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NEW Feature: Upgrade [Auto-reduce] to [Auto-Adjust], now GUI can automatically adjust the number of threads for frame interpolation engine based the source video and PCs hardware.
All non-natively supported image formats will be pre-processed before being scaled.
AVIF and HEIC images support.
Improve [Optimize Settings] for super-resolution engine.
New feature: Add [Optimize Settings] button for helping user adjust engine settings based on PCs hardware,including [Block(Tile) size] and [Number of threads].(At [Engine settings] tab)
Now you can tell GUI to stop showing you warning when enable Hardware-accelerated Encoding & Decoding.
Resume progress when video frame cache in the RAM is lost.
NEW Feature: [Dynamic RAM Cache]: Now GUI can save & read video caches(frames) from the RAM, which is a lot faster and will protect the lifespan of your hard drive.
NEW Feature: [Target FPS]: Now you can specify the FPS of the result video(e.g. 120FPS).
NEW Feature: [Hardware-accelerated Decoding]: Now GUI can use GPU to accelerate video decoding.
NEW Feature: [Frame codec]: Now you can switch the codec of video frames to JPEG to reduce cache size.
NEW Feature: Now you can adjust the settings of GIF & APNG optimization, they are on the [Image settings] tab.
NEW Feature: PSD(Photoshop Document) support.
Improve GUI, Update Anime4K, and fix multiple bugs.
Fix bug: Unable to display frame interpolation progress correctly when [Multiple of FPS] is higher than [2].
Fix bug: All EMPTY parent folders will be deleted when delete a folder.
Fix bug: Unable to update processing progress if the processing speed is extremely fast.
Fix bug: GUI will becomes laggy when there are too many lines in the Console.
Fix bug: Sorting the files list by file name does not sort numbers logically.
Fix bug: Unable to adjust the window size correctly.
v3.52.11:
- Fix typo.
- Fix bug: Unable to detect scene shift correctly when processing Hight-res videos.
- Fix bug: Unable to read images resolution in certain situations.
- Fix bug: "FrameAnalyzeMB" was not deleted in certain situations.
v3.52.10-beta:
- New feature: "Reset [Frame Analysis] Settings" button.
- Improve GUI.
- Improve the default settings of [Frame Analysis].
- Automatically switch to software encoder when hardware encoder unable to convert some videos to CFR MP4.
- More detailed ERROR reports.
- Fix bug: Unable to convert some videos to CFR MP4, caused by hardware encoder.
- Fix bug: Unable to detect failures correctly when processing videos.
- Fix bug: Pixel format parameter was ignored.
v3.52.01:
- New Feature: [Keep ALL parent folders]: Keep ALL the parent folders of the source file when output the result file to the output folder.
- New Feature: Now you can change the extension(format) of the result video.
- New Feature: Now you can choose which video Encoder to use when converting video to CFR MP4.
- New Feature: [Hardware-accelerated Encoding]: Using GPU to accelerate video encoding.
- New Feature: [Hyper-threading (SMT)] switch.
- optimize multi-threading performance.
- New Feature: Show available GPUs name when detecting GPU IDs for NCNN-Vulkan engines.
- New Feature: New right-click menu option for [Settings Presets]:[Re-Apply Current Preset]
- Show how many duplicate frames and scene shifts has been found.
- Optimize the performance of [Speed Boost]&[Scene Shift Detection]
- Better High DPI screen support.
- Fix bug: compatibility test stuck at SRMD-CUDA.
- Fix bug: even though PC passed DAIN-NCNN-Vulkan compatibility test, program will still tell the user that all frame interpolation engines are incompatible.
- Fix bug: Unable to generate video when video stream is not the 0 stream.
- Fix bug: Unable to assemble video when [Process video by segment]&[Custom video settings] are both enabled.
v3.51.01-BETA:
- New Feature: [Speed Boost]: Boost video processing speed by analyzing frames.
