added anime4k instructions

fixing #180 bug2 attempt 2
fixing #180 bug2
2026-02-10 06:44:47 +08:00 · 2020-01-12 03:32:25 -05:00 · 2020-01-04 17:03:16 -05:00 · 2020-01-04 16:59:51 -05:00 · 2020-01-04 16:56:08 -05:00 · 2020-01-04 16:49:13 -05:00
20 changed files with 1089 additions and 709 deletions
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug-report.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug-report.md
@@ -11,10 +11,11 @@ assignees: K4YT3X

 |Module|Version|
 |-|-|
-|`video2x`||
-|`ffmpeg`||
+|`Video2X`||
+|`FFmpeg`||
 |`waifu2x-caffe`||
 |`waifu2x-converter-cpp`||
+|`waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan`||

 ## Symptom

--- a/1
+++ b/1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+video2x.org
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@

 ### Official Discussion Group (Telegram): https://t.me/video2x

-## Download Builds (beta)
+## Download Builds (Windows)

 You can go to the [releases page](https://github.com/k4yt3x/video2x/releases) to download the latest builds of `Video2X`. The exe files will require no Python or Python module installation.

-The **`full`** package provides all packages that will possibly be needed by `Video2X`, including `FFmpeg`, `waifu2x-caffe`, `waifu2x-converter-cpp`, and `waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan`. The config file (`video2x.json`) is also already configured for the environment. All you need to do is just to launch `video2x.exe`.
+The **`full`** package provides all packages that will possibly be needed by `Video2X`, including `FFmpeg`, `waifu2x-caffe`, `waifu2x-converter-cpp`, `waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan`, and `Anime4K`. The config file (`video2x.json`) is also already configured for the environment. All you need to do is just to launch `video2x.exe`.

 The **`light`** package provides only the most basic functions of `Video2X`. Only `video2x.exe`, `video2x_setup.exe` and `video2x.json` are included. To setup dependencies (e.g. `FFmpeg` and `Waifu2X`) automatically, simply launch `video2x_setup.exe`.

@@ -14,36 +14,39 @@ The **`light`** package provides only the most basic functions of `Video2X`. Onl

 Component names that are **bolded** can be automatically downloaded and configured with the `video2x_setup.py` script.

-1. Operating System: Windows
+1. Operating System: Windows / Linux
 2. AMD GPU / Nvidia GPU
 3. AMD GPU driver / Nvidia GPU driver / Nvidia CUDNN
 4. [**FFmpeg**](https://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds/)
-5. [**waifu2x-caffe**](https://github.com/lltcggie/waifu2x-caffe/releases) / [**waifu2x-converter-cpp**](https://github.com/DeadSix27/waifu2x-converter-cpp/releases) / [**waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan**](https://github.com/nihui/waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan)
+5. One of the following drivers
+   - [**waifu2x-caffe**](https://github.com/lltcggie/waifu2x-caffe/releases)
+   - [**waifu2x-converter-cpp**](https://github.com/DeadSix27/waifu2x-converter-cpp/releases)
+   - [**waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan**](https://github.com/nihui/waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan)
+   - [**Anime4K**](https://github.com/bloc97/Anime4K)

 ## Recent Changes

+### 3.0.0 (November 26, 2019)
+
+- Linux compatibility
+- Configuration file changed to YAML format
+  - You may still use a JSON-formatted config file. To do so, please specify `-c video2x.json`.
+- Other code clean-up and optimization
+
+### 2.10.0 (August 16, 2019)
+
+- **Added support for [Anime4K](https://github.com/bloc97/Anime4K)**
+
 ### 2.9.0 (July 27, 2019)

 - Changed file handling method from `os` to `pathlib`
 - Removed f_string dependency and support for legacy versions of Python
 - Organized file import statements

-### 2.8.1 (July 9, 2019)
+### Setup Script 1.6.0 (November 26, 2019)

- Added automatic pixel format detection
- Added automatic color bit depth detection
-
-### 2.8.0 (June 25, 2019)
-
- Added support for [waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan](https://github.com/nihui/waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan)
-
-### 2.7.1 (April 18, 2019)
-
- Fixed video2x custom temp folder bug found by @cr08 .
-
-### Setup Script 1.3.0 (June 25, 2019)
-
- Added automatic installation support for `waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan`
+- Added compatibility for new YAML configuration file
+- Added better exception handling

 ## Description

@@ -61,6 +64,8 @@ Clip is from trailer of animated movie "千と千尋の神隠し". Copyright bel

 ## Screenshot

+![video2x_gui](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/21986859/63219691-ee478400-c166-11e9-8c15-dcf59228bd96.png)
+
 ![screenshot](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/21986859/40265170-39c0caae-5b01-11e8-8371-8b6c24769639.png)

 ---
@@ -89,14 +94,18 @@ If you have any questions, first try visiting our [Q&A](https://github.com/k4yt3

