26 Reply by narkohol

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cemaydnlar wrote:

So which model is the best for anime now ? I am currently using 4.25.

Xenocyde wrote:

Sorry, haven't watched anime in a while, so no idea. For movies I'd say 4.22V2 still has the fewest artifacts, but not sure about performance for higher refresh rates since I'm still stuck with 60 Hz screen. I feel like this year could be the year I'm finally upgrading to a 165 Hz TV, OLED or RGB miniLED, we'll see.

In my movie tests 4.22 Lite is the smoother one with less artifacts. 4.25 and 4.26 may have less artifacts sometimes, but are not as smooth.

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27 Reply by narkohol

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FooBar wrote:

Just to inform you that vs-rife has got major performance improvement in recent releases. Tested with the latest vs-mlrt (v15.8) and vs-rife (v5.6.0) on my low-end i5-13400F and 4060 Ti

Hmm...   is that vs-rife (v5.6.0) something to update in SVP?

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28 Reply by narkohol

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Chainik wrote:

At least NVOF is still here... I was in doubt because NVOF SDK was not updated since 2023, and that thing was just a techno-demo, not usable in a real life and again, was not updated for two years.
But the NVIDIA guy on their dev forums just replied: "Optical Flow is quite essential to Frame Generation so yes, OF is still supported."

Does SVP RIFE TensorRT use Optical Flow or is it only for the other modes?

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29 Reply by narkohol

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RickyAstle98 wrote:
dlr5668 wrote:

Does anyone have 50xx? It comes with new interpolation https://imgur.com/a/c7irsaU

According to NVIDIA descriptions, this is driver-based AI model delivers smoother gameplay by inferring an additional frame between two rendered frames on GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUs!

If thats not DLSS Multi Frame Generation at all, we have brand new driver-based interpolation now? What a shame, no FG for all RTX users!

For games without DLSS Frame Generation support, NVIDIA Smooth Motion is a new option for enhancing your experience! *NVIDIA

https://forums.guru3d.com/threads/nvidi … st-6303316

https://i.postimg.cc/Jh7NsVyr/image.png

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30 Reply by narkohol

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vs-mlrt has been updated to 15.8 at https://github.com/AmusementClub/vs-mlrt/releases/

Besides support for RTX 50-series, are there any improvements we can expect on current GPUs by using this new file?

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31 Reply by narkohol

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Chainik wrote:

> GPU acceleration automatically switches to 10 bits?

there's an option for this in SVP's menu

But is there no cpu + 10 bits?

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32 Reply by narkohol

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Chainik wrote:

frc.color.dither
0 - no dithering
1 - (default) ordered (avisynth) / random (vapoursynth)
2 - error diffusion

But that doesn't work when using 'No acceleration'. 'GPU acceleration' on the left vs 'No acceleration' on the right:

https://i.postimg.cc/bN0R20VH/image.png

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33 Reply by narkohol

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Chainik wrote:

yeah, 10 bit could be the reason
gpu + 10-bit vs. cpu + 8-bit
10-bit is twice more memory bandwidth intensive than 8-bit, and both 165 fps playback and RIFE are already bandwidth-bounded

Is there any way to do dithering to 8-bit so there is no banding?

MPC Video Rendering's 'Dithering' setting doesn't do anything when SVP is not using 10-bit and the banding is very noticeable...

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34 Reply by narkohol

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Same here with RIFE.

Using GPU acceleration (RTX 4080), with or without Optical Flow, there are dropped frames and stutter.

With 'No acceleration' there are no dropped frames or stutter...    but then there is banding in HDR sources because 10bit doesn't work...   *facepalm*

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35 Reply by narkohol

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Chainik wrote:

> Install VapourSynth R70

yeah, great! but why? big_smile

To pass time with placebos until you come up with a new real improvement? wink


Chainik wrote:

everyone following these guides must understand clearly that this will improve absolutely NOTHING

Wasn't so sure about that, but no harm in testing when reverting the change is as easy as copying back a 200MB folder...

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36 Reply by narkohol

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Drakko01 wrote:

I do too add to the request for the update!

If someone knows how do it manually, and can provide a step by step is also welcome too.

Backup the entire "c:\Program Files (x86)\Svp 4\mpv64\" in case something doesn't work.


