Concerning, 'mpeg' resolution enhancing S/W!

[Guest Tony Sperling]

I have a number of very low-resolution video 'snips' (and a 30" monitor)

anybody know of any way of raising the res, something that wouldn't use a

century to calculate?

 

Preferably freeware too!

 

Actually, I do have the Nero Suite (7 Premium) but it is not obvious to me

if it can do the trick.

 

 

TIA!

 

 

 

Tony. . .

[Guest Carlos]

RE: Concerning, 'mpeg' resolution enhancing S/W!

 

Tony,

A quick dirty solution would be to play those low res videos with Media

Player Classic Home Cinema

(http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=170561) which has

sharpening options.

From the "Play" menu, click Shaders and then choose either "Sharpen" or

"Complex Sharpen".

If you want to edit your videos in order to have them already sharpened, try

the freeware Virtualdub (http://www.virtualdub.org).

Both programs have x86 and x64 versions.

Another possibility for sharpening when playing ANY video, is the use of the

multiformat ffdshow decoder (both x86 and x64).

When the player is using ffdshow you have an icon in systray.

Click on the icon (think it is left-click) and choose "sharpen".

Carlos

 

"Tony Sperling" wrote:

> I have a number of very low-resolution video 'snips' (and a 30" monitor)

> anybody know of any way of raising the res, something that wouldn't use a

> century to calculate?

>

> Preferably freeware too!

>

> Actually, I do have the Nero Suite (7 Premium) but it is not obvious to me

> if it can do the trick.

>

>

> TIA!

>

>

>

> Tony. . .

>

>

>

[Guest Tony Sperling]

Re: Concerning, 'mpeg' resolution enhancing S/W!

 

I know of the image enhancing 'trick' that 'sharpens' a picture, but they

often look awfull when you change their size. Are you shure that would

re-calculate the resolution?

 

I think I'll try that virtualdub thing and check out the performance first.

 

Thanks, Carlos!

 

 

Tony. . .

 

 

"Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:1E8840BA-66EB-4432-BBD2-8178E09BBC60@microsoft.com...

> Tony,

> A quick dirty solution would be to play those low res videos with Media

> Player Classic Home Cinema

> (http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=170561) which has

> sharpening options.

> From the "Play" menu, click Shaders and then choose either "Sharpen" or

> "Complex Sharpen".

> If you want to edit your videos in order to have them already sharpened,

try

> the freeware Virtualdub (http://www.virtualdub.org).

> Both programs have x86 and x64 versions.

> Another possibility for sharpening when playing ANY video, is the use of

the

> multiformat ffdshow decoder (both x86 and x64).

> When the player is using ffdshow you have an icon in systray.

> Click on the icon (think it is left-click) and choose "sharpen".

> Carlos

>

> "Tony Sperling" wrote:

>

> > I have a number of very low-resolution video 'snips' (and a 30"

monitor)

> > anybody know of any way of raising the res, something that wouldn't use

a

> > century to calculate?

> >

> > Preferably freeware too!

> >

> > Actually, I do have the Nero Suite (7 Premium) but it is not obvious to

me

> > if it can do the trick.

> >

> >

> > TIA!

> >

> >

> >

> > Tony. . .

> >

> >

> >

[Guest Carlos]

Re: Concerning, 'mpeg' resolution enhancing S/W!

 

Tony,

No, it does not recalculate. That's why I said "quicK & dirty".

I have just read in a magazine that ffdshow can "de-block" low res videos

with the Postprocessing option, and choosing SPP deblocking.

 

:)

Carlos

 

"Tony Sperling" wrote:

> I know of the image enhancing 'trick' that 'sharpens' a picture, but they

> often look awfull when you change their size. Are you shure that would

> re-calculate the resolution?

>

> I think I'll try that virtualdub thing and check out the performance first.

>

> Thanks, Carlos!

>

>

> Tony. . .

>

>

> "Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:1E8840BA-66EB-4432-BBD2-8178E09BBC60@microsoft.com...

> > Tony,

> > A quick dirty solution would be to play those low res videos with Media

> > Player Classic Home Cinema

> > (http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=170561) which has

> > sharpening options.

> > From the "Play" menu, click Shaders and then choose either "Sharpen" or

> > "Complex Sharpen".

> > If you want to edit your videos in order to have them already sharpened,

> try

> > the freeware Virtualdub (http://www.virtualdub.org).

> > Both programs have x86 and x64 versions.

> > Another possibility for sharpening when playing ANY video, is the use of

> the

> > multiformat ffdshow decoder (both x86 and x64).

> > When the player is using ffdshow you have an icon in systray.

