvement I can find.

So, I really hope it’s not re-doing each side each time… That’s what it seems like.

[myerpj]

I also don’t like the ‘Preview’ button. It was clear in the v3 that you were starting in the same place each time. I used this, (with a lot of manual work) to view one preview to the next.

I was going to ask for a feature to align all the clips from the same source footage. But what I did, was find a frame to view, then copy the timecode and set a zoom level from the drop-down. Then I’d copy and paste the timecode into each clip in the list and set the same zoom level.

Then I could click down the list and view the same frame from each preview.

[myerpj]

I’m using it now, and I have a dreadful feeling it’s processing both windows each time, even though there is no changes to one. Please tell me this is temporary.

[michael-3397]

Just tried to install this on my M2 MacBook Air. As on my Mac Mini Intel, the program crashes instantly on launch. Very discouraging.

As before, the Apple crash log is attached. VAI 4010b doesn’t run long enough to collect a log.

VAI 4010b M2.txt (54.0 KB)

[christian.young-6942 (BobOki)]

Preview does not have a loop still, and when it gets to the end of the preview it just cycles back .5 seconds and plays that and back .5 seconds, over and over.

Previews are now deleting when you remove it from the GUI.

Topaz Video AI Beta  v4.0.1.0.b
System Information
OS: Windows v10.22
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700K CPU @ 4.00GHz  31.87 GB
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070  7.8428 GB
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070  7.8428 GB
Processing Settings
device: 0 vram: 0.9 instances: 1
Input Resolution: 1920x1080
Benchmark Results
Artemis		1X: 	14.82 fps 	2X: 	09.94 fps 	4X: 	02.99 fps 	
Iris		1X: 	14.50 fps 	2X: 	08.07 fps 	4X: 	02.70 fps 	
Proteus		1X: 	14.42 fps 	2X: 	07.75 fps 	4X: 	03.47 fps 	
Gaia		1X: 	04.91 fps 	2X: 	03.34 fps 	4X: 	02.19 fps 	
Nyx		1X: 	05.87 fps 	2X: 	04.89 fps 	
4X Slowmo		Apollo: 	17.74 fps 	APFast: 	45.27 fps 	Chronos: 	11.07 fps 	CHFast: 	17.65 fps 	

[saxmanjc]

EDIT - I have just seen in the app “export crop only applies to the final exports and will not crop your input videos or previews” Why on earth has this backwards change been made in this version??? This change means that when a crop is applied the preview will take longer to process than it did in previous versions - this is because the entire uncropped frame has to be processed in the preview.

16x9 crop is not seen in preview. Preview output is 4x3. Preview output viewed in external is 4x3 stretched to 16x9.

16x9 crop applied

Preview is 4x3 with odd 16x9 rectangle in the corner.

Preview in external player is 4x3 video stretched to 16x9

[BBCXearth]

Maybe already posted, but i can’t find a way to watch (progress) previews of the video’s that are processing

[JesusSheep]

Beta Fails To run when opening.

[anton5.k]

having the same issue, crashed as soon as I click on the app iMac Intel

[alexb]

I have an issue with my output not matching the preview. Was using Iris medium quality and the output is nowhere near as good as what I was seeing in the preview window.