Concerning, 'mpeg' resolution enhancing S/W!

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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. . .
 
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 (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. . .
>
>
>
 
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 (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. . .
> >
> >
> >
 
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 (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. . .
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>
>
 
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 (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. . .
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> >
> >
 
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 (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. . .
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>
>
 
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 (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. . .
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> >
> >
 
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 (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. . .
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>
>
 
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. . .
>
>
 
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