> > Click on the icon (think it is left-click) and choose "sharpen".

> > Carlos

> >

> > "Tony Sperling" wrote:

> >

> > > I have a number of very low-resolution video 'snips' (and a 30"

> monitor)

> > > anybody know of any way of raising the res, something that wouldn't use

> a

> > > century to calculate?

> > >

> > > Preferably freeware too!

> > >

> > > Actually, I do have the Nero Suite (7 Premium) but it is not obvious to

> me

> > > if it can do the trick.

> > >

> > >

> > > TIA!

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > > Tony. . .

> > >

> > >

> > >

>

>

>

[Guest Tony Sperling]

Re: Concerning, 'mpeg' resolution enhancing S/W!

 

O.K. - reading about virtualdub it imports 'mpeg' allright, but it cannot

but convert it to 'avi' afterwards.

 

I have not the faintest idea what deblocking is actually doing, but I shall

check it out!

 

 

Tony. . .

 

 

"Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:393405F3-B547-435F-9666-CF2A5BBF74B9@microsoft.com...

> Tony,

> No, it does not recalculate. That's why I said "quicK & dirty".

> I have just read in a magazine that ffdshow can "de-block" low res videos

> with the Postprocessing option, and choosing SPP deblocking.

>

> :)

> Carlos

>

> "Tony Sperling" wrote:

>

> > I know of the image enhancing 'trick' that 'sharpens' a picture, but

they

> > often look awfull when you change their size. Are you shure that would

> > re-calculate the resolution?

> >

> > I think I'll try that virtualdub thing and check out the performance

first.

> >

> > Thanks, Carlos!

> >

> >

> > Tony. . .

> >

> >

> > "Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> > news:1E8840BA-66EB-4432-BBD2-8178E09BBC60@microsoft.com...

> > > Tony,

> > > A quick dirty solution would be to play those low res videos with

Media

> > > Player Classic Home Cinema

> > > (http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=170561) which

has

> > > sharpening options.

> > > From the "Play" menu, click Shaders and then choose either "Sharpen"

or

> > > "Complex Sharpen".

> > > If you want to edit your videos in order to have them already

sharpened,

> > try

> > > the freeware Virtualdub (http://www.virtualdub.org).

> > > Both programs have x86 and x64 versions.

> > > Another possibility for sharpening when playing ANY video, is the use

of

> > the

> > > multiformat ffdshow decoder (both x86 and x64).

> > > When the player is using ffdshow you have an icon in systray.

> > > Click on the icon (think it is left-click) and choose "sharpen".

> > > Carlos

> > >

> > > "Tony Sperling" wrote:

> > >

> > > > I have a number of very low-resolution video 'snips' (and a 30"

> > monitor)

> > > > anybody know of any way of raising the res, something that wouldn't

use

> > a

> > > > century to calculate?

> > > >

> > > > Preferably freeware too!

> > > >

> > > > Actually, I do have the Nero Suite (7 Premium) but it is not obvious

to

> > me

> > > > if it can do the trick.

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > TIA!

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > Tony. . .

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> >

> >

> >

[Guest Carlos]

Re: Concerning, 'mpeg' resolution enhancing S/W!

 

Tony,

Virtualdub needs an encoder in order to re-encode the image to an avi file.

Avi is the container file and you need a codec (such as the freeware XVid)

for compressing the image into it.

De-blocking is used for eliminating the pixelating (or blocking effect) of

low resolution images.

Carlos

 

"Tony Sperling" wrote:

> O.K. - reading about virtualdub it imports 'mpeg' allright, but it cannot

> but convert it to 'avi' afterwards.

>

> I have not the faintest idea what deblocking is actually doing, but I shall

> check it out!

>

>

> Tony. . .

>

>

> "Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:393405F3-B547-435F-9666-CF2A5BBF74B9@microsoft.com...

> > Tony,

> > No, it does not recalculate. That's why I said "quicK & dirty".

> > I have just read in a magazine that ffdshow can "de-block" low res videos

> > with the Postprocessing option, and choosing SPP deblocking.

> >

> > :)

> > Carlos

> >

> > "Tony Sperling" wrote:

> >

> > > I know of the image enhancing 'trick' that 'sharpens' a picture, but

> they

> > > often look awfull when you change their size. Are you shure that would

> > > re-calculate the resolution?

> > >

> > > I think I'll try that virtualdub thing and check out the performance

> first.

> > >

> > > Thanks, Carlos!

> > >

> > >

> > > Tony. . .

> > >

> > >

> > > "Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> > > news:1E8840BA-66EB-4432-BBD2-8178E09BBC60@microsoft.com...