 ### Prerequisites

- **Python 3**  
+- **Python 3**
 Download: https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/
- **FFmpeg Windows Build**  
-Download: https://ffmpeg.org/download.html  
- **waifu2x-caffe** (for Nvidia CUDA/CUDNN)  
+- **FFmpeg Windows Build**
+Download: https://ffmpeg.org/download.html
+- **waifu2x-caffe** (for Nvidia CUDA/CUDNN)
 Download: https://github.com/lltcggie/waifu2x-caffe/releases
- **waifu2x-converter-cpp** (required for AMD, OpenCL and OpenGL processing)  
+- **waifu2x-converter-cpp** (required for AMD, OpenCL and OpenGL processing)
 Download: https://github.com/DeadSix27/waifu2x-converter-cpp/releases
+- **waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan**
+Download: https://github.com/nihui/waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan/releases
+- **Anime4K**
+Download: https://github.com/bloc97/Anime4K/releases

 ### Installing Dependencies

@@ -144,7 +153,7 @@ Enlarge the video to 1920x1080 using CUDA. You may also use the `-r/--ratio` opt
 python video2x.py -i sample_input.mp4 -o sample_output.mp4 -m gpu --width=1920 --height=1080
 ```

-### Nvidia CNDNN
+### Nvidia CUDNN

 Enlarge the video to 1920x1080 using CUDNN. You may also use the `-r/--ratio` option.

@@ -166,9 +175,17 @@ python video2x.py -i sample_input.mp4 -o sample_output.mp4 -m gpu -r 2 -d waifu2
 python video2x.py -i sample_input.mp4 -o sample_output.mp4 -m gpu -r 2 -d waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan
 ```

+### Anime4K
+
+Enlarge the video by 2 times using Anime4K. **Remember to install and configure [JRE 12](https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/java-archive-javase12-5440181.html) path in the configuration file.**
+
+```shell
+python video2x.py -i sample_input.mp4 -o sample_output.mp4 -r 2 -d anime4k
+```
+
 ### CPU