Install VapourSynth R70 from https://github.com/vapoursynth/vapoursynth/releases

Copy all from %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\VapourSynth\core\ to "c:\Program Files (x86)\Svp 4\mpv64\"


Install Python 3.12 from https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/

Copy all from %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\Python\Python312\ to "c:\Program Files (x86)\Svp 4\mpv64\"


https://i.postimg.cc/VNzg8j36/image.png

Happy smooth new year to all. smile

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37 Reply by narkohol

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What are the chances to get this working in SVP? any idea about the GPU power needed?

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38 Reply by narkohol

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Chainik wrote:

num_streams comes from the RIFE profile
force_fp16 = True, tf32 = True, use_cuda_graph = True
come from helpers.py

What about 'Workspace'?

vsmlrt.py 'performance tuning' header says "increase workspace", but in helpers.py it is set to backend.workspace = None

https://i.postimg.cc/Dy3PQKX9/image.png

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39 Reply by narkohol

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dawkinscm wrote:
narkohol wrote:

Does changing these as suggested in vsmlrt.py make sense for RTX 40XX gpus?

https://i.postimg.cc/505Pf7zr/image.png

If yes...    which numbers are recommended for 'Streams' and 'Workspace'?

any other recommendations for the other parameters?

What changes?

Those specified in that header as 'basic performance tuning':

        set fp16 = True (on RTX GPUs)
        increase num_streams
        increase workspace
        set use_cuda_graph = True
       

That by default are:

        fp16: bool = False
        num_streams: int = 1
        workspace: typing.Optional[int] = None
        use_cuda_graph: bool = False

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40 Reply by narkohol

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Does changing these as suggested in vsmlrt.py make sense for RTX 40XX gpus?

https://i.postimg.cc/505Pf7zr/image.png

If yes...    which numbers are recommended for 'Streams' and 'Workspace'?

any other recommendations for the other parameters?

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41 Reply by narkohol

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RickyAstle98 wrote:

Something weird happens, did 1080p test now, 6 delayed frames, then tried 1440p test, got 16 delayed frames!
Man, I used 4.25 heavy, thats model twice heavier than 4.6 (by performance)!

What's your GPU model? Nvidia drivers version and Windows version?

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42 Reply by narkohol

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RickyAstle98 wrote:

Only 2 delayed frames for 24 seconds with VSync jitter always sit under 0.200 (59.940Hz display mode / GSync off)
Only 5 delayed frames for 24 seconds with VSync jitter always sit under 0.320 (60Hz display mode / GSync off)

Ahhh...   now I see what it's happening here.

https://i.postimg.cc/MpRK7xy9/image.png

I am talking about 1440p output. 720p or 1080p are also fine here. This was with Model 4.22_lite v2, I think:

https://i.postimg.cc/T3r5VcpR/image.png

but 1440p:
https://i.postimg.cc/CK7ZtLGX/image.png

So, nowhere near maxing the GPU % usage, but very noticeable stuttering/hitching/dropped/delayed frames.


This is with Model 4.6, much lower GPU % usage, not even 50%, but still a lot of stuttering/hitching/dropped/delayed frames:
https://i.postimg.cc/T3QwR216/image.png

I don't get why it doesn't work smoothly for 1440p, when it's not using even 50% of the GPU.
And going back to 1080p resolution in 2024 is just too big of a sacrifice. The trade-off of resolution/smoothness at 1080p doesn't pay off...

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43 Reply by narkohol

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RickyAstle98 wrote:

I have smooth 60FPS playback!

Default SVP settings and RIFE engine, mpv player...

You mean 'default' with no scaling at all and no special settings in MPV??

MPV doesn't count Dropped frames properly. Even when you have a stutter fest playback it always says 'Dropped Frames: 0 (decoder) 0 (output)'

I had to use   --hr-seek-framedrop=no --framedrop=no --video-sync=display-tempo    to display 'Delayed' frames, and then:

https://i.postimg.cc/T3QwR216/image.png

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44 Reply by narkohol

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RickyAstle98 wrote:

One more thing, the video has some bad frames, trees sequence, with/without RIFE and with/without GSync with/without 60Hz mode and with/without scaling methods!
The skip/delay/mismatch frames happens from scaling methods also (when you downscaling/upscaling the source footage)!

It plays smooth with DmitriRender... 
Even at 4K 120fps

https://i.postimg.cc/vmGW60pS/image.png

RickyAstle98 wrote:

I have smooth 60FPS playback!

With which SVP settings and which player/video decoder and video renderer settings?

