▼ NEW

Updated RIFE AI models
⊡ RIFE AI model has been updated to version 4.17 (from version 4.13)
⊡ RIFE lite AI model has been updated to version 4.15 (from version 4.13)

Output path
⊡ Is now possible to select upscaled files path
⊡ Default value is "Same path as input file"

Multiple GPUs support
⊡ It's now possible to select up to 4 GPUs for AI acceleration
⊡ Based on the GPU index (visible in the Windows Task Manager)

Build system
⊡ Changed build system tools (now using Pyinstaller)
⊡ Using one-file mode (the build tool create only a single portable exe, instead of a folder)
⊡ This should fix the false-positive antivirus problem with Microsoft Defender and other antiviruses

▼ GUI
Load file widget
⊡ New design for loaded files
⊡ Bigger file icons and in line with the original file aspect-ratio
⊡ Multiline file informations

New widgets
⊡ Added "Output path" widget

Some changes
⊡ Added more information in several widgets

▼ BUGFIX / IMPROVEMENTS
Video improvements
⊡ Updated FFMPEG version to 7.0 (prevalently bugfixes and performance improvements)
⊡ The app will report the % progress when extracting video frames

Video encoding improvements
⊡ FFMPEG now uses the -ultrafast preset for video encoding
⊡ Improving the encoding speed by 30/40 %.

General improvements
⊡ Updated AI engine
⊡ Bug fixes, code cleaning, performance improvements
⊡ Updated dependencies

▼ VirusTotal
⊡ https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/efdebb962422598be6ccf4507e8a42de4e1f518e99f42e3ba9f392283bfed0cc?nocache=1

▼ NEW

New AI engine
⊡ 2x faster, up to 4x on powerful GPUs
⊡ Uses 50% less VRAM
⊡ More supported and frequently updated
⊡ Can utilize RAM to supplement GPU VRAM (not recommended for optimal performance)

FFMPEG 6.1.1
⊡ Updated FFMPEG to latest release 6.1.1 (from 4.2)
⊡ A long list of optimizations and bugfixes
⊡ Better support for newer cpus
⊡ Improved quality of generated videos

Multi GPU support
⊡ Is possible to choose between "High power GPU" and "Power Saving GPU" for AI frame-generation

▼ USER INTERFACE

GUI code reorganization
⊡ "Input resolution %" default value is now 50%
⊡ Re-designed app widgets positioning for better usability

File section improvements
⊡ The app now display the AI input resolution
⊡ The app now display the frame-generated fps
⊡ Changing "AI frame generation" or "Input resolution %" value will dynamically update GUI values

▼ BUGFIX / IMPROVEMENTS

Video frame-generation improvements
⊡ Video frame-generation time estimation improved
⊡ Multi-threaded frame extraction (improved CPU usage)
⊡ Asynchronous frame saving (faster, avoids Windows Defender issues)

General improvements
⊡ Reduced app size by 50%
⊡ Bug fixes, code cleaning, performance improvements
⊡ Updated dependencies

▼ VirusTotal
⊡ https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/fea38ef5359d280ea8e56cb19211133511777bde41e0b1bd6fd73a4c01b42030/detection

◁ USER INTERFACE ▷

GUI code reorganization
⊡ Code cleaning and GUI fixes (fonts, buttons)
⊡ Added some function for future developments

Redesigned info and error widgets
⊡ now much more elegant and readable
⊡ added new informations for each widget
⊡ highlighted the default value for each widget

Some minor fixes
⊡ fixed Telegram button not working correctly
⊡ fixed GitHub button not working correctly

◁ BUGFIX / IMPROVEMENTS ▷

Slightly revised the way fluidified videos are saved
⊡ this solves some problems with reading fluidified videos

Generated video frames will be saved in a folder in the same location as original video
⊡ this makes easier to check quality of generated frames
⊡ in case of process stopped the folder will NOT be deleted
⊡ the folder will be deleted at the end of fluidified video creation
⊡ this improvement is part of the STOP&RESUME functionality (will be implemented in future)

Nuitka 2.0
⊡ Updated the build tool to version 2.0.2
⊡ Better overall stability of the whole app
⊡ Better RAM management

General improvements
⊡ General bugfixes and code cleaning
⊡ General performance improvements
⊡ Many micro optimizations
⊡ Updated dependencies

VirusTotal
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◁ NEXT BIG RELEASE ▷

