Hey Mike, have you been able to compare Topaz AI to DVDFab's AI Enlarger? I'm trying to figure out if one is noticeably better than the other.
I already have Fab's AI Enlarger, and I'm trying to decide if Topaz AI is worth buying to use instead?
KidJoe
Hi KidJoe,
I haven't compared just the enlarger of DVDFab to enlarger of other.
I always also enhance to add bytes/grain/detail and adjust necessary parameters based on estimates that make the video extra nice.
DVDFab does not have the versatility/parameters and all the models you can use found in the other that you can use for different situations and video sources.
I particularly like the Proteus model for currently downloading movies/series and I do a manual spreadsheet averaging of 30 manual test analysis/settings at various points in the movie as my overall setting as the conversion parameters.
I'd sign up for a trial and compare the two maybe, but right now the other is having a problem with their authentication server for licensing.
If you're using a trial just to compare, the watermarks probably won't matter for comparison.
It's great to use with movies if you have a good video card, but seems to have some issues with RTX 30XX's series that they say they are addressing and testing in current beta.
I'm using the older 2.6.4 version right now that's been working great for nearly every 720p/sub 720p (540p/etc...) with enhancing/upscaling and lets me ignore current resolution problems.
I don't think new users can get 2.6.4 version since I squeaked in when they were just transitioning to totally newly re-written 3.0.x version in October.
The older version 2.6.4 was more inhouse programming and the new version 3.0.x's utilize Ffmpeg which a lot of people like due to some custom scripting they seem to be aware of - I'm not that involved with FFmpeg.
You can also run multiple incidences of enhancement/upscaling at the same time, I like to do 2 - cause that's a sweet spot for my configuration in order to run other apps/downloads etc. without any noticeable effects on apps and complete in reasonable timeframes.
I'd also consider the sound options you can currently get from different downloaders especially with this current environment of dealing with new DRM.
Sometimes it's worth getting both and using the video from one and the audio from the other.
Mike