- New Feature: [Scene Shift Detection]: Detect Scene Shift in the Video to improve the result of video frame interpolation.
- New Feature: [Settings Presets]: Several settings presets provided by the developer.
- New Feature: [Constant Rate Factor(CRF)] adjustment.
- New Feature: [Daily Tip].
- New RIFE-ncnn-Vulkan Model: rife-v3.0,rife-v3.1
- Improve Video quality, Default settings, GUI and scale performance of Waifu2x-NCNN-Vulkan.
- Update rife-ncnn-vulkan, Waifu2x-NCNN-Vulkan.
- Fix bug: Unable to reset all custom video settings.
v3.41.13:
- New Feature: Automatically try to create output folder when the output folder does not exist.
- New option for system tray menu.
- Compatibility test for APNG plugins.
- Chinese translation.
- Fix bug: Unable to assemble APNG when there are "%" in the path.
- Fix bug: Wrong message were displayed when all files lists are cleared.
v3.41.01-beta:
- New Feature: APNG(Animated PNG) support.
- Improve GUI.
- Some other improvements.
v3.31.21-beta:
- Performance optimization.
- Update FFmpeg, ImageMagick.
- Some other improvements.
v3.22.26:
- New option for system tray menu.
- Fix bug: Unable to naming images correctly when using Anime4k.
- Fix bug: False error report.
- Fix bug: Unable to continue process existing video cache when frame interpolation is enabled.
v3.22.25-beta:
- Optimize performance.
- Improve description.
- Improve stability.
- Fix bug: Unable to continue process existing video cache when frame interpolation is enabled.
v3.22.24-beta:
- Improve quality of the result video.
- Improve the naming of result files when using Anime4k engine.
- Optimize performance.
- Remove first time start tips.
- Fix bug: Denoise level is still being loaded even though HDN is not enabled.
- Fix bug: Crash when unable to read video or gif info correctly.
- Fix bug: Unstable Internet connection might cause some unexpected error.
v3.22.23-beta:
- Improve quality of the result video.
- Improve the naming of result image.
- Optimize performance.
- Online update for Top Supporters List.
- Redesign the credits page for Top Supporters(patreon).
- Improve description.
v3.22.22-beta:
- New feature: Now you can choose to automatically open the output folder after processing all files by enabling [Auto-open after finished].
- Update FFmpeg&FFprobe, ImageMagick.
- New option for system tray menu.
- Credits page for Top Supporters(patreon).
- Display a notification when program is closing.
v3.22.21-beta:
- New option: [Ignore frame rate mode]
- Improve the progress display of video frame interpolation.
- Fix bug: Sometimes the remaining time cannot be calculated correctly.
v3.22.14:
- Improve GUI.
- Complete Chinese translation.
- Fix bug: Might stuck at Waifu2x-Caffe(cuDNN) during the compatibility test.
v3.22.03-beta:
- Add a Patreon button. https://www.patreon.com/aaronfeng
- Optimize performance.
- Fix bug: Video will be skipped even though [Frame Interpolation only(Video)] is enabled.
v3.22.02-beta:
- Optimize performance.
- More detailed tool tips.
- Update FFmpeg&FFprobe.
v3.22.01-beta:
- New Feature: Non-integer scale ratio support.
v3.21.13:
- Complete multi-language translation.
- Fix bug: Turn off screen button doesn't work.
- Fix bug: compatibility test progress bar not working normally.
v3.21.02-beta:
- New Feature: [Multiple of FPS] adjustment is now available for all video frame interpolation engines.
- Improve GUI.
- Fix bug: Potential video cache conflict.
- Fix bug: Unable to generate a video when multiple of fps is higher then 2.
v3.21.01-beta:
- New Frame Interpolation engine: DAIN-NCNN-Vulkan.
- New Feature: Multiple of frames.(Only available when using DAIN-NCNN-Vulkan.)
- Improve GUI.
