Koopa Luath's test/demo releases

[CSchmidlapp]

https://github.com/mysteryx93/AviSynthShader

I found this to give best results.

Does this work better than Super Resolution linked above?

It is the same super resolution but in Avisynth form with many improvements like XBR (in this version) and tweakable settings which info's version lacks.

It's better.

Awesome Cheers.

I thought all references to Super Resolution in Avisynth scripts we're referring to the 'info' version.
Thought it was strange considering Avisynth as a whole.

Ill have a play.

[PDB]

From what I understand they have only the name in common ("Super Resolution")

They are based on different concepts - the infognition one uses a temporal approach combining details from neighboring frames - whereas the other one uses some unique method of upscaling then downscaling and comparing to the original or whatever

Either way - the infognition one also has an AVIsynth filter for cheap money - I have it

Maybe you can even combine them - as the latter accepts a scale algorithm as input I think - and see if you can maximize results

Well that's true about the temporal vs downscaling but the comparison part is the "Super Resolution" which is the same thing

Regardless, I agree with Colek having used both and SuperRes/SuperResXBR are better. But like anything in AVisynth the devil is in the settings.

[CSchmidlapp]

You'll understand what I meant when I get out my first full-length project, which I will reveal once it's close enough to completion. (That, and I'm kind of an old-school guy.)

And yes, I do intend to practice the fine art of seamless branching at some point. I'm thinking of using The Good, the Bad and the Ugly as my test subject for that one, the aim being to make a disc containing both the Italian theatrical and international theatrical versions, and do the latter more accurately than Kino Lorber did. As usual, I won't be doing very much in terms of visual enhancements, I merely want to ensure I got seamless branching down pat with the resources I have.

ETA: I just remembered that the way to do it on Blu-ray involves playlists. I'll look into how to achieve that, needless to say, and it'll be for my fourth test release. Additionally, I'll be dedicating at least an hour or two every day to working on these test releases, and an unspecified amount of time each day to looking into Avisynth scripts and how to use them for video encoding.

Ive never managed to get 'seamless' branching to work via multi file playlists. I had more success with encoding one long video file and making a playlist referencing chapter points.
Even then there was a slight pause.

This was only tested in Adobe Encore CS6 and on DVD.

When you originally posted about your projects I thought your had cracked it.
Didn't know you had not tested it yet.

Keep us updated how it goes

[Koopa Luath]

Obviously, I'll start out small, with just a few M2TS files. The programs I'll be using for seamless branching are tsMuxeR_GUI, multiAVCHD, and BDedit, or else the closest I can get working to each on Windows 10.

[Evit]

Those won't do for a seamless branching blu ray. You need professional (and expensive) software and a lot of time to learn how to use it. If you can't employ something like that then you have to assume already that seamless branching won't be featured in your releases.

[spoRv]

Seamless branching is a great feature, but hard to get, and surely not for free... so, apart the fact it's a lot easier to prepare two BD-25 instead a single BD-50 with seamless branching, two BD-25 cost less than a single BD-50; also, someone could be interested in just one version or another, so downloading "only" 23+ GB is a bit better than be forced to download 46+ GB...

[deleted user]

Seamless branching is a great feature, but hard to get, and surely not for free... so, apart the fact it's a lot easier to prepare two BD-25 instead a single BD-50 with seamless branching, two BD-25 cost less than a single BD-50; also, someone could be interested in just one version or another, so downloading "only" 23+ GB is a bit better than be forced to download 46+ GB...

I think the whole point of seamless branching is that you save space, so you can fit multiple versions of a movie onto space that would otherwise fit only a single one.

[spoRv]

I think the whole point of seamless branching is that you save space, so you can fit multiple versions of a movie onto space that would otherwise fit only a single one.

Agree. Then, you see sometimes two versions of the same movie on the same disc, without seamless branching...

[deleted user]

True, I've seen that. But in the case I remember, it was somewhat justified, with the alternate version also having a different AR.

[spoRv]

...sometimes I miss the old "flippers"!