1 Topic by masterpdon (edited by masterpdon 06-12-2024 19:52:44)

Topic: Best RIFE version for transcoding?

Is there an agreed upon "best" version of RIFE model for TensorRT? I'm going to be using it for transcoding and not in real-time, therefore I don't care about speed. Yesterday, I visited this page (https://github.com/AmusementClub/vs-mlr … nal-models) which I got from the SVP website. I downloaded the latest which was 4.26_heavy. Transcoded a short video and it contained artifacts which were not present when I used 4.9. It's my understanding that latest doesn't mean best. But is there a "best" version so far, in terms of most quality, for transcoding?

PS: Couldn't figure out how to use the url tag.

Edit: Tried 4.26_heavy again with a 1 minute clip from a 4k movie and there were no artifacts I noticed. The first one I tried was a 900p screen recording with a lot of static content so perhaps that caused the artifacts? Still open to suggestions.

2 Reply by flowreen91 (edited by flowreen91 06-12-2024 21:33:50)

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Re: Best RIFE version for transcoding?

something broke in 4.26_heavy:
https://gyazo.com/895eeb0dfdbe440278ce55cc30a9697b

use 4.25 heavy v2 for now:
https://github.com/AmusementClub/vs-mlr … 5_heavy.7z

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Re: Best RIFE version for transcoding?

For many of us 4.26 branch are the worst, as flowreen91 say have something broke,  despite the be the latest, I think here we concur that the best one are 4.18/4.25 and V2 models of those. My personal preference is 4.25.

Re: Best RIFE version for transcoding?

Thank you both. And can I use the opportunity to ask: what's the difference between 'heavy' and regular? I've seen 'lite' too.

5 Reply by raider10 (edited by raider10 07-12-2024 06:55:24)

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Re: Best RIFE version for transcoding?

Any special parameter or script to use 4.25 heavy with rife and get more smoothness?

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Re: Best RIFE version for transcoding?

raider10 wrote:

Any special parameter or script to use 4.25 heavy with rife and get more smoothness?

A couple of things

- Hardware?
- Player?
- Display?

I use Mpc-Be/MpcVr, if the player is  mpv, you want a response of one of this members: dawkinscm / Blackfyre/ flowreen91.

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Re: Best RIFE version for transcoding?

Drakko01 wrote:
raider10 wrote:

Any special parameter or script to use 4.25 heavy with rife and get more smoothness?

A couple of things

- Hardware?
- Player?
- Display?

I use Mpc-Be/MpcVr, if the player is  mpv, you want a response of one of this members: dawkinscm / Blackfyre/ flowreen91.


Hello, thank you for responding. I only use transcoding to watch videos on TV, I don't use PC players. I have seen very good results with Topaz Video AI software, but it takes too long. With SVP and RIFE, it takes much less time, but the video seems less smooth. My PC has an i5 12400f, 32GB RAM, and an RTX 4070. I find it somewhat difficult to use this application as there are many parameters and files to update, etc... That's why I'm looking for something simple to do to improve smoothness. I usually use RIFE 4.35 V2 or 4.25 V2 Heavy.

8 Reply by flowreen91 (edited by flowreen91 08-12-2024 14:15:37)

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Re: Best RIFE version for transcoding?

raider10 wrote:

I only use transcoding to watch videos on TV, I don't use PC players.

In that case just increase RIFE to 240 fps:
https://gyazo.com/5928e9b1f871b7a62d9f69997247d4d1
and disable scene change detection that might throttle the interpolation on high motion scenes.
This will have the effect of generating motion of 9 extra frames between each two original images. The smoothness will be capped by what your TV can display at that point.
If that doesn't work then u can go back to "Topaz Video AI software" cause probably they are processing the video differently by giving it more time to smooth things out.
It's a 300 bucks product with recurring subscription, of course it has better support:
https://gyazo.com/3a211b80408f420e9e92160a4ccc79d1
With a PRO version of 1100 bucks!
https://gyazo.com/d604a84eff4bcf699fd31aa656724c47

@Chainik when do we get a SVP PRO version too with recurring subscription? Cause it seems that products that contain generative AI are highly valued right now.
-Chainik limiting the max fps to 48 for non-PRO users when their subscription expires- xD

9 Reply by raider10 (edited by raider10 09-12-2024 06:06:39)

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Re: Best RIFE version for transcoding?

SVP's work is very efficient, I was just wondering if it could be improved in some way that I didn't know about. I'm going to create video at 120 fps, which is the maximum for my TV, and compare, but it may be exaggerated.

I wouldn't mind paying for extra modules such as upscaling, denoise, through AI, as long as the price is fair and it's easy to use. The work has to be paid for and that's what makes software sustainable so that it can continue to be updated.

Thanks for your reply.