-Enlarge the video to 1920x1080 using the CPU. You may also use the `-r/--ratio` option. This is potentially much slower than using a GPU. The configuration file for this method is similar to the previous methods.
+Enlarge the video to 1920x1080 using the CPU. You may also use the `-r/--ratio` option. **waifu2x-based upscalers potentially run much slower than using a GPU, but Anime4K is more CPU-dependant**. The configuration file for this method is similar to the previous methods.

 ```shell
 python video2x.py -i sample_input.mp4 -o sample_output.mp4 -m cpu --width=1920 --height=1080
@@ -231,7 +248,7 @@ https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt

 ![GPLv3 Icon](https://www.gnu.org/graphics/gplv3-127x51.png)

-(C) 2018-2019 K4YT3X
+(C) 2018-2020 K4YT3X

 ## Credits

@@ -241,6 +258,7 @@ This project relies on the following software and projects.
 - [waifu2x-caffe](https://github.com/lltcggie/waifu2x-caffe)
 - [waifu2x-converter-cpp](https://github.com/DeadSix27/waifu2x-converter-cpp)
 - [waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan](https://github.com/nihui/waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan)
+- [Anime4K](https://github.com/bloc97/Anime4K)

 ## Special Thanks

--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+theme: jekyll-theme-slate
--- a/bin/video2x_gui.py
+++ b/bin/video2x_gui.py
@@ -1,374 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-"""
-Name: Video2x GUI
-Author: K4YT3X
-Date Created: July 27, 2019
-Last Modified: July 27, 2019
-
-Description: GUI for Video2X
-"""
-
-# local imports
-from exceptions import *
-from upscaler import Upscaler
-
-# built-in imports
-from tkinter import *
-from tkinter import messagebox
-from tkinter import ttk
-from tkinter.filedialog import *
-import json
-import pathlib
-import tempfile
-import threading
-import time
-import tkinter as tk
-
-VERSION = '1.0.0'
-
-
-# global static variables
-
-AVAILABLE_METHODS = {'GPU': 'gpu',
-    'CUDNN': 'cudnn',
-    'CPU': 'cpu'
-}
-
-AVAILABLE_DRIVERS = {
-    'Waifu2X Caffe': 'waifu2x_caffe',
-    'Waifu2X Converter CPP': 'waifu2x_converter',
-    'Waifu2x NCNN Vulkan': 'waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan'
-}
-
-IMAGE_FORMATS = {'PNG', 'JPG'}
-
-
-class Video2xGui():
-
-    def __init__(self):
-
-        self.running = False
-
-        # create main window
-        self.main_window = Tk()
-        self.main_window.title('Video2X GUI')
-        self.main_frame = Frame()
-        self.main_frame.pack(fill=BOTH, expand=True)
-
-        # file frame
-        self.file_frame = Frame(self.main_frame)
-        self.file_frame.pack(fill=X, padx=5, pady=5, expand=True)
-
-        # input file
-        self.input_file = StringVar()
-        label_text = StringVar()
-        label_text.set('Input File')
-        Label(self.file_frame, textvariable=label_text, relief=RIDGE, width=10).grid(row=0, column=0, padx=5, pady=5, sticky=W)
-        Entry(self.file_frame, textvariable=self.input_file, width=60).grid(row=0, column=1, padx=5, pady=5, sticky=W)
-        Button(self.file_frame, text='Select', command=self._select_input).grid(row=0, column=2, padx=5, pady=5, sticky=W)
-
-        # output file
-        self.output_file = StringVar()
-        label_text = StringVar()
-        label_text.set('Output File')
-        Label(self.file_frame, textvariable=label_text, relief=RIDGE, width=10).grid(row=1, column=0, padx=5, pady=5, sticky=W)
-        Entry(self.file_frame, textvariable=self.output_file, width=60).grid(row=1, column=1, padx=5, pady=5, sticky=W)
-        Button(self.file_frame, text='Select', command=self._select_output).grid(row=1, column=2, padx=5, pady=5, sticky=W)
-
-        # options
-        self.options_frame = Frame()
-        # self.options_left.pack(fill=X, padx=5, pady=5, expand=True)
-        self.options_frame.pack(fill=X, padx=5, pady=5, expand=True)
-
-        self.options_left = Frame(self.options_frame)
-        # self.options_left.pack(fill=X, padx=5, pady=5, expand=True)
-        self.options_left.grid(row=0, column=0, padx=5, pady=5, sticky=N)
-
-        # width
-        self.width = IntVar()
-        # self.width.set(1920)
-        Label(self.options_left, text='Width', relief=RIDGE, width=15).grid(row=0, column=0, padx=2, pady=3)
-        width_field = Entry(self.options_left, textvariable=self.width)
-        width_field.grid(row=0, column=1, padx=2, pady=3, sticky=W)
-
-        # height
-        self.height = IntVar()
-        # self.height.set(1080)
-        Label(self.options_left, text='Height', relief=RIDGE, width=15).grid(row=1, column=0, padx=2, pady=3)
-        height_field = Entry(self.options_left, textvariable=self.height)
-        height_field.grid(row=1, column=1, padx=2, pady=3, sticky=W)
-
-        # scale ratio
-        self.scale_ratio = DoubleVar()
-        # self.scale_ratio.set(2.0)
-        Label(self.options_left, text='Scale Ratio', relief=RIDGE, width=15).grid(row=2, column=0, padx=2, pady=3)
-        scale_ratio_field = Entry(self.options_left, textvariable=self.scale_ratio)
-        scale_ratio_field.grid(row=2, column=1, padx=2, pady=3, sticky=W)
-
-        # image format
-        self.image_format = StringVar(self.options_left)
-        self.image_format.set('PNG')
-        Label(self.options_left, text='Image Format', relief=RIDGE, width=15).grid(row=3, column=0, padx=2, pady=3)
-        image_format_menu = OptionMenu(self.options_left, self.image_format, *IMAGE_FORMATS)
-        image_format_menu.grid(row=3, column=1, padx=2, pady=3, sticky=W)
-
-        # options
-        self.options_right = Frame(self.options_frame)
-        # self.options_left.pack(fill=X, padx=5, pady=5, expand=True)
-        self.options_right.grid(row=0, column=1, padx=5, pady=5, sticky=N)
-
-        # threads
-        self.threads = IntVar()
-        self.threads.set(1)
-        Label(self.options_right, text='Threads', relief=RIDGE, width=15).grid(row=0, column=0, padx=2, pady=3)
-        threads_field = Entry(self.options_right, textvariable=self.threads)
-        threads_field.grid(row=0, column=1, padx=2, pady=3, sticky=W)
-
-        # method
-        self.method = StringVar(self.options_left)
-        self.method.set('GPU')
-        Label(self.options_right, text='Method', relief=RIDGE, width=15).grid(row=1, column=0, padx=2, pady=3)
-        method_menu = OptionMenu(self.options_right, self.method, *AVAILABLE_METHODS)