- Fix bug: Unable to generate a video when frame interpolation failed.
v3.11.33-beta:
- New Feature: Now you can choose when you wanna interpolate the frames, before or after upscaled the frames.(Thanks to @CAFUCSteven for suggestion)
- New options: [Start], [Pause] and [Donate] for system tray menu.
- Add icons for system tray menu.
- Fix bug: The [Background mode] in system tray menu didn't work when frame interpolation is enabled.
- Fix bug: Video cache will be abandoned when frame interpolation setting is changed, even though [Process video by segment] is disabled.
- Fix bug: False error report when pause.
v3.11.32-beta:
- New options: [About] and [Send feedback] for system tray menu.
- Better naming for cache files.
- Optimize performance.
- Update FFmpeg&FFprobe,ImageMagick.
- Fix typo.
v3.11.31-beta:
- New Feature: Show summary after processing all files.
- New Feature: Now you can save multiple files lists.
- No longer need to fix the suffix of mp4 files.
- Optimize performance.
- Remove 日本語 translation.
v3.11.26-beta:
- New model: rife-v2.4 for rife-ncnn-vulkan.
- Update rife-ncnn-vulkan.
v3.11.25-beta:
- Add a turn off screen button.
v3.11.24-beta:
- Waiting for the main file processing thread to stop instead of force it to stop when user close the program.
- Improve "Pause".
v3.11.23-beta:
- Optimize performance.
v3.11.22-beta:
- Multithreading of frame interpolation engines will not be enabled by default.
- Update FFmpeg&FFprobe.
- Fix bug: When [Process video by segment] is enabled, if the user forcibly closes the program and then restarts the software to continue processing the video, it may cause a cache error.
v3.11.21-beta:
- Update GUI layout.
- Optimize performance.
- Update ImageMagick,FFmpeg&FFprobe.
- Fix bug: Engine settings are pre-loaded even though it's not being used.
- Fix bug: Unable to overwrite files sometime.
- Fix bug: Cannot fix the suffix of mp4 video when reading files.
v3.11.19:
- Optimize performance.
- Update GUI.
- Fix bug: Cannot interpolate frames of video with "%" in the absolute path.
- Fix bug: [Hide Text Browser] doesn't work properly.
v3.11.08-beta:
- Fix bug: Failure detection for NCNN-Vulkan engines not working normally.
- Fix bug: Extra commands are always loaded when [Process video by segment] is enabled.
- Fix bug: Compatibility test may provide incorrect results.
- Fix bug: Available GPU ID detection for NCNN-Vulkan engines may provide incorrect results.
v3.11.07-beta:
- Update GUI layout.
v3.11.06-beta:
- New Feature: Automatically enable [UHD Mode] when Ultra High Definition input is detected.
- Much more compact gui.
- Optimize performance.
- Fix bug: Extra commands for video are not loaded when [Process video by segment] is enabled.
- Fix bug: [Automatic file list scrolling] not working normally after user rearrange the files list.
- Fix bug: [Verify] button is enabled when [Multi GPU] is disabled.
v3.11.05-beta:
- Fix bug: Unable to use [Process video by segment] when Frame Interpolation is disabled.
v3.11.04-beta:
- Add a shortcut for enable Frame Interpolation in home tab.
- [Verify] button for Frame Interpolation.
- Complete translation.
- Other improvements.
v3.11.03-beta:
- New Feature: Now you can skip the super-resolution, only interpolate video frames by enable [Frame Interpolation only(Video)].
- Add pause support for frame interpolation.
- Add auto adjust for number of threads of frame interpolation.
- Add failure detection for frame interpolation.
- Remove temporary code for debug.
- Fix bug: If frame interpolation failed in the middle of processing video by segment, clip with wrong frame rate gonna be generated.
- Fix bug: Cannot read video configuration correctly.
v3.11.02-beta:
- New Feature: Video frame interpolation using cain-ncnn-vulkan(@nihui).
- Add tool tips.
- Fix bug: Video frame interpolation engines won't work when there are special characters in the installation path.
