[FFmpeg-trac] #3404(avfilter:open): High quality magnification filter

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Sun Jun 1 00:07:39 CEST 2014


#3404: High quality magnification filter
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             Reporter:  wyatt8740    |                    Owner:  ubitux
                 Type:  enhancement  |                   Status:  open
             Priority:  wish         |                Component:  avfilter
              Version:  git-master   |               Resolution:
             Keywords:  hqx xbr      |               Blocked By:
             Blocking:               |  Reproduced by developer:  0
Analyzed by developer:  0            |
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Comment (by ubitux):

 So I've been working on hqx recently, and more specifically on hq2x to
 begin with. I'll try here to detail the progression of my understanding of
 that algorithm.

 hq2x will transform 1 pixel into 2x2 pixels.
 hq3x will transform 1 pixel into 3x3 pixels.
 hq4x will transform 1 pixel into 4x4 pixels.

 hq2x, hq3x and hq4x all use a 3x3 area around the current pixel to
 determine the interpolation to use.

 Attached is a (hopefully correct) representation of one of the 4 pixels to
 interpolate on hq2x: the top-left (others should be symmetrical). Note:
 for hq3x, the symmetry will probably be a bit tricky because the output is
 odd. And for hq4x, we will probably have to make a symmetry with 2x2
 pixels...

 So on that picture (hq2x/topleft):

 On the left (the 3x3 blocks with the blue gradients) is the chosen
 interpolation when one of the combination on the right is matched. More
 blue means a more important coefficient, more white means a less important
 coefficient. Center pixel is the current one.

 On the right is the list of all the different combinations triggering that
 interpolation. When a pixel is red it means there is a visual difference
 with the current pixel (center). When present, the green lines link 2
 pixels which must have a visual difference (in addition to all the other
 visual diff conditions represented in red).

 In various cases we can observe a common pattern in the combinations. For
 example for the first interpolation (which actually isn't, we just pick
 the current pixel), we can distinguish the same pattern with some
 "optional" differences. The representation could be improved to factorize
 these combinations and mark the optional diff in a different way.
 Unfortunately, it's not so easy to factorize because of cases like
 "exclusive optional differences", or "multiple optional differences only".

 It might be possible to also swap the representation, but I'm not sure if
 that would help.

 This picture is generated using https://github.com/ubitux/hqx. The
 repository will continue to evolve while I progress on this. The final
 goal being of course to try to determine the generic rules triggering
 these interpolation based on the combinations we observe here.

 (BTW, if anyone wants to help, feel free to contact me)

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