I have some experience with both retro gaming video upscaling and general upscaling (older content from the 2000s and earlier).
The reason why it’s “fragmenting so hard” is that the author decided to go with 4K. I am guessing the resolution of the source video is at or below 640 x 480. With such a low resolution, you don’t want to go beyond x2 upscale (1280 x 960). But the author went with what seems like 3840 x 2880 which is not viable for a source resolution below 640 x 480.
Here is an upscale of the Caesar 3 intro that work pretty well (its relatively low resolution because the source resolution is very modest as Caesar 3 was released in 1998).
The video is fragmenting so hard, don’t know if I like the idea to use AI on such a classic
I have some experience with both retro gaming video upscaling and general upscaling (older content from the 2000s and earlier).
The reason why it’s “fragmenting so hard” is that the author decided to go with 4K. I am guessing the resolution of the source video is at or below 640 x 480. With such a low resolution, you don’t want to go beyond x2 upscale (1280 x 960). But the author went with what seems like 3840 x 2880 which is not viable for a source resolution below 640 x 480.
Here is an upscale of the Caesar 3 intro that work pretty well (its relatively low resolution because the source resolution is very modest as Caesar 3 was released in 1998).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwJVHbryKO0
/End nerdy rant