FSRCNN-TensorFlow VS jaro

Fsrcnnx

For VLC I don't know, but with MPC-HC you can use madVR [0]. My preferred setup is mpv [1] with a few shaders [2] such as FSRCNNX [3] and Krig Bilateral.

[0]: https://madvr.com/

[1]: https://mpv.io/

[2]: https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/wiki/User-Scripts#user-sha...

[3]: https://github.com/igv/FSRCNN-TensorFlow/releases

https://github.com/igv/FSRCNN-TensorFlow/releases (in checkpoints_params.7z)

Both are IMO sharper and more accurate than ACNet.

FSRCNN-TensorFlow

Not sure if there is anything newer, but FSRCNNX is probably the highest quality, upscaling only, shader.

You can of course use other shaders like Nvidia's Image Scaling or the popular FSRCNN (not to be confused with AMD's FSR).

As for shaders...well, it depends on what ye are searching for. In general using shaders can be a tad overkill, but in any case I would recommend using FSRCNNX for upscaling, SSimDownscaler for downscaling, and KrigBilateral for chroma. DO NOTE, you will need a relatively powerful CPU (or GPU, depending on your config) to run “heavy” shaders.

These features are not unique to madVR, as mpv also has debanding and "AI" based upscaling, along with their compression removing variants.

LF. Has vi keybindings like ranger but faster and with async image preview. You may also need this or ranger's rifle as file opener

Another alternative to xdgopen is jaro. There is a config that overrides xdgopen system-wide and it can handle alternative programs inside and outside of terminal. It also has alternative openers selector, but i haven't tried it yet as probably it's better to use mimeopen --ask as it lists all possible openers, but jaro can use dmenu (or maybe even rofi) as selector outside terminal

If you use jellyfin jellyfin-mpv-shim lets you play streams in mpv without worrying about transcoding.

https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-mpv-shim

Other fun tricks

If you use jaro instead of xdg-open you can make video links automatically open in mpv while regular web links open in your browser of choice.

https://github.com/isamert/jaro

If you use elfeed its nice to watch video entries in mpv without a side trip to the browser. Stolen from Prot somewhere or other.

(defun prot/elfeed-mpv-dwim ()

Oh, and I'm dicking around with jaro as well. Mimi allegedly can do similar-ish stuff, but jaro specifically seems to make it pretty easy to open specific website URL's in a special application, so if I click on a youtube or tiktok or whatever video link that ends in a video file extension in Discord it'll just open up in mpv directly with a sponsorblock script. Trying to find a maintained Reddit client that can be passed URL's in a similar fashion, but not as much luck - it'd be cool, though.