Improved the speed performance for MAC version. Now it won’t slow down when processing long videos.
Improved stability. Now nearly all the AI engine issues are fixed.
Old devices support. Now WIN Nvidia GPUs later than 750TI (with compute capability >= 3.5 & VRAM >=3.0 GB) and older MAC hardware up to 2012 are supported.
Improvements
Now after installation, there will be a webpage pop up including the key info for VEAI processing. Users can also check it under the “help → key processing info” entry.
thank you so much
In previous versions of Video Enhance AI my old CPU xeon X5470 was 4x faster Upscale Frame than the my 780 Ti graphics card.(Driver Nvidia was update) I hope this version solves this problem.
edit : wow
It’s unbelievable
Previously versions , each frame takes 10-15 seconds, Now whit new v1.2.2 Version 5 frames upscale in a secend !!!
I had been using the initial PC release version 1.0.1 (I also see it listed as 1.0.2?) as soon as the program first came out with only 3 settings - HQ, CG, and LQ. I discovered the LQ settings had some very specific uses and gave the best results on old Playstation One video files with a resolution of 640x150. Unfortunately, upgrading to the latest release, none of the settings give the same results.
To my amazement, the V 1.0.1 (or 1.0.2?) LQ setting revealed a line of the text on the tombstone in a video reading “Human Entertainment…” which was the name of the developer of this game. I guess they thought the resolution would be too low to tell. This was never discernible on my other traditional blowups - bicubic, lanczos, spline, etc. All 4 settings on V 1.2.1 and 1.2.2 do not give the results of the LQ setting from 1.0.1/1.0.2. It wasn’t perfect for everything, but I just generally prefer how the old LQ setting made these particular videos look. Can this please be added back under a new LQ name? The more settings the merrier right? And if not, I need to try to get the old version back on my system to complete my project.
Also note that Artemis HQ adds some strange white dots that faded into this shot and were very distracting - none of the other settings produced this. This occurs on 1.2.1 and 1.2.2. I can see this setting would otherwise be useful (without the white dots) on some others shots, but still would greatly prefer the original LQ be added back somehow. Also, I’m not including Gaia HQ since it looked absolutely unusable with this source.
2nd Update: I kept seeing mention of the Artemis MQ mode that was removed and thought it might be the equivalent of the original LQ mode. I tracked down a copy of V 1.2.0 and turns out the original LQ was an entirely different setting from MQ. The original LQ is in a league of it’s own for this particular source material.
I have tested and compared versions 1.1.0, 1.2.0, 1.2.1 and 1.2.2 for the LQ (low quality profile).
PROBLEM #1: DENOISING
The denoising which was working fine in1.2.0 is no longer present in 1.2.1 and 1.2.2. Somehow, the updates have removed the denoising ability.
PROBLEM #2 KEEP AUDIO - SYNC ISSUE
When I choose Keep audio in 1.2.x, the audio is out of sync with the video.
My config : Nvidia RTX 2080 SUPER, Intel Core i7-9700F
So no Artemis-MQ, and the same quality as 1.2.1, which is a step DOWN from 1.2.0.
Sadly, it’s beginning to look like Artemis-MQ from 1.2.0 represents a pinnacle in quality and results that are not going to be seen again. And this version only stayed online for a short time before it was taken down. Maybe it was too good?
Version 1.2.2 is faster at processing. A 480p to 4k movie at 1.5hrs took about 23hrs and now it is under 16hrs with same settings
Using a Rtx 2080 ti 11gb, Intel i3-8300 with 32gb ram.
Crazy disappointed in this release. I was running 1.1.0 and with my 1080ti and rendering 1080->4k upscales took 1.5-2 sec per frame. Now, not only does it take 4-5 times longer to initiate the A.I renderer, my render time is taking 25-30 sec per frame!!! This isn’t right! Wtf happened?
My other computer is a i5-8600 with a gtx 1060 with 8gb ram. I was doing 480p to 4k with it running at .8 fps on cgi-hq
My main computer i3-8100(going to upgrade soon), rtx 2080 ti, 32gb ram is doing 480p to 4k on cgi-hq at around .4fps
This version finally runs on Macpro 2013. With a Xeon 6 cores I arrive at a speed divided by four compared to my MacBook Pro 2014 core i7.
The ratio is between version 1.2.2 on Macpro and version 1.2.1 on macBook Pro. The MacBook Pro is still calculating a sequence at this time. I could test 1.2.2 on it later today.
On the other hand, in terms of the quality of the rendering, it is the same as 1.2.1. Only Gaia CG has an exploitable result and I still have to go through 1.1.1 before for the first time in LQ 100% denoise Deblock to gain in quality (sharpness, denoising).
People should not have to be going to old versions to get quality improvements. New versions of the application should be improving it, not making it worse. Speed improvements at the cost of quality is unacceptable, IMHO. At the very least there should be options to turn off faster processing if it means a quality improvement.
Working Fine here (running non stop since yesterday) before and after the windows (forced) update.
(in the option, CPU is used, not GPU).
Setup :
Asrock H270 M-itx/AC + intel i7-7700
Windows 10 Pro x64 running since yesterday with last update 2004 (scheduled for end of this month)
32 Gb Ram
Nvidia GT640…
Only SSD (Samsung EVO as system and Crucial MX500 for everything else (and one M.2 BX500)
