Just installed v3.1.0 and now it tells me my license has expired
Previously we were promised on here that existing software licenses would remain valid for all v3.x updates
This is just my personal opinion, but I feel like this update should of been delayed to ensure the Apollo model is available for the end user. I believe updates should have feature parity with previous releases unless there is a good reason for the removal of a feature. Removing a feature because “we wanted to improve it but couldn’t get it done in time for this release” is kind of annoying from a end users point of view.
For example, I use Apollo in combination with Proteus to upscale my videos.
Now that Apollo has been removed from the latest release, and I want to make use of the performance improvement offered by this update, I need to have two versions of TVAI installed and combine them together to get the result I want.
I know I can use Chronos or Chronos Fast as a substitute in the meantime, but I’ve picked Apollo for my framerate interpolation due to it’s better handling of the content I give it, and so reverting to a Chronos variant is a downgrade for me.
I took that more as “Apollo is already broken and we want to reduce the amount of complaints about it.” I have noticed odd moving patches from using it in the last three movies.
Is there any ETA on when Apollo will be back?
I use it a lot in my video production workflow and this is reason enough for me not to update despite the promised speed improvements.
I don’t really care at this point about my expired license, because this software has turned into something a person with university degree would struggle with. Before version 3, this discussion forum wasn’t filled with technobabble about ffmpeg, which apparently one will need to fully understand to get anything useful out this software. I looked at the ffmpeg documentation and my jaw dropped. I don’t have the time nor the interest in learning ffmpeg or any other tool, that would be required to get reasonable output from the current version Video AI. All I want to do is upscale my SD video and get output which is a little bit better than what I put in. I could do this version 2.XX, but not with 3.XX. I’d rather spend $149 on something useful, rather than pay good money to beta test software.
No PAR conversion options in 3.1.0, can’t convert to square pixels? 3.0.12 was crashing for me on Mac, so back to 3.0.11 … It’s good to see things being worked on and improved, but I’d prefer less frequent updates that are better tested for stability and don’t just remove core features that upset our workflows. I’d suggest creating a separate beta stream for those that want to test; keep mainline updates stable.
Edit: Was a coincidence about missing PAR options; bad file. Giving 3.1.0 another go.
This is completely unrelated and im not sure where else to ask as im still new to this forum BUT,
is there a specific encoder I should be using solely for quality. I have plenty of storage space but I dont EVER want to skimp on the encoding :3 IM running a RTX 3080