-        method_menu.grid(row=1, column=1, padx=2, pady=3, sticky=W)
-
-        # driver
-        self.driver = StringVar(self.options_left)
-        self.driver.set('Waifu2X Caffe')
-        Label(self.options_right, text='Driver', relief=RIDGE, width=15).grid(row=2, column=0, padx=2, pady=3)
-        driver_menu = OptionMenu(self.options_right, self.driver, *AVAILABLE_DRIVERS)
-        driver_menu.grid(row=2, column=1, padx=2, pady=3, sticky=W)
-
-        # preserve frames
-        self.preserve_frames = BooleanVar(self.options_left)
-        self.preserve_frames.set(True)
-        Label(self.options_right, text='Preserve Frames', relief=RIDGE, width=15).grid(row=3, column=0, padx=2, pady=3)
-        preserve_frames_menu = OptionMenu(self.options_right, self.preserve_frames, *{True, False})
-        preserve_frames_menu.grid(row=3, column=1, padx=2, pady=3, sticky=W)
-
-        # progress bar
-        self.progress_bar_frame = Frame()
-        self.progress_bar_frame.pack(fill=X, padx=5, pady=5, expand=True)
-
-        self.progress_bar = ttk.Progressbar(self.progress_bar_frame, orient='horizontal', length=100, mode='determinate')
-        self.progress_bar.pack(fill=X)
-
-        # start button frame
-        self.start_frame = Frame()
-        self.start_frame.pack(fill=X, padx=5, pady=5, expand=True)
-
-        # start button
-        self.start_button_text = StringVar()
-        self.start_button_text.set('Start')
-        Button(self.start_frame, textvariable=self.start_button_text, command=self._launch_upscaling, width=20).pack(side=RIGHT)
-
-        self.main_frame.mainloop()
-    
-    def _launch_upscaling(self):
-
-        # prevent launching multiple instances
-        if self.running:
-            messagebox.showerror('Error', 'Video2X is already running')
-            return
-
-        # arguments sanity check
-        if self.input_file.get() == '':
-            messagebox.showerror('Error', 'You must specify input video file/directory path')
-            return
-        if self.output_file.get() == '':
-            messagebox.showerror('Error', 'You must specify output video file/directory path')
-            return
-        if (self.driver.get() == 'waifu2x_converter' or self.driver.get() == 'waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan') and self.width.get() and self.height.get():
-            messagebox.showerror('Error', 'Waifu2x Converter CPP/NCNN accepts only scaling ratio')
-            return
-        if self.driver.get() == 'waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan' and (self.scale_ratio.get() > 2 or not self.scale_ratio.get().is_integer()):
-            messagebox.showerror('Error', 'Scaling ratio must be 1 or 2 for waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan')
-            return
-        if (self.width.get() or self.height.get()) and self.scale_ratio.get():
-            messagebox.showerror('Error', 'You can only specify either scaling ratio or output width and height')
-            return
-        if (self.width.get() and not self.height.get()) or (not self.width.get() and self.height.get()):
-            messagebox.showerror('Error', 'You must specify both width and height')
-            return
-        if (not self.width.get() or not self.height.get()) and not self.scale_ratio.get():
-            messagebox.showerror('Error', 'You must specify either output dimensions or scaling ratio')
-            return
-
-        upscale = threading.Thread(target=self._upscale)
-        upscale.start()
-        self.running = True
-        self.start_button_text.set('Running')
-
-    def _upscale(self):
-
-        # read configuration file
-        config = read_config('video2x.json')
-        config = absolutify_paths(config)
-
-        input_file = pathlib.Path(self.input_file.get())
-        output_file = pathlib.Path(self.output_file.get())
-        driver = AVAILABLE_DRIVERS[self.driver.get()]
-
-        if driver == 'waifu2x_caffe':
-            waifu2x_settings = config['waifu2x_caffe']
-            if not pathlib.Path(waifu2x_settings['waifu2x_caffe_path']).is_file():
-                messagebox.showerror('Error', 'Specified waifu2x-caffe directory doesn\'t exist\nPlease check the configuration file settings')
-                raise FileNotFoundError(waifu2x_settings['waifu2x_caffe_path'])
-        elif driver == 'waifu2x_converter':
-            waifu2x_settings = config['waifu2x_converter']
-            if not pathlib.Path(waifu2x_settings['waifu2x_converter_path']).is_dir():
-                messagebox.showerror('Error', 'Specified waifu2x-converter-cpp directory doesn\'t exist\nPlease check the configuration file settings')
-        elif driver == 'waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan':
-            waifu2x_settings = config['waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan']
-            if not pathlib.Path(waifu2x_settings['waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan_path']).is_file():
-                messagebox.showerror('Error', 'Specified waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan directory doesn\'t exist\nPlease check the configuration file settings')
-                raise FileNotFoundError(waifu2x_settings['waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan_path'])
-
-        # read FFmpeg configuration
-        ffmpeg_settings = config['ffmpeg']
-        # load video2x settings
-        image_format = config['video2x']['image_format'].lower()
-        preserve_frames = config['video2x']['preserve_frames']
-
-        # load cache directory
-        if isinstance(config['video2x']['video2x_cache_directory'], str):
-            video2x_cache_directory = pathlib.Path(config['video2x']['video2x_cache_directory'])
-        else:
-            video2x_cache_directory = pathlib.Path(tempfile.gettempdir()) / 'video2x'
-
-        if video2x_cache_directory.exists() and not video2x_cache_directory.is_dir():
-            messagebox.showerror('Error', 'Specified cache directory is a file/link')
-            raise FileExistsError('Specified cache directory is a file/link')
-
-        elif not video2x_cache_directory.exists():
-            # try creating the cache directory
-            if messagebox.askyesno('Question', f'Specified cache directory {video2x_cache_directory} does not exist\nCreate directory?'):
