The latest version of VLC Media Player adds support for NVIDIA’s RTX Video Super Resolution technology for AI-enhanced video quality.
VLC brings super-resolution support for NVIDIA RTX video, bringing AI-enhanced video to everyone!
Along with the launch of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 graphics card, the Video Lan Organization announced that the latest version of VLC Media Player will add support for RTX Video Super Resolution. VLC is one of the most popular media players used on PCs today, and Video Super Resolution brings video and image clarity to everyone with a GPU that supports the RTX VSR feature. This is a big deal because
But let’s start with the basics. This technology combines software (AI algorithms) and hardware (RTX Tensor Cores) to enhance video clarity and sharpness. This technology started in Chromium browsers such as Google’s Chrome and Microsoft’s Edge and is now expanding to other applications. We’ve already seen the results of this technology within YouTube, where it’s a game-changer for upscaling low-quality images and adding more detail to high-definition videos running in FHD or 4K.
To enable NVIDIA RTX Video Super Resolution in VLC, simply enable the feature from NCP (NVIDIA Control Panel). You can set the RTX VSR level according to your preference.
RTX VSR offers different quality levels (1-4) to enhance your video. 1 is the lowest and 4 is the highest. Higher quality levels, such as 3 and 4, have the most dramatic improvements as VSR’s algorithms are more complex and require more GPU usage. Lower quality levels such as 1 and 2 require less work from the GPU, but still improve the video significantly. You can start using NVIDIA VSR today by visiting the VideoLAN webpage and downloading the latest version of VLC.
