madVR - high quality video renderer (GPU assisted)

[aufkrawall]

Thanks for the bugfixes and especially the new AS version.

I know that I don't tell you anything new when I speak of the brightness issue the sharpen algorithms have.
This example doesn't have a great video quality, but I think it shows the issue well enough (1080p -> WQHD):

madVR SuperRes (strength 2, radius 0.66):


madVR SuperRes + 0.2 AS (after SR):


Even with this low sharpen strength, some things get noticeably brighter in an inconvenient way and madVR's SuperRes alone doesn't fight the upscaling blur (I don't want to use super-XBR with high sharpness since it has big problems with ringing of the source). FS or LS are even worse.

Shiandow's SuperRes makes the image crispy without altering the brightness in some areas too much:


It has the problem of boosting some lines too much and this can look weird, yes.
But I think this is mostly a problem with very low res content. It's hardly noticeable with 1080p -> WQHD, unlike the increasing brightness with AS.

madVR SuperRes + AS:


Shiandow SuperRes:


For this reasons, I'd be very thankful if you could offer Shiandow's algorithm as an alternative option (e.g. replace the mostly useless radius option with it). Maybe it would be possible to improve sharpens algorithms to prevent brightness issue, but this might consume a lot of time and success maybe isn't granted.
Another reason would be that AS isn't quite cheap. It has been ported to ReShade and it eats up 15% performance of GTX 980 OC, which is a lot on top of SuperRes.
I hope it wouldn't cost too much time to implement it (e.g. in comparison to improving sharpen algorithms), otherwise I wouldn't ask for it.

[Dogway]

Originally Posted by madshi

It's not that hard to implement. The question is how to make script comparisons work correctly. I suppose I could add it as "runtimeInSeconds" or maybe "runtimeInMinutes"?

Were you expecting an answer? I see you haven't added it for the last three versions, is it difficult? Personally runtimeInMinutes is fine, I can't answer the your first point.

[baii]

Originally Posted by XRyche

Well that's a pain. Oh well, I'd rather have NNEDI3 working properly so I guess I'll do just that. Thanks for the suggestion nevcairiel.

I been running nnedi3 fine on amd win 10. I use the driver from windows update.
try uninstall old driver from device manager (check remove the driver)
or try DDU.

[XRyche]

Originally Posted by aufkrawall

Has Display Driver Uninstaller been suggested before?
http://www.wagnardmobile.com/forums/...4a0da209cb9bc2

Originally Posted by baii

I been running nnedi3 fine on amd win 10. I use the driver from windows update.
try uninstall old driver from device manager (check remove the driver)
or try DDU.

As I told aufkrawall, I use DDU every time I change a display driver. As far as updating third party drivers via Windows Update, well I haven't done that in years. The individual manufacturers know their own hardware a lot better than Microsoft does.

I'm just going to chalk it up to upgrading from Windows 8.1 instead of doing a complete and clean install of Windows 10 damaged OpenCL on my system.

This was the first time I actually "upgraded" my OS instead of doing a full and clean install. You live and learn. I appreciate the suggestion though.

[dansrfe]

Originally Posted by madshi

You don't have "notify media player about cropped black bars" activated, do you?

I don't have that option activated, no. I'll try to get a digicam recording of the problem up soon.

[Warner306]

Originally Posted by rafi.hamid

for gtx 980ti and i5 4690 what is the best settings?
thanks


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Try the settings suggested here: http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?...097#pid1849097.

[Asmodian]

Originally Posted by rafi.hamid

thanks for help
that link is to complicated for me because I am a beginner and also not good enough in English language.
what you think about below link is it good for me?
https://imouto.my/madvr/

Personally I do not agree with many of those settings choices.

Especially:

"Using any of the sharpeners in 'upscaling refinement' section is not recommended because they are better used at pre-upscaling state in 'processing -> image enhancement' section."

I usually watch Anime and I prefer subtle sharpening, I do not want the image to look like it has been aggressively sharpened. I almost always prefer sharpening in 'upscaling refinement' not 'image enhancement'.

Many other choices in that guide seem odd to me as well, nothing is too crazy but it simply does not agree with my experience. For example, the chroma upscaling settings are completely overkill when limited by GPU power in anyway, it is better to spend that effort elsewhere.

[XMonarchY]

Thanks for the new version, madshi! It fixed a few things for me, buuuut..:
- Still no fix for stutters after pause & resume?
- Still no updated SuperRes for Chroma Upscaling?

