Converting VHS to 4k Using AI

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Can AI help preserve VHS tapes? Can artificial intelligence help with VHS upscaling? Today I wanted to take a look and compare normal upscaling vs Bicubic upscaling and QTGMC deinterlacing via StaxRip vs DaVinci Resolve's Super Scale and "Neural Network Deinterlacing" and Topaz Labs Video Enhance AI and its Dione Interlaced TV/DV models. Is this the tool we need?
StaxRip - github.com/staxrip/staxrip
Topaz Labs Video Enhance AI - topazlabs.refr.cc/adamtaylor
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[@Crlarl]

There's a lot of obscure content stuck on VHS, βeta and other tape formats that will disappear forever if not preserved.

[@smooom]

You should do this again with the updates that have been made to the entire spectrum of AI and there should be noticeable differences now.

[@Aldranis]

Great stuff! I unfortunately lost all my home movies from childhood in a move back in 2005, but it's awesome that you've been able to hold onto yours and utilize AI in such a unique way. It'll only get better from here as the technology improves.

[@davidinark]

I may have missed it, but what are you using fir the initial VHS-to-PC rip, and what format are you using for the capture (avi, mp4, etc)? Thanks!

[@liaminwales]

Im always amazed at the quality of old DV tapes, ripped a pile and they still look good today just 4:3.

[@stantheman1976]

I just stumbled across this so I'm brand new to your channel. I'm curious about your workflow when doing the initial capture from VHS to digital. Are you using a capture card and starting with MPEG files? I'm old school on the way I do things but I think it gives the best results possible. I use older DV cameras that have digital pass through. I take the footage straight from VHS to DV-AVI over firewire. Then if my final format is playback on PC or smart TV I'll encode MP4 at 720x480i, lower field first, 8mbps CBR. VLC Media Player does a really good job of deinterlacing during playback and TVs use hardware decoding which works best. If the person wants a DVD for playback I'll use a bitrate calculator to figure out how much I want to put on a disc. I've found with good starting footage that I can get anything 2 hours or less on a disc and there is no perceived loss to any normal eye. I recently transferred 90+ hours of VHS and VHS-C footage for a family friend this way. It takes a while to do it, but it's a workflow I learned MANY years ago and I know it gives good results.

[@eendagepic]

Hey dude, could you suggest some software or way of working here? I have very scratchy S-VHS footage that has white little needlescratches flickering on it all the time. Is there some kind of software that can clean it up digitally?

[@JustinQuirino]

Hey man! Been watching your videos a lot. Been very helpful! Wanted to know your thoughts on this.

[@bsanchez3563]

Is it better if simply upscaled to a "near hd equivalent" of about 960i? Or is fully going 4k better in terms of looking like it inferes fairky basic and efficiently the 240p ish res of the vhs feed?

[@WillCarterTech]

I cant wait to sit down and watch this whole video!

[@Musiquedecor]

Looking for suggestions on what capture card, or component I can pick up to capture my 8mm and VHS tapes to convert to 1080 or 4k. I do have a Atomos Ninja 5.

[@dannypoo3281]

You mentioned in this video that you do something with old video samples of games and demos included with old magazines. Do you just archive the data? If yes, do you have a list of what you already have? I have a handful from the 90's and I could see if what I have is of any use.

[@KosmatiBohem]

I used QTGMC in the past. Tested it against Topaz. While Topaz is quite OK, one area is completely bad: color interpolating. QTGMC is the only script to date I found that does deinterlace color properly and put it in right spot. While most deinterlacers just get rid of one field colors (like Topaz, as well) and there is visible stripes in red fast moving colors, some does even worse and color jumps ahead/behind luma. QTGMC does proper interpolation and colors are fixed where they suppose to be. I had a lot of run and gun HDV footage in the past and it was notorious for blocking and deinterlacing that meant reducing quality and "jumpy" colors with any tool, except QTGMQ. That resulted in 20% boost of resolution if proper (slow) setting was done. I tested one footage in best light, closeup of woman lower legs in red sandals, walking perpendicular to the camera. While Topaz can mask the issue quite well in most shots, there it was revealed that QTGMC is unbeatable. And images were very like each other, as you already mentioned. I concluded that for deinterlacing QTGMC would still be the best option, with some noise /grain shaping and than Topaz for upscaling fo further sharpening and deblocking. Also noise reduction in Topaz is quite bad. It reduces noise, for sure, but it works too much on time axis and blur details if moving scene. Neat Video is still better. Of course for just one click solution for quick improvement, Topaz is good (best).

[@mpxz999]

I have some VHS tapes mailed to me by Nintendo Power around 96/97 still!

[@bingobaz6402]

I bought topaz ai less than a week ago. I bought it to upscale dvds. I tried gaia, also arthemis then finally dione interlace. The interlaced looked terrible some of video seemed like the picture like sliced. I don't know how to describe it. Tbh I don't even know if dvds are interlace, I couldn't get the information on Google which was surprising. What model and settings would you recommend for dvds?

[@zamasixsixsix666]

Wow - thanks for this! I am trying Topaz but my ancient i7-4th gen and 2GB vid card, are not playing along. Any thoughts on KZbin Studio for fixing up old VHS material. Yes, I am a noob.

[@timothypieples7455]

Can you recommend a laptop and/or the hardware/specs needed to allow AI software to upscale home videos to HD within a reasonable length of time. The Topaz Enhance AI software is telling me it will take >2 days to upscale a 1 hr. long analog video! I'd appreciate whatever you can offer as I have hundreds of home movies in need of being digitized and upgraded. Thank you for your expertise!

[@Sami.El-jerby]

Need help restoring and digitising old VHS and camcorder tapes, tried to do it on my own and turned out not so good. I there a lab or someone I can send this to get it done professionally?

[@brandona5112]

Any idea when your VHS capture guide will be out? I’ve been using an Sony digital 8 camcorder as a capture device from a VCR and capturing with Adobe premiere pro. The audio sync has been challenging, but I learned so much from your last video. Thanks for your hard work. You’re helping me preserve all the home movies my mother made who passed away a few years ago. Cheers!

[@CyrilViXP]

We should wait until generative AIs will be able to analyze all details on the videos and reconstruct them from scratch