-                try:
-                    video2x_cache_directory.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-
-                # there can be a number of exceptions here
-                # PermissionError, FileExistsError, etc.
-                # therefore, we put a catch-them-all here
-                except Exception as e:
-                    messagebox.showerror('Error', f'Unable to create {video2x_cache_directory}\nAborting...')
-                    raise e
-            else:
-                raise FileNotFoundError('Could not create cache directory')
-
-        # load more settings from gui
-        width = self.width.get()
-        height = self.height.get()
-        scale_ratio = self.scale_ratio.get()
-        image_format = self.image_format.get()
-        threads = self.threads.get()
-        method = AVAILABLE_METHODS[self.method.get()]
-        preserve_frames = self.preserve_frames.get()
-
-        self.upscaler = Upscaler(input_video=input_file, output_video=output_file, method=method, waifu2x_settings=waifu2x_settings, ffmpeg_settings=ffmpeg_settings)
-
-        # set optional options
-        self.upscaler.waifu2x_driver = driver
-        self.upscaler.scale_width = width
-        self.upscaler.scale_height = height
-        self.upscaler.scale_ratio = scale_ratio
-        self.upscaler.model_dir = None
-        self.upscaler.threads = threads
-        self.upscaler.video2x_cache_directory = video2x_cache_directory
-        self.upscaler.image_format = image_format
-        self.upscaler.preserve_frames = preserve_frames
-
-        # run upscaler
-        self.upscaler.create_temp_directories()
-
-        # start progress bar
-        progress_bar = threading.Thread(target=self._progress_bar)
-        progress_bar.start()
-
-        # start upscaling
-        self.upscaler.run()
-        self.upscaler.cleanup_temp_directories()
-
-        # show message when upscaling completes
-        messagebox.showinfo('Info', 'Upscaling Completed')
-        self.progress_bar['value'] = 100
-        self.running = False
-        self.start_button_text.set('Start')
-
-
-    def _progress_bar(self):
-        """ This method prints a progress bar
-
-        This method prints a progress bar by keeping track
-        of the amount of frames in the input directory
-        and the output directory. This is originally
-        suggested by @ArmandBernard.
-        """
-        # initialize variables early
-        self.upscaler.progress_bar_exit_signal = False
-        self.upscaler.total_frames_upscaled = 0
-        self.upscaler.total_frames = 1
-
-        # initialize progress bar values
-        self.progress_bar['value'] = 0
-
-        while not self.upscaler.progress_bar_exit_signal:
-            self.progress_bar['value'] = int(100 * self.upscaler.total_frames_upscaled / self.upscaler.total_frames)
-            time.sleep(1)
-
-    def _select_input(self):
-        self.input_file.set(askopenfilename(title='Select Input File'))
-        self.output_file.set(f'{self.input_file.get()}_output.mp4')
-
-    def _select_output(self):
-        self.output_file.set(asksaveasfilename(title='Select Output File'))
-
-
-def read_config(config_file):
-    """ Reads configuration file
-
-    Returns a dictionary read by JSON.
-    """
-    with open(config_file, 'r') as raw_config:
-        config = json.load(raw_config)
-        return config
-
-
-def absolutify_paths(config):
-    """ Check to see if paths to binaries are absolute
-
-    This function checks if paths to binary files are absolute.
-    If not, then absolutify the path.
-
-    Arguments:
-        config {dict} -- configuration file dictionary
-
-    Returns:
-        dict -- configuration file dictionary
-    """
-    current_directory = pathlib.Path(sys.argv[0]).parent.absolute()
-
-    # check waifu2x-caffe path
-    if not re.match('^[a-z]:', config['waifu2x_caffe']['waifu2x_caffe_path'], re.IGNORECASE):
-        config['waifu2x_caffe']['waifu2x_caffe_path'] = current_directory / config['waifu2x_caffe']['waifu2x_caffe_path']
-
-    # check waifu2x-converter-cpp path
-    if not re.match('^[a-z]:', config['waifu2x_converter']['waifu2x_converter_path'], re.IGNORECASE):
-        config['waifu2x_converter']['waifu2x_converter_path'] = current_directory / config['waifu2x_converter']['waifu2x_converter_path']
-
-    # check waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan path
-    if not re.match('^[a-z]:', config['waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan']['waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan_path'], re.IGNORECASE):
-        config['waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan']['waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan_path'] = current_directory / config['waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan']['waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan_path']
-
-    # check ffmpeg path
-    if not re.match('^[a-z]:', config['ffmpeg']['ffmpeg_path'], re.IGNORECASE):
-        config['ffmpeg']['ffmpeg_path'] = current_directory / config['ffmpeg']['ffmpeg_path']
-
-    # check video2x cache path
-    if config['video2x']['video2x_cache_directory']:
-        if not re.match('^[a-z]:', config['video2x']['video2x_cache_directory'], re.IGNORECASE):
-            config['video2x']['video2x_cache_directory'] = current_directory / config['video2x']['video2x_cache_directory']
-
-    return config
-
-
-video2x_gui = Video2xGui()
--- a/bin/waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan.py
+++ b/bin/waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan.py
@@ -1,112 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-"""
-Name: Waifu2x NCNN Vulkan Driver
-Author: SAT3LL
-Date Created: June 26, 2019
-Last Modified: July 27, 2019
-
-Dev: K4YT3X
-
-Description: This class is a high-level wrapper
-for waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan.
-"""
-
-# built-in imports
-import os
-import subprocess
-import threading
-
-# third-party imports
-from avalon_framework import Avalon
-
-
-class Waifu2xNcnnVulkan:
-    """This class communicates with waifu2x ncnn vulkan engine
-
-    An object will be created for this class, containing information
-    about the binary address and the processing method. When being called
-    by the main program, other detailed information will be passed to