[Magik Mark]

Originally Posted by Warner306

Try the settings suggested here: http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?...097#pid1849097.

Warner306, Excellent guide you got there. Is it possible to update this using GTX 960? Thanks again

[Sunset1982]

got a GTX 960 too. Could help with testing some settings...

[Anima123]

There's power state issue by using madVR, when I switched the image doubler from NNEDI3 64 neurons to super-xbr, there's a lot of dropped frames, and the present queue cannot be filled.

Using less gpu-intensive algorithms can decrease the speed of the fan, and hence the noise. How would I do to let the GPU chose the power-state correctly?

[seiyafan]

Currently when I use ctrl-J for stats it only shows the present time but not rendering time, how do I make rendering time to show up?
Thx!

[leandronb]

hi guys. i am using madvr version 0.88.16.
i am having a problem with a single avi file.
i use my display mode swith like this:
1080p60, 1080p59, 1080p50, 1080p30, 1080p29, 1080p25, 1080p24, 1080p23
my avi file is at 29,970fps but when i go fullscreen at madvr it changes the screen refresh rate to 24p, so the video is unwatchable.
when i delete all the lines and leave only 1080p29 it go to correct screen refresh rate. but if i add 1080p29, 1080p23, it prefer 1080p23.
anyone know how to solve this?

[aufkrawall]

Originally Posted by Anima123

There's power state issue by using madVR, when I switched the image doubler from NNEDI3 64 neurons to super-xbr, there's a lot of dropped frames, and the present queue cannot be filled.

What GPU?

[Anima123]

Originally Posted by aufkrawall

What GPU?

nVidia 880M

[Asmodian]

Originally Posted by seiyafan

Currently when I use ctrl-J for stats it only shows the present time but not rendering time, how do I make rendering time to show up?
Thx!

Did you change any of the "when and how shall the GPU be flushed:" settings?

You need a 'wait' step for "... after last render step" to be able to display rendering times.

Originally Posted by Anima123

There's power state issue by using madVR, when I switched the image doubler from NNEDI3 64 neurons to super-xbr, there's a lot of dropped frames, and the present queue cannot be filled.

Using less gpu-intensive algorithms can decrease the speed of the fan, and hence the noise. How would I do to let the GPU chose the power-state correctly?

Have you tried changing the flush options? Using 'flush & wait (loop)' for "... after last render step" might help.

[har3inger]

Subtitles glitch out now. When a file is first launched and full-screen'd, subs don't render until you right click the video frame or do something else to kick it out of full screen exclusive. From that point on they render fine.

Problem is fixed upon reverting to 0.89.5

Edit: This is on xySubfilter/LAVsplitter/MPCHC btw. Running in D3D11 render path, using FSE, with 64 bit build.

[Warner306]

Originally Posted by Magik Mark

Warner306, Excellent guide you got there. Is it possible to update this using GTX 960? Thanks again

I have two guides I maintain. The intent was to show settings for a low, medium and high scenario. I don't think it is possible to log settings for a large number of graphics cards because there are too many variables involved and it would become too convoluted. Thanks for the offer, though.

[krille]

Subtitles in Potplayer does not work with 0.89.6.

[Telion]

Hi madshi!

I have a little request regarding toggle debanding keyboard shortcut behaviour. Let me explain a bit first. I usually use either a high debanding or no debanding during several files in a series. If I'd switch through GUI, it's all plain and simple - the radiobutton is always at "high" position and I can just toggle only the checkbox. Obviously I want to speed up things by using keyboard shortcuts, but the different story begins here. For example, I start from debanding at "high" but off and want to turn it on. So I press Ctlr-Alt-Shift-A twice (OSD shows off->high) and then hit F2 to save. Everything goes as expected. Afterwards, I want to switch it back off and repeat the same sequence, OSD showing high->off. But now it turns out that not only the checkbox was toggled - the radiobutton was also set to "low" value, so next time I'd need to press Ctlr-Alt-Shift-A four times, going all the way through off->low->medium->high. I humbly ask you to change this behaviour so that the radiobutton won't get reset from its initial value if the final result of keypresses is "off" at the moment of releasing all keys in the shortcut combination. It's not that I'm too bothered with two extra keypresses - I just want to get used to the same keypress sequence for toggling debanding on and off and pay no attention to its initial state or OSD.