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45 Reply by narkohol

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I don't know why, but after trying a crap ton of different options and combinations I can’t get SVP RIFE to do smooth 60fps playback.
There are always some microstutters/hitching and Dropped/Skipped/Delayed frames when I use SVP with RIFE, even with low CPU and GPU % usages (I'm using scaling to QHD 1440p and black bars on a RTX4080 and Ryzen 5950x).
If I disable SVP there are no Dropped/Skipped/Delayed frames or stutters/hitching.

I tried MPV, PotPlayer, MPC-BE, VLC with all available video renderers and video decoders in each one, and  the same happens in all of them.

All that I tried in detail here: https://www.svp-team.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=85781

TL;DR Can any of you play this file ( 30 seconds long dolly from Unbelievable 2160p DV HDR ) at 60fps perfectly fine with no Dropped/Skipped/Delayed frames and no visible hitches/stutters?

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46 Reply by narkohol

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Chainik wrote:

>Why does just one random core hit max usage, while other cores are totally unused?

because some (unknown) part of the computation chain is single-threaded

Ok, I found out the thing that was maxing out one core is RTSS frame limiting when using async active:
https://i.postimg.cc/DZzkMCfr/image.png

Using passive or Front Sync, Back Sync or Nvidia Reflex does not max one core...    but has a lot of stuttering.

So, the only thing that fixes the stuttering ends up maxing one cpu core...   and causing also stuttering.

https://i1.sndcdn.com/avatars-000239046698-mlhic7-t240x240.jpg

This is so utterly frustrating...


But the main thing is...   can you play this file ( 30 seconds long dolly from Unbelievable 2160p DV HDR  ) at 60fps perfectly fine with no Dropped/Skipped/Delayed frames and no visible hitches/stutters?

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47 Reply by narkohol

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Chainik wrote:

> Thoughts

Single-core CPU performance is also important for RIFE big_smile in fact, everything is important for RIFE.

Can you elaborate on what that means in relation to the issue?

Why does just one random core hit max usage, while other cores are totally unused?

I tried using BES ( https://mion.yosei.fi/BES/ ) to prevent that random core to reach max usage but it  introduces more constant stuttering.

Any suggestion for a solution?

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48 Reply by narkohol

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So, best detection so far is using RTSS. Here the framegraph limits are min 16.5 and max 17ms, so any minor stutter can be clearly seen.
But even frame limiting a bit under the refresh rate and with a perfectly flat framegraph...    there are still visible microstutters.

https://i.postimg.cc/CxSghk8R/image.png

The more suspicious thing I found is that no matter the settings, just one cpu core always ends up with max usage:

https://i.postimg.cc/Twm75HMf/image.png
https://i.postimg.cc/rsDp9WjV/image.png

It's always just 1 core, not the same one each time, and happens with both SMT off or on:

https://i.postimg.cc/xdjNzXwC/image.png
https://i.postimg.cc/Y2LGYKs1/image.png

Same happens with MPV/SMplayer and MPC-BE, with any video decoder and any video renderer...

Chainik wrote:

Thoughts/suggestions?

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49 Reply by narkohol

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flowreen91 wrote:

Only solution would be to upgrade your system until it massively outperforms the video player requirements... or resize to 480p instead xD

Can't wait to burn $3000 on a 5090 to maybe be able to play 1440p60 videos without stutter using 25% of the GPU power...

https://www.icegif.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/facepalm-icegif-3.gif

Jokes aside...  did more tests and although not perfect, PotPlayer runs smoother for me than MPV (SMPlayer) with either EVR Custom Present and these settings:
https://i.postimg.cc/50RCLcZG/image.png

or MPCVR with these settings:
https://i.postimg.cc/Dzf6cTMy/image.png

Besides the 30 seconds long dolly from Unbelievable 2160p DV HDR I posted before, the other best testing video file I have is a 30 seconds panning intro from Top Boy 1080p SDR (8MB)

Using those files on 'Repeat' is easy to catch any stuttering and Dropped/Skipped/Delayed frames by eye (sometimes they're not reported in stats/info).

It seems to me that maybe this problem is related to a bad handling of multithreading, because the lower number of threads I use in the video decoder (either LAV or MPC) and SVP seem to show better results, with less stutters or Dropped/Skipped/Delayed frames. But for 2160p content is impossible to go single threading, the lowest I can go is 2 or 3.

I'm doing more tests creating custom display modes with custom refresh rates in CRU , but so far no luck, still stuttering showing up.

Will keep testing and reporting any findings. Hope I'm not the only one interested in fixing this...

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50 Reply by narkohol

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Same happens with lower models like 4.0 or 4.6 with a GPU usage well below 50%...

https://i.postimg.cc/T3QwR216/image.png

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