- Fix bug: Video frame interpolation setting is not saved in the video configuration file.
v3.11.01-beta:
- New Feature: Video frame interpolation using rife-ncnn-vulkan(@nihui).
- Update Waifu2x-NCNN-Vulkan,SRMD-NCNN-Vulkan,RealSR-NCNN-Vulkan.
- Fix bug: Failure detection for NCNN-Vulkan engines doesn't work as intended when processing GIF and Video.
Significantly improve the efficiency, speed and stability of ALL engines when processing Video and GIF.
The OLD version of waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan engine will no longer support the use of multiple graphics cards to process GIF and video.
Fix bug: When custom resolution and video settings are enabled and the video stream bit rate is left 0, the video stream bit rate cannot be calculated normally.
Fix bug: Scale ratio might be incorrect when using srmd-ncnn-vulkan.
Fix bug: Unable to assemble gif because ImageMagick is not compatible with new AMD GPU driver.
v2.59.15:
- Improve GUI.
v2.59.04-beta:
- Images will only be forced to be saved as PNG when the specified file format does not support Alpha channel.
- Add buttons to adjust the block size to the nth power of 2.
- Performance optimization.
- Edit tool tip.
- Other improvements.
- Update ImageMagick,FFmpeg&FFprobe.
v2.59.03-beta:
- Automatically disable [Save Files List] button when files list is empty.
- More compact GUI, and other improvements.
- Edit tool tip and Chinese translation.
v2.59.02-beta:
- NEW Feature: Reset Files List scale.
- NEW Feature: File count for each kind of file.
- New icons.
- Performance optimization.
- Other improvements to the GUI.
- Complete translation.
- Fix bug: [Add Files] button is not disabled when loading Files list.
- Fix bug: Horizontal header data of the Files List will lost after using the right-click menu of [Remove item].
v2.59.01-beta:
- NEW Feature: Now you can hide components easier by drag the handle.
- Improve GUI design.
v2.58.14-beta:
- NEW Feature: Now you can adjust the horizontal width of the file list.
- Move [Move to Recycle Bin] option to Right-click menu of [Delete original files]
- Other improvements to the GUI.
- Notify users GPU ID list is empty when they try to enable Multi-GPU.
- Optimize performance.
New feature: Now you can enable [Replace original file] to directly replace the original file with the processed file. (Additional settings, optional, disabled by default)
Add more actions (shut down, sleep, hibernate, restart) that can be performed after processing all the files. (Thanks to @Michael18751 for the suggestion)
New feature: Add ACNet algorithm support for Anime4K engine, ACNet can achieve high-speed processing while improving image quality.(You need to manually enable ACNet in the Anime4k engine settings)
New features: Add RealSR-ncnn-vulkan engine, greatly improving the ability to process 3D Real-life style images (thanks to @CAFUCSteven for assistance in testing software).
New feature: All engines (except Anime4k) now support automatic recognition and processing of Alpha channel pictures.
Update waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan engine.
Update srmd-ncnn-vulkan engine.
Update ImageMagick.
Optimize the launcher.
Optimize the process of checking for update.
Adjust the processing flow for pictures with Alpha channel.
New feature: Add GPU acceleration support for Anime4K engine.
New feature: After installing the software, a pop-up window allows users to choose their own language when they first start up.
Update Anime4K (v1.5.0)
It is no longer allowed to disable the automatic check for updates, but the automatic update pop-up window can be disabled. After disabling the pop-up window, an update prompt will be displayed in the text box.
A pop-up window prompts the user to view the test results after the compatibility test.
Improve compatibility test.
Hide ETA and remaining time when GIF or video is included in the file list.
Fix bug: when the Process video by segment is enabled, the cache cannot be read normally, which will cause the software unable to continue the previous progress.(Thanks to Esper Wang for feedback✔)
New feature: Processing video in segments, greatly reducing the hard disk space occupied when processing video. 🎉🥳🎉 (Optional, additional settings, enabled by default)
Improve multi-language support.
