Why are so many people downloading the movie Paul all of a sudden? (lemm.ee)

submitted 9 months ago by conflictoffbeat@lemm.ee to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Movie Paul from 2011 is getting so many downloads for some reason 480.73.

Anyone have an explantion as to why?

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[-] Forester@yiffit.net 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

So if you have newer nvidia based card you can upscale to 4K based off 7 20p

The result is closer to 1440 p

[-] conflictoffbeat@lemm.ee 11 points 9 months ago

But, why not just download the 1080p version? Instead of doing the whole upscaling thing?

[-] Forester@yiffit.net 6 points 9 months ago

Because you can download faster and then upscale instantaneously

[-] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 9 months ago

You'd need to have a wire made of bamboo to justify the 2gb more.
And with the added resolution you can even better scale it up.

[-] Deceptichum@kbin.social 4 points 9 months ago

Except it looks like shit compared to just getting a 1080 version.

[-] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

Really? That thing works? Like no pixelization?

[-] Alto@kbin.social 4 points 9 months ago

It's the same general thing as DLSS in games. Saying 720p > 4k upscaled is comparable to 1440p is pushing it a bit, but overall the tech's pretty impressive.

[-] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

Have no idea what DLSS is 😂, don't really play games (meeh, an oddball here and there, every 7, 8 years or so).

But I did read about this new tech Nvidia had and I thought it was just BS to be honest. Turns out it's not. Good for us. If it's that good, I guess it could be used to process old SD recordings to make them look at least 720p, which of course is a lot better than plan SD.

This could also come in handy when processing archived material in TV.

[-] Alto@kbin.social 3 points 9 months ago

Unfortunately the results of, say, 240p > 720p tend to be nowhere near as impressive as 720p > 1440p. Just not enough info for it to play with.

[-] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

That's OK, I actually need it for 576p beta capured videos, so no worries there 😉. Even if I get 720p out of them, that's more than enough IMO 😉.

EDIT: I found this.

https://github.com/AaronFeng753/Waifu2x-Extension-GUI

[-] Bizarroland@kbin.social 4 points 9 months ago

I've used my 3090 with Nvidia super resolution just watching old shit I downloaded back in the LimeWire days that for some reason I was still holding on to and the result is not perfect but it is pretty decent.

For instance I had a copy of chobits that was probably in hell 240i resolution or something, and with Nvidia super resolution it looks only vaguely indistinguishable from the 720p stuff you can stream online.

Of course, when you use Nvidia super resolution with the 720p stuff it looks stellar, so higher resolution by default wins over AI up resolution but it works in a pinch