Subj : Microsoft Edge will start letting you upscale crappy low-res vide
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Fri Mar 03 2023 20:15:03

Microsoft Edge will start letting you upscale crappy low-res videos online

Date:
Fri, 03 Mar 2023 20:06:43 +0000

Description:
Microsoft Edge's AI video upscaling tech is finally available to try out, 
with half of Canary users getting first dibs on the feature.

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Some Microsoft Edge Canary users will finally have access to a feature 
announced back in January during CES 2023. 

According to Neowin , that feature is called Video Super Resolution (VSR) and 
its an upscaler that uses AI tech from Microsoft Research to enhance video 
quality within the browser. Starting today, 50% of Microsoft Edge Canary 
users will have the chance to test out VSR. The feature works by removing 
block compression artifacts and upscaling the overall resolution onto various 
streaming platforms. 

This should be an incredibly useful feature since, according to Microsofts 
own data, one out of three videos in Edge is played at 480p or lower. Itll 
help out users with low network bandwidth or bad video quality. 

However, it does come with caveats. For instance, VSR requires a discrete 
graphics card from either Nvidia (RTX 20-series and newer) or AMD (RX 5700 
and newer). Microsoft stated it would drop an update to allow for automatic 
switching between iGPU and dGPU in the near future. You also cant use the 
feature on DRM-protected videos or when your laptop is unplugged. AI 
upscaling might be the future 

It seems AI upscaling may be the future of general video upscaling, as its 
very similar to one that Nvidia has been pushing as well. That one is called 
RTX Video Super Resolution that, according to a statement given to PC Gamer , 
would allow for resolutions beyond 1080p. It'll upscale video with a native 
resolution anywhere between 360p and 1440p, and it'll work with video up to 
144Hz frame rate. 

And it works for both Chrome and Edge browsers, which means that Chrome users 
arent left in the cold. However, this feature would require an RTX 
3000-series or 4000-series GPU, but in return, you can have videos upscaled 
to 4K resolution. 

Itll be interesting to see if any other browsers like Safari, Opera, or 
Mozilla will adopt their own upscaling tech, as well as AMD developing 
independent tech to compete with Nvidias.



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/news/microsoft-edge-will-start-letting-you-upscale-c
rappy-low-res-videos-online


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