Other minor improvements.
Fix bug: When the processing process is stopped, the ffmpeg process will be forcibly terminated, which will cause the cache file cannot be generated normally.
Fix bug: In some cases, the progress bar cannot display the progress normally.
New feature: Use SoX (14.4.2-win32) to reduce the noise of the video's audio. (Optional, additional settings, disabled by default) (thanks @wenbob for the suggestion)
New feature: Software settings will be saved before automatically shutting down the computer.
Optimized interface display.
Improve multi-language support and fix translation errors.
Fix bug: When [Keep Video Cache] is enabled, the source video files will still be deleted.
New feature: You can choose whether to show a pop up when exit. (Optional, additional settings, enabled by default)
New feature: Automatically enable(or disable) [Auto Detect Alpha Channel] based on the results of the compatibility test.
New feature: Keep video cache. (Optional, additional settings, enabled by default)
New feature: When the user stops the task or an error occurs, the video's cache will not be automatically deleted, and it can also be read by the software to continue the previous progress.
Improve the stability of multi-threaded scheduling.
Fix bug: In some cases, the file cannot be renamed properly then the video cannot be assembled normally.
Fix bug: The files in the list could not be processed normally due to the thread scheduling error.
New feature: Automatically determine whether the picture has an alpha channel and switch to a compatible engine. (Optional, additional settings, disabled by default) (Please make sure your computer is compatible with waiuf2x-converter before enabling this feature.)
New feature: Compatibility tests run automatically the first time the software is launched.
Improved multi-thread management and stability.
Remove the [Show Tips] button.
Fix bug: In some cases, outputting the processor list of waifu2x-converter will cause the software to enter an endless loop.
New feature: Add SRMD-NCNN-Vulkan engine. 🎉🥳🎉
The SRMD-NCNN-Vulkan engine can support both 2D Anime and 3D Real-life image styles.
You can click this page to learn about SRMD.
Old version of waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan engine is enabled by default. (Because of the stability issue of new version of waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan)
If you need to use the TTA feature of the waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan engine, switch to the new version.
Improve stability.
Fix bug: Adding a large number of files at one time will cause the program to become unresponsive.
New feature: When the software is closed, a pop-up window asks the user whether to confirm the exit.
New feature: Added [Forced Retry], when waifu2x thread is stuck, you can perform forced retry to remove the stuck, and it will not interrupt the entire [scale and denoise] process
Improve error detection of waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan engine.
Fix bug: not delete all temporary files in some cases
Fix bug: In some special cases, multi-threaded scheduling error will cause stuck
New feature: Support switching waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan engine version. When your computer has problems using waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan engine, you can try to update the graphics card driver or enable the old version of waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan engine
New feature: Added compatibility test for older versions of waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan engine
New feature: Custom retry times (additional settings)
Try to fix the problem of high DPI screen display. (I cannot test because I don’t have a high DPI display myself)
New feature: [Completed number of files/Total number of files] is displayed on the left side of the progress bar.
New feature: Added setting options to control whether to automatically check for updates at startup (It is not recommended to turn off automatic updates)
New feature: The total number of files is displayed below the file list.
New feature: Save/Read file list
New feature: Automatically save the file list before automatically shutting down the computer, you can manually load the file list to check the file processing status after the next software startup
New feature: pop-up window prompt before auto shutdown
Improve Simplified Chinese language support
Select the readme to open based on the current language
Before processing a file, check if it exists
Fix bug: After saving the settings, the [Image Style] settings that were saved cannot be read normally
Fix bug: After removing a single row, the custom resolution settings of all remaining rows will be cleared
Fix bug: When there are files with the same file name and different extensions in the file list, if multi-threading is enabled, it will cause read and write conflicts.
Fix bug: The problem that the new version download page cannot be opened normally after detecting the new version automatically.