-    the upscale function.
-    """
-
-    def __init__(self, waifu2x_settings):
-        self.waifu2x_settings = waifu2x_settings
-
-        # arguments passed through command line overwrites config file values
-
-        # waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan can't find its own model directory if its not in the current dir
-        #   so change to it
-        os.chdir(os.path.join(self.waifu2x_settings['waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan_path'], '..'))
-
-        self.print_lock = threading.Lock()
-
-    def upscale(self, input_directory, output_directory, scale_ratio, upscaler_exceptions):
-        """This is the core function for WAIFU2X class
-
-        Arguments:
-            input_directory {string} -- source directory path
-            output_directory {string} -- output directory path
-            ratio {int} -- output video ratio
-        """
-
-        try:
-            # overwrite config file settings
-            self.waifu2x_settings['input'] = input_directory
-            self.waifu2x_settings['output'] = output_directory
-
-            # print thread start message
-            self.print_lock.acquire()
-            Avalon.debug_info(f'[upscaler] Thread {threading.current_thread().name} started')
-            self.print_lock.release()
-
-            # waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan does not have long-opts, we'll have a dictionary that maps "our" config long-opt
-            # names to their short opts
-            waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan_opt_flag = {
-                'input': '-i',
-                'output': '-o',
-                'noise-level': '-n',
-                'scale-ratio': '-s',
-                'tile-size': '-t',
-                'model-path': '-m',
-                'gpu': '-g',
-                'load-proc-save_threads': '-j',
-                'verbose': '-v'
-            }
-
-            execute = [self.waifu2x_settings['waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan_path']]
-            for key in self.waifu2x_settings.keys():
-                value = self.waifu2x_settings[key]
-                if key == 'waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan_path':
-                    continue
-                elif key == 'input':
-                    execute.append(waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan_opt_flag[key])
-                    execute.append(input_directory)
-                elif key == 'output':
-                    execute.append(waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan_opt_flag[key])
-                    execute.append(output_directory)
-                elif key == 'scale-ratio':
-                    execute.append(waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan_opt_flag[key])
-                    # waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan does not accept an arbitrary scale ratio, max is 2
-                    if scale_ratio == 1:
-                        execute.append('1')
-                    else:
-                        execute.append('2')
-                # allow upper if cases to take precedence
-                elif value is None or value is False:
-                    continue
-                else:
-                    execute.append(waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan_opt_flag[key])
-                    execute.append(str(value))
-
-            Avalon.debug_info(f'Executing: {execute}')
-            subprocess.run(execute, check=True, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL)
-
-            # print thread exiting message
-            self.print_lock.acquire()
-            Avalon.debug_info(f'[upscaler] Thread {threading.current_thread().name} exiting')
-            self.print_lock.release()
-
-            return 0
-        except Exception as e:
-            upscaler_exceptions.append(e)
--- a/src/anime4k.py
+++ b/src/anime4k.py
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
+Name: Anime4K Driver
+Author: K4YT3X
+Date Created: August 15, 2019
+Last Modified: November 15, 2019
+
+Description: This class is a high-level wrapper
+for Anime4k.
+"""
+
+# built-in imports
+import subprocess
+import threading
+
+# third-party imports
+from avalon_framework import Avalon
+
+
+class Anime4k:
+    """This class communicates with Anime4K engine
+
+    An object will be created for this class, containing information
+    about the binary address and the processing method. When being called
+    by the main program, other detailed information will be passed to
+    the upscale function.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, driver_settings):
+        self.driver_settings = driver_settings
+        self.print_lock = threading.Lock()
+
+    def upscale(self, input_directory, output_directory, scale_ratio, upscaler_exceptions, push_strength=None, push_grad_strength=None):
+        """ Anime4K wrapper
+
+        Arguments:
+            file_in {string} -- input file path
+            file_out {string} -- output file path
+
+        Keyword Arguments:
+            scale {int} -- scale ratio (default: {None})
+            push_strength {int} -- residual push strength (default: {None})
+            push_grad_strength {int} -- residual gradient push strength (default: {None})
+
+        Returns:
+            subprocess.Popen.returncode -- command line return value of execution
+        """
+        try:
+            # return value is the sum of all execution return codes
+            return_value = 0
+
+            # get a list lof all image files in input_directory
+            extracted_frame_files = [f for f in input_directory.iterdir() if str(f).lower().endswith('.png') or str(f).lower().endswith('.jpg')]
+
+            # upscale each image in input_directory
+            for image in extracted_frame_files:
+
+                execute = [
+                    self.driver_settings['java_path'],
+                    '-jar',
+                    self.driver_settings['path'],
+                    str(image.absolute()),
+                    str(output_directory / image.name),
+                    str(scale_ratio)
+                ]
+
+                # optional arguments
+                kwargs = [
+                    'push_strength',
+                    'push_grad_strength'
