DVD Upscaling (The Ali G Show + Others)
So I got a couple of DVD series that I'm looking to upscale to 1080p. They are The Ali G Show and Classic Albums (docuseries).
Currently, I use Google Gemini for guidance, but there's been a ton of issues and misinformation there. It recommended the AI model Proteus and then Iris, and while those look great 98% of the time, hallucinations (which inevitably happen) completely kill the vibe.
What I've settled on is the Artemis AI profile, but keeping the all important input condition at: High Quality, despite that not being true (see picture above of Nirvana debuting "Smells Like Teen Spirit" live for the first time for reference). Again, when the input condition is set to Medium or Low Quality, hallucinations happen. Again, this kills the vibe.
Artemis is a long-haul upscaler taking about 8 hours to upscale a DVD to 1080p with a 5070 ti. I anticipate this to be a 3 month project getting all these shows upscaled, and I wanted to share my workflow to see if anyone has any recommendations. Thanks!
- Get Interlaced information via MediaInfo App > View
- De-interlace DVD via Hybrid
- Upscale in Topaz Labs with Artemis with the Input Condition Set to High Quality
- Additional Settings 1: Pixel Type: Square pixel, Video type: Progressive
- Additional Settings 2: Recovery detail: 20, Grain: Gaussian (Amount: 3, Size: 1, Density 1)
- Additional Settings 3: Codec: H265, Profile: Main10, Bitrate: 35Mbps, Container: MKV