anime video super-resolution / real-time upscaling
Anime4K is a set of open-source, real-time CNN-based anime video upscaling/denoising shaders and algorithms, commonly used with mpv.
Solves the same problem with a different architecture or at a different layer. Expect to rewrite the integration.
Use when you want mpv-specific real-time anime upscaling with its own trained lightweight models rather than Anime4K's shaders.
Real-time anime upscaling to 4K in mpv with lightweight super-resolution models
An earlier or more limited way to do the job. Still the right call when you need something small, proven, or CPU-only.
Use for offline EDSR single-image super-resolution reproduction in legacy Torch, not for real-time anime video.
Torch implementation of "Enhanced Deep Residual Networks for Single Image Super-Resolution"
Use for offline RDN single-image super-resolution experiments, not for player-integrated anime video upscaling.
Torch code for our CVPR 2018 paper "Residual Dense Network for Image Super-Resolution" (Spotlight)
Use when upscaling videos offline inside an AviSynth+ script with an SRCNN filter.
An AviSynth+ implementation of some Super-Resolution Convolutional Neural Networks.
Does the same job, but ships as an app. Useful to a person, not swappable into a codebase.
Use when you want real-time anime upscaling as a WebGPU browser extension instead of a desktop-player shader set.
基于 WebGPU 的浏览器扩展，支持多种超分模型，实时提升动漫视频画质 | A WebGPU browser extension with multiple super-resolution models for real-time anime video enhancement.
Use if you want an archived standalone GUI batch upscaler rather than shader-level integration.
AI超分辨率工具
Use for offline batch video super-resolution and frame interpolation via a standalone tool, not real-time playback shaders.
A machine learning-based video super resolution and frame interpolation framework. Est. Hack the Valley II, 2018.
Use when you want a web-UI video upscaler application instead of embedding shaders in a player.
Source code for free AI video upscaler tool
These projects were analysed and named Anime4K among their alternatives. The relationship is not symmetric — how Anime4K rates them is a separate judgement, made when Anime4K is analysed in its own right.
calls Anime4K “real-time shader-based anime video upscaling, choose for low-latency playback rather than offline CNN image upscaling.”
Image Super-Resolution for Anime-Style Art
calls Anime4K “Real-time shader-based anime upscaler for video players; choose for live playback rather than offline restoration.”
Real-ESRGAN aims at developing Practical Algorithms for General Image/Video Restoration.