SVP 4 Mac (Page 2 of 5)

Because we've got only 10.10 machine at the first place

I'm not sure if we can build binaries compatible with 10.9 on a 10.10 machine?

4.0.0.81
... supports OS X 10.9

the simpliest solution is just set fixed x2.5 frc rate

remember that you can do this with a profile condition targeting some text tag within the file name, for example

Just checked all the installation steps on the clean Sierra setup, and I must say that all of the following work w/o errors:

1. installing Homebrew
2. installing mpv + vapoursynth
3. installing SVP 4
4. opening video file in mpv via SVP's menu
5. installing VLC
6. enabling Vapoursynth filter in VLC

Found one minor issue with SVPtube extension - there's a typo in the current 4.0.91 build, so to be able to download videos via SVPtube one need to execute

ln -s /usr/local/bin/ffmpeg /usr/local/bin/fmpeg

and relaunch SVP 4.

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https://youtu.be/RJCRwsU4qAg

There's a nasty packaging error in .96 release, we will fix it ASAP.

If you can't even start the app, the quick fix is

brew install mediainfo

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Fixed now.

I'm using it on a hackintosh with ATI 6870 where it's working pretty good. Works on my 13" rMBP with integrated haswell graphics as well, but only when I disable the retina scaling factor. The integrated graphics aren't that bad, but interpolation on pictures of size 3300x2100 (size of the surface when using a 1680x1050 "retina" resolution) is just too much for it.

Something else: after a change in mpv (kind of recent, I think) I have to use --opengl-early-flush=no to prevent a huge amount of framedrops. There was a change that tried to fix a bug in OSX 10.11 but every fix (including this one) doesn't work for everyone and has side effects. I hope they will continue searching for better solutions but in the meantime I'll add that to my config.
Just a heads-up in case OSX users complain about dropped frames.

Since Nov 2016 Homebrew dropped 10.9 "Mavericks" support for some packages including mpv.
This means it's not possible now to install mpv on 10.9 via Homebrew, however you can build it from source by yourself.

SVP 4 Mac app itself will continue to support 10.9.

yeah, right

so lets say "thanks" to this

> Will simply clicking the "Optimized for animation" button suffice?

yep, it basically do what is recommended in that wiki article

> Does SVP 4 Mac have this menu? If it does, I cannot seem to find it.

add new video profile and uncheck "automatic options selection"

> Would SVP 4 run on a 2016 MacBook with the Skylake core i7?

yes if it won't drop frequencies due to overheating

> I am considering buying the pro version but since there's no free trial or anything

there's a 1 month money back guarantee for Mac version

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Core i7 or Core m7?

These are my results after tweaking a bit the config file and trying a dozen of different parameters and formats:

I installed mpv according to this guide: https://www.reddit.com/r/osx/comments/4 … k_on_os_x/

Some of the settings I have used are all here: https://hastebin.com/raw/nodedepoyu

These are my settings currently:

input-ipc-server=/tmp/mpvsocket
hwdec-codecs=all
hwdec=no
vo=opengl
opengl-pbo
dscale=mitchell
correct-downscaling
sigmoid-upscaling
icc-profile-auto
icc-contrast=1000
tscale=catmull_rom
dither-depth=auto
blend-subtitles=yes

After trying almost all configurations, it seems the biggest impact on stutteringness is hwdec=auto. If hwdec=no I can pretty much watch every single 720p, 1080p videos. Video control on SVP control panel is set to the "highest performance" (all the way to the left), optimized for films and low artifacts masking.

--opengl-early-flush=no did not work for me as well as other settings like --videotoolbox-format=uyvy422. I think they made no difference whatsoever.

#
# svp preset (high quality mpv scaling)
#
scale=ewa_lanczossharp
cscale=ewa_lanczossharp
deband

While nice to have, didn't make it 100% flawless, there would be some stuttering.

I have tried tweaking the svp control panel settings, but even in the middle point (which was what svp suggested after running the initial test) didn't feel steady as there would be some frame drops.

I have also noticed that while some videos will instantly change to 60 fps or 59.786 something, some others will force it to 100 or even 1000 causing frame drops like these samples I downloaded: https://www.koi-sama.net/files/hi10/ [1080p][16_REF_L5.1][FLAC_5.1]Suzumiya Haruhi no Shoushitsu BD OP.mkv and [720p][07_REF_L4.0]Sword Art Online BD Opening.mkv. Not sure if it's because it was 10 bit encoded instead of 8 bit.

These 10 bit on the other hand were flawless: http://www.mediafire.com/file/yj1iccobb … t_720p.mkv http://www.mediafire.com/file/y7mtfcesz … _1080p.mkv

What I find it strange is that on my mpv config settings file, hwdec is set to no but on svp settings GPU acceleration is on. The script I am using to display fps on mpv: https://github.com/Argon-/mpv-stats says I am indeed using hwdec but on the config file settings there's a huge difference between hwdec=no and hwdec=videotoolbox

After using svp for a while, I can clearly see the sluggishness of 24 fps videos lol. I wish all videos were 60 fps from now on.