+                ]
+
+                # if optional argument specified, append value to execution list
+                for arg in kwargs:
+                    if locals()[arg] is not None:
+                        execute.extend([locals([arg])])
+
+                self.print_lock.acquire()
+                Avalon.debug_info(f'Executing: {execute}', )
+                self.print_lock.release()
+                return_value += subprocess.run(execute, check=True).returncode
+
+            # print thread exiting message
+            self.print_lock.acquire()
+            Avalon.debug_info(f'[upscaler] Thread {threading.current_thread().name} exiting')
+            self.print_lock.release()
+
+            # return command execution return code
+            return return_value
+        except Exception as e:
+            upscaler_exceptions.append(e)
--- a/src/exceptions.py
+++ b/src/exceptions.py
--- a/src/ffmpeg.py
+++ b/src/ffmpeg.py
@@ -4,14 +4,13 @@
 Name: Video2X FFmpeg Controller
 Author: K4YT3X
 Date Created: Feb 24, 2018
-Last Modified: July 27, 2019
+Last Modified: November 15, 2019

 Description: This class handles all FFmpeg related operations.
 """

 # built-in imports
 import json
-import os
 import pathlib
 import subprocess

@@ -31,8 +30,8 @@ class Ffmpeg:
        self.ffmpeg_settings = ffmpeg_settings

        self.ffmpeg_path = pathlib.Path(self.ffmpeg_settings['ffmpeg_path'])
-        self.ffmpeg_binary = self.ffmpeg_path / 'ffmpeg.exe'
-        self.ffmpeg_probe_binary = self.ffmpeg_path / 'ffprobe.exe'
+        self.ffmpeg_binary = self.ffmpeg_path / 'ffmpeg'
+        self.ffmpeg_probe_binary = self.ffmpeg_path / 'ffprobe'
        self.image_format = image_format
        self.pixel_format = None

@@ -68,7 +67,7 @@ class Ffmpeg:
                pass

        # print pixel formats for debugging
-        Avalon.debug_info(pixel_formats)
+        Avalon.debug_info(str(pixel_formats))

        return pixel_formats

@@ -119,6 +118,8 @@ class Ffmpeg:
            self.ffmpeg_binary
        ]

+        execute.extend(self._read_configuration(phase='video_to_frames'))
+
        execute.extend([
            '-i',
            input_video
@@ -130,8 +131,6 @@ class Ffmpeg:
            extracted_frames / f'extracted_%0d.{self.image_format}'
        ])

-        execute.extend(self._read_configuration(phase='video_to_frames'))
-
        self._execute(execute)

    def convert_video(self, framerate, resolution, upscaled_frames):
@@ -152,6 +151,9 @@ class Ffmpeg:
            resolution
        ]

+        # read other options
+        execute.extend(self._read_configuration(phase='frames_to_video'))
+
        # read FFmpeg input options
        execute.extend(self._read_configuration(phase='frames_to_video', section='input_options'))

@@ -159,8 +161,7 @@ class Ffmpeg:
        # Dev: SAT3LL
        # rename all .png.png suffixes to .png
        import re
-        import shutil
-        regex = re.compile(r'\.png\.png$')
+        regex = re.compile(r'\.png\.png$', re.IGNORECASE)
        for frame_name in upscaled_frames.iterdir():
            (upscaled_frames / frame_name).rename(upscaled_frames / regex.sub('.png', str(frame_name)))
        # END WORKAROUND
@@ -174,9 +175,6 @@ class Ffmpeg:
        # read FFmpeg output options
        execute.extend(self._read_configuration(phase='frames_to_video', section='output_options'))

-        # read other options
-        execute.extend(self._read_configuration(phase='frames_to_video'))
-
        # specify output file location
        execute.extend([
            upscaled_frames / 'no_audio.mp4'
@@ -193,12 +191,17 @@ class Ffmpeg:
            upscaled_frames {string} -- directory containing upscaled frames
        """
        execute = [
-            self.ffmpeg_binary,
+            self.ffmpeg_binary
+        ]
+
+        execute.extend(self._read_configuration(phase='migrating_tracks'))
+
+        execute.extend([
            '-i',
            upscaled_frames / 'no_audio.mp4',
            '-i',
            input_video
-        ]
+        ])

        execute.extend(self._read_configuration(phase='migrating_tracks', section='output_options'))

@@ -206,8 +209,6 @@ class Ffmpeg:
            output_video
        ])

-        execute.extend(self._read_configuration(phase='migrating_tracks'))
-
        self._execute(execute)

    def _read_configuration(self, phase, section=None):
@@ -278,9 +279,9 @@ class Ffmpeg:
        Returns:
            int -- execution return code
        """
-        Avalon.debug_info(f'Executing: {execute}')
-
        # turn all list elements into string to avoid errors
        execute = [str(e) for e in execute]

-        return subprocess.run(execute, shell=True, check=True).returncode
+        Avalon.debug_info(f'Executing: {execute}')
+
+        return subprocess.run(execute, check=True).returncode
--- a/src/image_cleaner.py
+++ b/src/image_cleaner.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ that have already been upscaled.
 """

 # built-in imports
-import os
 import threading
 import time

--- a/src/requirements.txt
+++ b/src/requirements.txt
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@ avalon_framework
 colorama
 GPUtil
 psutil
+pyyaml
 requests
 tqdm
--- a/src/upscaler.py
+++ b/src/upscaler.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 Name: Video2X Upscaler
 Author: K4YT3X
 Date Created: December 10, 2018
-Last Modified: July 27, 2019
+Last Modified: December 11, 2019

 Dev: SAT3LL

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ Licensed under the GNU General Public License Version 3 (GNU GPL v3),
 """

 # local imports
+from anime4k import Anime4k
 from exceptions import *
 from ffmpeg import Ffmpeg
 from image_cleaner import ImageCleaner
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ from waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan import Waifu2xNcnnVulkan

 # built-in imports
 from fractions import Fraction
+import contextlib
 import copy
 import pathlib
 import re
@@ -37,6 +39,8 @@ import traceback
 from avalon_framework import Avalon
 from tqdm import tqdm

+AVAILABLE_DRIVERS = ['waifu2x_caffe', 'waifu2x_converter', 'waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan', 'anime4k']
+

 class Upscaler:
    """ An instance of this class is a upscaler that will
@@ -47,12 +51,12 @@ class Upscaler:
        ArgumentError -- if argument is not valid
