I am having ffmpeg create pngs of every frame via batch file then using gpu accelerated waifu2x to upscale to 1080. Then another batch file to convert the unscaled pngs to x265. I've also been working on Futurama and Boondocks which I will also upload.

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Waifu2x Tutorial

Initial Setup

1. Download waifu2x-caffe https://github.com/lltcggie/waifu2x-caffe/releases and extract.
2. Download Nvidia Cuda Toolkit https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-toolkit and install.
3. Download Nvidia cuDNN (you will need to register an account to get this) https://developer.nvidia.com/cudnn and install, copy cudnn64_5.dll to Waifu2x-caffe folder.
4. Download a recent copy of ffmpeg.exe https://sourceforge.net/projects/ffmpeg4windows/ put this in the same folder as where you'll be working.

Episode Conversion

1. Extract each episode to an individual vob file, from DVDs or ISOs use DVD Decrypter in IFO mode. Depending on the source each episode may already be an individual VOB which can be copied directly.

2. Extract pngs of each frame of the episodes, here is some example batch files:
   Non-Cropped NTSC Source

   for %%a in (.vob) do ffmpeg.exe -i %%a -an -sws_flags spline -vf "pullup,fps=24000/1001,scale=720:540" %~dp0png\%%a_out_%%05d.png to crop source add this before scale= and adjust as needed 'crop=708:480:7:0'*

3. Convert audio to Opus (or other codec of your choice), depending on the order of the audio streams you will need to change the map number also if source is 5.1 I would suggest changing bitrate from 128000 to 224000:

   for %%a in (.vob) do ffmpeg.exe -i %%a -map 0:4 -acodec libopus -b:a 128000 "%%a.opus"
   for %%a in (.vob) do ffmpeg.exe -i %%a -map 0:5 -acodec libopus -b:a 80000 "%%a_commentary.opus"

4. Run waifu2x-caffe.exe, select folder with source pngs created in Step 2. Personally I use Denoise Level 2 and Magnify of 2x http://imgur.com/a/EE7pA

5. Output folder will contain the upscaled pngs, move each episodes pngs to it's own folder, move the audio files created in step 3 into this folder then use the following batch file to convert updating ep= to be the same as the start of the file names, if no commentary then remove the -i for that and the 3rd -map entry:

   SET ep=101
   ffmpeg.exe -framerate 24000/1001 -i %ep%.VOB_out_%%05d.png -i %ep%.VOB.opus -i %ep%.VOB_commentary.opus -map 0:v:0 -map 1:a:0 -map 2:a:0 -c:v libx265 -preset medium -crf 23 -pix_fmt yuv420p -c:a copy %ep%.mkv

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There is a waifu2x plugin for Avisynth, which is a video frameserver that uses scripts to edit/alter video. There is another plugin called nnedi3 that gives similar results. Unfortunately neither of these is GPU accelerated.

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I'm working on it, just takes awhile to make these - about 80 hours per season

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Season 2 episodes 1-7 are now in the above Mega link.

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I'll link /r/RemasteringATLA but it looks like they only have a torrent link now. I did see someone mention a Mega link, so it might be in there somewhere

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https://www.reddit.com/r/megalinks/comments/5j0my0/tv/

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+1

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I notice you've also got season 5 up there. Are you planning to add episode 10 when it's available?

Just wanted to check. I live on university network and can't torrent, so your 1080p uploads are a godsend lol

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you seriously rock man

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Thank you.

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Any progress on season 3?

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I absolutely second this. And the 80s Transformers, which I have just recently tracked down a VOB torrent of...

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https://www.reddit.com/r/megalinks/comments/5yjiid/tv_samuraijacks011080pdvdripwaifu2xx265kfv/df194gg/

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I used the movie source for the first 3 episodes as it has 5.1 sound unlike the season 1 DVDs so yes they are stitched together

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Yes the first couple of episodes are up now.

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From the original post link with the other episodes

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