> > > > Tony,

> > > > A quick dirty solution would be to play those low res videos with

> Media

> > > > Player Classic Home Cinema

> > > > (http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=170561) which

> has

> > > > sharpening options.

> > > > From the "Play" menu, click Shaders and then choose either "Sharpen"

> or

> > > > "Complex Sharpen".

> > > > If you want to edit your videos in order to have them already

> sharpened,

> > > try

> > > > the freeware Virtualdub (http://www.virtualdub.org).

> > > > Both programs have x86 and x64 versions.

> > > > Another possibility for sharpening when playing ANY video, is the use

> of

> > > the

> > > > multiformat ffdshow decoder (both x86 and x64).

> > > > When the player is using ffdshow you have an icon in systray.

> > > > Click on the icon (think it is left-click) and choose "sharpen".

> > > > Carlos

> > > >

> > > > "Tony Sperling" wrote:

> > > >

> > > > > I have a number of very low-resolution video 'snips' (and a 30"

> > > monitor)

> > > > > anybody know of any way of raising the res, something that wouldn't

> use

> > > a

> > > > > century to calculate?

> > > > >

> > > > > Preferably freeware too!

> > > > >

> > > > > Actually, I do have the Nero Suite (7 Premium) but it is not obvious

> to

> > > me

> > > > > if it can do the trick.

> > > > >

> > > > >

> > > > > TIA!

> > > > >

> > > > >

> > > > >

> > > > > Tony. . .

> > > > >

> > > > >

> > > > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

>

>

>

[Guest Carlos]

Re: Concerning, 'mpeg' resolution enhancing S/W!

 

XVid can be downloaded from here:

http://www.xvid.org/Downloads.15.0.html

Once installed you will be able to re-encode your mpg video as an XVid

compressed avi file.

I am not at my PC right now but I can recall that in Virtualdub you have to

choose "Full processing mode" in the Video options for enabling the

re-encoding to another format.

Carlos

 

"Carlos" wrote:

> Tony,

> Virtualdub needs an encoder in order to re-encode the image to an avi file.

> Avi is the container file and you need a codec (such as the freeware XVid)

> for compressing the image into it.

> De-blocking is used for eliminating the pixelating (or blocking effect) of

> low resolution images.

> Carlos

>

> "Tony Sperling" wrote:

>

> > O.K. - reading about virtualdub it imports 'mpeg' allright, but it cannot

> > but convert it to 'avi' afterwards.

> >

> > I have not the faintest idea what deblocking is actually doing, but I shall

> > check it out!

> >

> >

> > Tony. . .

> >

> >

> > "Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> > news:393405F3-B547-435F-9666-CF2A5BBF74B9@microsoft.com...

> > > Tony,

> > > No, it does not recalculate. That's why I said "quicK & dirty".

> > > I have just read in a magazine that ffdshow can "de-block" low res videos

> > > with the Postprocessing option, and choosing SPP deblocking.

> > >

> > > :)

> > > Carlos

> > >

> > > "Tony Sperling" wrote:

> > >

> > > > I know of the image enhancing 'trick' that 'sharpens' a picture, but

> > they

> > > > often look awfull when you change their size. Are you shure that would

> > > > re-calculate the resolution?

> > > >

> > > > I think I'll try that virtualdub thing and check out the performance

> > first.

> > > >

> > > > Thanks, Carlos!

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > Tony. . .

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > "Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> > > > news:1E8840BA-66EB-4432-BBD2-8178E09BBC60@microsoft.com...

> > > > > Tony,

> > > > > A quick dirty solution would be to play those low res videos with

> > Media

> > > > > Player Classic Home Cinema

> > > > > (http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=170561) which

> > has

> > > > > sharpening options.

> > > > > From the "Play" menu, click Shaders and then choose either "Sharpen"

> > or

> > > > > "Complex Sharpen".

> > > > > If you want to edit your videos in order to have them already

> > sharpened,

> > > > try

> > > > > the freeware Virtualdub (http://www.virtualdub.org).

> > > > > Both programs have x86 and x64 versions.

> > > > > Another possibility for sharpening when playing ANY video, is the use

> > of

> > > > the

> > > > > multiformat ffdshow decoder (both x86 and x64).

> > > > > When the player is using ffdshow you have an icon in systray.

> > > > > Click on the icon (think it is left-click) and choose "sharpen".

> > > > > Carlos

> > > > >

> > > > > "Tony Sperling" wrote:

> > > > >

> > > > > > I have a number of very low-resolution video 'snips' (and a 30"

> > > > monitor)

> > > > > > anybody know of any way of raising the res, something that wouldn't

> > use

> > > > a

> > > > > > century to calculate?

