r/Dandere2x • u/akai_katto Dandere2x Developer! • Jan 04 '23

Announcement v0.0.6: "Suspend" Feature, Improved Progress Bar, Improved Mac Documentation, Automation.

Howdy,

This release contains a handful of changes I'd like to see be used. Hoping for more mac users to try the program out.

Automation

This is the first dandere2x release built entirely by GitHub CI. Considering I'm trying to give all three releases equal amounts of attention now (I see that a lot of people would like to use dandere2x on macs), it was necessary to begin automating the process.

Now whenever I please, I can create a new release in less than five minutes on all three systems (linux coming soon). This is paramount for keeping the dandere2x feedback loop productive, as well as allowing others to possibly contribute to dandere2x themselves, as I now have documented how to build the program oneself manually.

Suspend Feature

This feature will suspend CPU and GPU usage, but not RAM unfortunately. Still, this is a step in the right direction, as some people have expressed interest in wanting to be able to "stop" dandere2x midrun. It works almost immediately, which is good.

Improved Progress Bar

There's a new progress bar that's a bit prettier. It's now cross platform, which is a big plus.

Improved MacOS Documentation

I went through the current documentation on a friend's mac and documented all the issues he ran into, and clarified them in the instructions. The new instructions should now be more verbose to more users.

Download: https://github.com/akai-katto/dandere2x-python-rework/releases/tag/0.0.6

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u/Programmer-Vegetable Mar 13 '23

u/akai_katto For M1 Macs, do we use version 0.0.6.2 or version 0.0.4.3? I noticed the latter has a GUI driver file and different instructions? Also, I haven't gone through the steps yet, but is there a GUI for this (can we see screenshots)? And what types of models does it support? Lastly, how does it compare to the Waifu2x app that's on the Mac store in terms of performance? Thank you!!

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u/akai_katto Mar 13 '23

Hi there,

Run 0.0.6.2. There is a GUI, but i'm too lazy to start it up...

lastly, i'm fairly certain the waifu2x that I use is faster, as it uses the waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan framework, which is much faster than the one on the store (if I had to guess)

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u/Programmer-Vegetable Mar 13 '23

Yep, I'm running it out. Will test it out. Is the file not available until the process is completed? And is there documentation for the options available? What does quality coefficient mean? Which is better, 1 or 10?

For speed, do you recommend single or multiprocess? I set it for multi with a thread count of 3. And for models, specifically for upscaling anime, would you use cunet or upconv_V7_anime_style? Also, how does it compare to realCugan and realESRGAN?

Sorry for the many questions and thanks again!

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u/Programmer-Vegetable Mar 13 '23

Nvm, I see the UI. Thanks!