Video Files - playing, editing, metacommentary |OT|

kitler53 · Sep 20, 2025, 01:41 AM

Quote@kitler53 For older DVDs, I suggest just using MakeMKV and then de-telecine with Handbrake.

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Sep 20, 2025, 01:30 AMI'd recommend makemkv - there's a free beta key that comes out every few months, and the key just needs to be refreshed every few months. It will create a mkv file for you, automatically and it's pretty easy to use.

when converting my full house into something useable i used darkknight's suggestion from the first page of this thread. seemed to work out for me as a proof of concept. i don't have a blu ray capable disc drive though so i can only do dvds.

QuoteI don't think you'll have a 1 solution answer that fits everything.
Plex/jellyfin for Tv shows and movies

never thought i'd necessarily have a 1 size fits all solution. just didn't find anything i really liked for this problem. everything i've seen feels very focused on movies and tv shows. not finding anything i like for personal videos.

darkknightkryta · Oct 10, 2025, 01:53 PM

@the-Pi-guy I found an open source AI upscaler. It's pretty decent, it even has an open source Proteus and has rife built in. Doesn't have any grain filters though. It's called: Real Video Enhancer

the-pi-guy · Oct 10, 2025, 02:04 PM

Quote from: darkknightkryta on Oct 10, 2025, 01:53 PM@the-Pi-guy I found an open source AI upscaler. It's pretty decent, it even has an open source Proteus and has rife built in. Doesn't have any grain filters though. It's called: Real Video Enhancer

I'll have to check this one out.

kitler53 · Oct 10, 2025, 04:43 PM

let me know how it works out for you Pi.

darkknightkryta · Oct 10, 2025, 09:17 PM

Quote from: kitler53 on Oct 10, 2025, 04:43 PMlet me know how it works out for you Pi.

You can ask me

kitler53 · Oct 11, 2025, 12:39 PM

Quote from: darkknightkryta on Oct 10, 2025, 09:17 PMYou can ask me

you already gave your endorsement. I require peer review.

my first question is you say open source. is this a full app or code I need to cobble together. I'm not into doing the work beyond clicking "start"

the-pi-guy · Oct 11, 2025, 02:12 PM

Quote from: kitler53 on Oct 11, 2025, 12:39 PMyou already gave your endorsement. I require peer review.

my first question is you say open source. is this a full app or code I need to cobble together. I'm not into doing the work beyond clicking "start"

I'm pretty sure I looked at this before, and skipped out on it, because the first page makes it sound like you have to cobble the code together. (which I'm willing to do if I have the time, and it seems worth it, but I wasn't willing to do it).

But I found they do have the exe files on the releases page.

https://github.com/TNTwise/REAL-Video-Enhancer/releases

the-pi-guy · Oct 11, 2025, 03:20 PM

UI is kind of eh.

But results seem decent.

the-pi-guy · Oct 11, 2025, 06:00 PM

Now I tried upscaling MASH

Spoiler for Hidden:

darkknightkryta · Oct 11, 2025, 06:12 PM

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Oct 11, 2025, 06:00 PMNow I tried upscaling MASH

Spoiler for Hidden:

Original:

nomos8k:

realistic:

There's the old cartoon setting. It preserves grain. Try that. I think it'll give the best result.

I don't have any live action with grain to test with.

the-pi-guy · Nov 16, 2025, 10:31 PM

Got a bunch of things going.

- Deinterlacing an early 2000's anime that came in 1080i on the disc, which annoys me. (Have QTGMC set up, which is supposed to be one of the best deinterlacers)

- Upscaling another early 2000's anime that has only been released on DVD in the US.

- I'm still not sure how to handle it. But there's an older Cartoon Darkwing Duck, that for whatever reason looks atrocious. Like worse than DVD. I feel like I need to do some combination of sharpening, denoising and upscaling.

the-pi-guy · Nov 17, 2025, 02:19 AM

Quote from: darkknightkryta on Oct 10, 2025, 01:53 PM@the-Pi-guy I found an open source AI upscaler. It's pretty decent, it even has an open source Proteus and has rife built in. Doesn't have any grain filters though. It's called: Real Video Enhancer

Using this to upscale Mushi-shi, and I think it looks really fantastic for it.

the-pi-guy · Last Edit: **Today** at 04:28 PM by the-pi-guy

Been working on a custom scheduled task to downscale my 4k movies for when people struggle to stream them.

Kind of fun.

- have a C# project publishing to my NAS.

- had to set up the conversion (4k -> a low bitrate 1080p, while mapping all the audio and subtitles)

- figured out how to use the gpu instead

- still have to figure out why it crashes after it's done.

Plex will also do this, but I have been having issues with it. It hasn't been running. And Plex doesn't keep the subtitles.

Legend · **Today** at 06:14 PM

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Today at 04:24 PMBeen working on a custom scheduled task to downscale my 4k movies for when people struggle to stream them.

Kind of fun.

- have a C# project publishing to my NAS.

- had to set up the conversion (4k -> a low bitrate 1080p, while mapping all the audio and subtitles)

- figured out how to use the gpu instead

- still have to figure out why it crashes after it's done.

Plex will also do this, but I have been having issues with it. It hasn't been running. And Plex doesn't keep the subtitles.

Interesting. Do people have to select the lower bitrate in advance when streaming, like selecting a different movie? Or is it seamless?

the-pi-guy · **Today** at 06:24 PM

Quote from: Legend on Today at 06:14 PMInteresting. Do people have to select the lower bitrate in advance when streaming, like selecting a different movie? Or is it seamless?

There are a few different routes.

You can pre-transcode picking the profile and bitrate you want.

While streaming, you can choose options like 4k [40 Mbps], 1080p [20 Mbps], 1080p [10 Mbps].

There is an automatic setting as well.