{"id":21930,"date":"2020-02-13T10:49:06","date_gmt":"2020-02-13T09:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/?p=21930"},"modified":"2020-07-27T20:12:28","modified_gmt":"2020-07-27T18:12:28","slug":"what-4k-video-upscaling-can-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/?p=21930","title":{"rendered":"What 4K video upscaling can do"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-Post-Thumb wp-image-19311\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/4k-uhd-logo_small-64x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/4k-uhd-logo_small-64x64.png 64w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/4k-uhd-logo_small-150x148.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 64px) 100vw, 64px\" \/>Ever wondered what an old movie from before 1900 would<br \/>\nlook like if they had 4K technology already? Well, a multimedia<br \/>\nstudio has restored a shortfilm from 1896 of the Lumi\u00e8re<br \/>\nBrothers that has been aired in 1897 in the public.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->To have a comparison, this is the original film:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-21930-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Auguste-Louis-Lumi\u00e8re-L-Arriv\u00e9e-dun-train-\u00e0-La-Ciotat-1897.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Auguste-Louis-Lumi\u00e8re-L-Arriv\u00e9e-dun-train-\u00e0-La-Ciotat-1897.mp4\">https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Auguste-Louis-Lumi\u00e8re-L-Arriv\u00e9e-dun-train-\u00e0-La-Ciotat-1897.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>The film has a 640&#215;480 max resolution at approx 15 frames per second.<\/p>\n<p>Clearly visible the unavoidable dust an scratches from the old mechanics.<\/p>\n<p>And this is the restored and upscaled version (up to 4K available on YouTube):<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 2560px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-21930-2\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1406\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Auguste-Louis-Lumi\u00e8re-L-Arriv\u00e9e-dun-train-\u00e0-La-Ciotat-1897-2K60.mp4?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Auguste-Louis-Lumi\u00e8re-L-Arriv\u00e9e-dun-train-\u00e0-La-Ciotat-1897-2K60.mp4\">https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Auguste-Louis-Lumi\u00e8re-L-Arriv\u00e9e-dun-train-\u00e0-La-Ciotat-1897-2K60.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>With much more modern technology not only were the dust and scratches remnoved but<br \/>\nalso was the fil upscaled to 4K and 60fps (3K60p due to limitations of the videoplayer here)<\/p>\n<p>If you want to see the film in 4K60p full resolution, then you might want to visit the<br \/>\nfollowing YouTube link: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3RYNThid23g<\/p>\n<p>Although the result looks stunning, the charme of the historical film with its dust and<br \/>\nscratches are authentic for their times. Interesting though that the original film had a music<br \/>\npart playing while the restored film appears to have the actual audio scenery. We compared<br \/>\nmany versions online that claim to be the original but all of them did have music in them.<br \/>\nSo we wonder if the restored film&#8217;s audio part was also sort of re-created for the film.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed it&#8217;s impressive what technology today can do&#8230; especially if neurnal networks with AI<br \/>\ntechnology is applied. The software used for upscaling is Gigapixel AI from Topaz Software.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever wondered what an old movie from before 1900 would look like if they had 4K technology already? 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