New AI engine
⊡ The development of the new AI engine has begun
⊡ Is faster than the current AI engine
⊡ Is much more supported and is updated often
⊡ Has the option to use RAM memory in addition to the GPU VRAM
⊡ Requires much less disk space

• NEW

  • Updated RIFE AI model to version 4.13
    • better interpolation quality
  • Added a new RIFE_Lite AI model
    • high interpolation quality
    • 25 % faster than full RIFE model
    • 25 % less VRAM usage
    • suitable for low-end GPUs and high definition videos

• GUI / UI

  • Added widget to select AI model to use
  • Updated info texts, giving more information
  • Input Resolution % default value changed to 60%

• BUGFIX / IMPROVEMENTS

  • Fixed upscaled video incorrect colorspace
  • Completely revised how the app is built, using Nuitka (reducing antivirus false positive)
  • Redesigned how the app reports fluidify progress
  • Code cleaning and general bugfixes
  • General performance improvements
  • Updated dependencies

VirusTotal.
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• NEW

  • Updated RIFE AI model from 4.6 to 4.9
    • higher interpolation accuracy
    • lower VRAM memory consumption

• BUGFIX/IMPROVEMENTS

  • For AMD gpu users, I recommend upgrading to driver 23.11.1
    • which contains performance improvements for DirectML-based applications
  • Improvements for video processing
    • for .mp4 output is possibile to select the codec, x264 or x265
    • improved video bitrate from 4M (default value for ffmpeg) to 16M
    • in future will be the possibility to select the desired bitrate
  • Better support for file path names with special characters
  • General bugfixes
  • Code cleaning
  • Performance improvements
  • Updated dependencies

VirusTotal.
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• NEW

  • Added new option to save generated video frames (default is enabled)
  • Updated RIFE AI model from 3.0 to 4.6
    • higher interpolation accuracy
    • lower VRAM memory consumption

• GUI

  • Completely revised GUI, now cleaner and more elegant
  • Added new widget for info button and in case of error
  • The app will now report the remaining time to complete video fluidify
  • The app now reports the progress in % instead of the number of frames
  • Updated info texts and widget texts

• BUGFIX/IMPROVEMENTS

  • When the application is closed during fluidify now the process is stopped correctly
  • Drastically reduced CPU utilization by 90% without impacting upscale speed
  • Updated dependencies
  • General code cleaning and improvements

NEW

• Added 2 new options for AI-fluidity
  • x8 | 30fps -> 240fps
  • x8-slowmotion | slowmotion effect by a factor of 8

GUI

• The app will now report the index of the file that is being processed
• The app will now report the remaining time to complete the fluidifycation
• The app now reports the progress in % instead of the number of frames
• Removed itch.io button
• Updated some info texts

BUGFIXES/IMPROVEMENTS

• General performance improvements
• Removed unused dependencies
• Updated dependencies
• General code cleaning

Download here -> https://jangystudio.itch.io/fluidframesrife ❤

NEW

• Completely rewrote the frame resizing algorithm:
  • there is no more frame resizing phase, rather frames are resized during AI operations
  • this change allows to save time and disk space
• Added "Video output" widget that allows you to choose the extension of fluidified video:
  • .mp4 - produces well compressed and good quality video
  • .avi - produces very high quality video without compression

GUI

• Removed Mica effect (transparency) due to incompatibilities: often did not allow to select, zoom, and move the application window

IMPROVEMENTS

• Partially rewrote and cleaned up more than 50% of the code
• Updated all dependencies

Download here -> https://jangystudio.itch.io/fluidframesrife ❤

NEW

• The app will automatically set the CPU widget based on the cpu detected

GUI

• Added a telegram button that links back to:
  • a telegram channel to stay up-to-date on releases
  • a telegram group to discuss issues and possible improvements

BUGFIX & IMPROVEMENTS

• Fixed a problem with the framerate (fps) management of videos
• Added more information in logs (for developers)
• General bugfixes
• Updated dependencies
• Code cleaning and improvements

Download here -> https://jangystudio.itch.io/fluidframesrife ❤

GUI

• Changed dropdown menus font and color to conform the style to the rest of the app
• The info button has been integrated into the title of each widget
• Updated info texts of each widget

BUGFIXES & IMPROVEMENTS

• Optimized AI management:
  • now the AI processing will use the exact cpu number chosen via the "Cpu number" widget
• Automatically remove temp files when upscale finish, fails or stops
• Updated dependencies
• General code cleaning and performance improvements