Automatic Video Deinterlacing
🕑 Added 2024-06-08 16:33:58 +0000 UTCAlready available in the latest version
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In the next update, waifu2x will gain the ability to automatically detect interlaced videos and deinterlace them before initiating the upscale / frame interpolation process.
This enhancement will resolve compatibility issues with interlaced videos, such as those found in old DVD recordings.
Here is an example:

This new feature will be available in the next update, thank you for continuing to support this project! πππ
Comments
Jamie J
QTGMC on the Slower, Very Slow, and Placebo presets completely blows away other options for deinterlacing if AviSynth is on the table (and it sounds like it is if I am understanding your replies in this thread). I look forward to seeing that come to fruition.
Giovanni Santi
NICE !!
Aaron Feng
Sure, I will check it out
bobdobbs
To keep with the AI theme, might you consider nnedi (ffmpeg docs 11.175 - GitHub https://github.com/dubhater/)?
Aaron Feng
It only can fix compatibility issues with properly encoded interlaced videos. It can not fix "hard encoded" interlaced videos (For example, a video that has been directly encoded from interlaced to progressive scan without applying a deinterlacing filter.)
Danny M. Roque
Nice! I've got some old family recordings that could use this treatment :) Will it also detect if a video is interlaced, but incorrectly saved? & if so, would it be able to fix it?