> > > > > >

> > > > > > Preferably freeware too!

> > > > > >

> > > > > > Actually, I do have the Nero Suite (7 Premium) but it is not obvious

> > to

> > > > me

> > > > > > if it can do the trick.

> > > > > >

> > > > > >

> > > > > > TIA!

> > > > > >

> > > > > >

> > > > > >

> > > > > > Tony. . .

> > > > > >

> > > > > >

> > > > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> >

> >

> >

[Guest Carlos]

Re: Concerning, 'mpeg' resolution enhancing S/W!

 

Tony,

This is how you can resize with VirtualDub (I tried it with the 32-bit

version)

Open the video file.

Click Video, Full Processing mode.

Click Video, Filters, Add. Choose resize, click Ok

Choose resize options and click Ok twice.

Click Video, Compression and select the compression format.

Click File, Save as Avi and let it do the job.

 

Carlos

 

"Tony Sperling" wrote:

> O.K. - reading about virtualdub it imports 'mpeg' allright, but it cannot

> but convert it to 'avi' afterwards.

>

> I have not the faintest idea what deblocking is actually doing, but I shall

> check it out!

>

>

> Tony. . .

>

>

> "Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:393405F3-B547-435F-9666-CF2A5BBF74B9@microsoft.com...

> > Tony,

> > No, it does not recalculate. That's why I said "quicK & dirty".

> > I have just read in a magazine that ffdshow can "de-block" low res videos

> > with the Postprocessing option, and choosing SPP deblocking.

> >

> > :)

> > Carlos

> >

> > "Tony Sperling" wrote:

> >

> > > I know of the image enhancing 'trick' that 'sharpens' a picture, but

> they

> > > often look awfull when you change their size. Are you shure that would

> > > re-calculate the resolution?

> > >

> > > I think I'll try that virtualdub thing and check out the performance

> first.

> > >

> > > Thanks, Carlos!

> > >

> > >

> > > Tony. . .

> > >

> > >

> > > "Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> > > news:1E8840BA-66EB-4432-BBD2-8178E09BBC60@microsoft.com...

> > > > Tony,

> > > > A quick dirty solution would be to play those low res videos with

> Media

> > > > Player Classic Home Cinema

> > > > (http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=170561) which

> has

> > > > sharpening options.

> > > > From the "Play" menu, click Shaders and then choose either "Sharpen"

> or

> > > > "Complex Sharpen".

> > > > If you want to edit your videos in order to have them already

> sharpened,

> > > try

> > > > the freeware Virtualdub (http://www.virtualdub.org).

> > > > Both programs have x86 and x64 versions.

> > > > Another possibility for sharpening when playing ANY video, is the use

> of

> > > the

> > > > multiformat ffdshow decoder (both x86 and x64).

> > > > When the player is using ffdshow you have an icon in systray.

> > > > Click on the icon (think it is left-click) and choose "sharpen".

> > > > Carlos

> > > >

> > > > "Tony Sperling" wrote:

> > > >

> > > > > I have a number of very low-resolution video 'snips' (and a 30"

> > > monitor)

> > > > > anybody know of any way of raising the res, something that wouldn't

> use

> > > a

> > > > > century to calculate?

> > > > >

> > > > > Preferably freeware too!

> > > > >

> > > > > Actually, I do have the Nero Suite (7 Premium) but it is not obvious

> to

> > > me

> > > > > if it can do the trick.

> > > > >

> > > > >

> > > > > TIA!

> > > > >

> > > > >

> > > > >

> > > > > Tony. . .

> > > > >

> > > > >

> > > > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

>

>

>

[Guest Bender]

Re: Concerning, 'mpeg' resolution enhancing S/W!

 

New faster algorithms to enhance the resolution have not yet been

discovered. However, long before your "Cenutury (to calculate)" is up, you

can purchase a TeraScale or equivalent computer and get the job done in

hours instead of Months, or minutes instead of days.

 

Some information of this video enhancement can be found at...

http://download.intel.com/pressroom/kits/research/poster_Robust_Video_super-resolution.pdf

 

"Tony Sperling" <tony.sperling@dbREMOVEmail.dk> wrote in message

news:O555zoVzIHA.3884@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

> I have a number of very low-resolution video 'snips' (and a 30" monitor)

> anybody know of any way of raising the res, something that wouldn't use a

> century to calculate?

>

> Preferably freeware too!

>

> Actually, I do have the Nero Suite (7 Premium) but it is not obvious to me

> if it can do the trick.

>

>

> TIA!

>

>

>

> Tony. . .

>

>