    """

-    def __init__(self, input_video, output_video, method, waifu2x_settings, ffmpeg_settings):
+    def __init__(self, input_video, output_video, method, driver_settings, ffmpeg_settings):
        # mandatory arguments
        self.input_video = input_video
        self.output_video = output_video
        self.method = method
-        self.waifu2x_settings = waifu2x_settings
+        self.driver_settings = driver_settings
        self.ffmpeg_settings = ffmpeg_settings

        # optional arguments
@@ -78,7 +82,7 @@ class Upscaler:
        """delete temp directories when done
        """
        if not self.preserve_frames:
-            for directory in [self.extracted_frames, self.upscaled_frames]:
+            for directory in [self.extracted_frames, self.upscaled_frames, self.video2x_cache_directory]:
                try:
                    # avalon framework cannot be used if python is shutting down
                    # therefore, plain print is used
@@ -122,7 +126,7 @@ class Upscaler:
            previous_cycle_frames = 0
            while not self.progress_bar_exit_signal:

-                try:
+                with contextlib.suppress(FileNotFoundError):
                    self.total_frames_upscaled = len([f for f in self.upscaled_frames.iterdir() if str(f)[-4:] == f'.{self.image_format}'])
                    delta = self.total_frames_upscaled - previous_cycle_frames
                    previous_cycle_frames = self.total_frames_upscaled
@@ -131,10 +135,8 @@ class Upscaler:
                    if self.total_frames_upscaled >= self.total_frames:
                        return

-                    # adds the detla into the progress bar
+                    # adds the delta into the progress bar
                    progress_bar.update(delta)
-                except FileNotFoundError:
-                    pass

                time.sleep(1)

@@ -156,26 +158,28 @@ class Upscaler:
        self.upscaler_exceptions = []

        # initialize waifu2x driver
-        drivers = ['waifu2x_caffe', 'waifu2x_converter', 'waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan']
+        drivers = AVAILABLE_DRIVERS
        if self.waifu2x_driver not in drivers:
            raise UnrecognizedDriverError(f'Unrecognized waifu2x driver: {self.waifu2x_driver}')

        # it's easier to do multi-threading with waifu2x_converter
        # the number of threads can be passed directly to waifu2x_converter
        if self.waifu2x_driver == 'waifu2x_converter':
-            w2 = Waifu2xConverter(self.waifu2x_settings, self.model_dir)
+            w2 = Waifu2xConverter(self.driver_settings, self.model_dir)

            progress_bar = threading.Thread(target=self._progress_bar, args=([self.extracted_frames],))
            progress_bar.start()

            w2.upscale(self.extracted_frames, self.upscaled_frames, self.scale_ratio, self.threads, self.image_format, self.upscaler_exceptions)
            for image in [f for f in self.upscaled_frames.iterdir() if f.is_file()]:
-                renamed = re.sub(f'_\[.*-.*\]\[x(\d+(\.\d+)?)\]\.{self.image_format}', f'.{self.image_format}', image)
+                renamed = re.sub(f'_\[.*-.*\]\[x(\d+(\.\d+)?)\]\.{self.image_format}', f'.{self.image_format}', str(image))
                (self.upscaled_frames / image).rename(self.upscaled_frames / renamed)

            self.progress_bar_exit_signal = True
            progress_bar.join()
            return
+
+        # drivers that are to be multi-threaded by video2x
        else:
            # create a container for all upscaler threads
            upscaler_threads = []
@@ -218,7 +222,7 @@ class Upscaler:

                # create a separate w2 instance for each thread
                if self.waifu2x_driver == 'waifu2x_caffe':
-                    w2 = Waifu2xCaffe(copy.deepcopy(self.waifu2x_settings), self.method, self.model_dir, self.bit_depth)
+                    w2 = Waifu2xCaffe(copy.deepcopy(self.driver_settings), self.method, self.model_dir, self.bit_depth)
                    if self.scale_ratio:
                        thread = threading.Thread(target=w2.upscale,
                                                  args=(thread_info[0],
@@ -240,7 +244,16 @@ class Upscaler:

                # if the driver being used is waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan
                elif self.waifu2x_driver == 'waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan':
-                    w2 = Waifu2xNcnnVulkan(copy.deepcopy(self.waifu2x_settings))
+                    w2 = Waifu2xNcnnVulkan(copy.deepcopy(self.driver_settings))
+                    thread = threading.Thread(target=w2.upscale,
+                                              args=(thread_info[0],
+                                                    self.upscaled_frames,
+                                                    self.scale_ratio,
+                                                    self.upscaler_exceptions))
+
+                # if the driver being used is anime4k
+                elif self.waifu2x_driver == 'anime4k':
+                    w2 = Anime4k(copy.deepcopy(self.driver_settings))
                    thread = threading.Thread(target=w2.upscale,
                                              args=(thread_info[0],
                                                    self.upscaled_frames,
--- a/src/video2x.json
+++ b/src/video2x.json
@@ -41,15 +41,19 @@
  },
  "waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan": {
    "waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan_path": "C:\\Users\\K4YT3X\\AppData\\Local\\video2x\\waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan\\waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan.exe",
-    "input": null,
-    "output": null,
-    "noise-level": 2,
-    "scale-ratio": null,
-    "tile-size": 200,
-    "model-path": null,
-    "gpu": 0,
-    "load-proc-save_threads": null,
-    "verbose": null
+    "v": null,
+    "i": null,
+    "o": null,
+    "n": 2,
+    "s": 2,
+    "t": 400,
+    "m": "models-cunet",
+    "g": 0,
+    "j": "1:2:2"
+  },
+  "anime4k": {
+    "anime4k_path": "C:\\Users\\K4YT3X\\AppData\\Local\\video2x\\anime4k\\Anime4K.jar",
+    "java_path": "C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jdk-12.0.2\\bin\\java.exe"
  },
  "ffmpeg": {
    "ffmpeg_path": "C:\\Users\\K4YT3X\\AppData\\Local\\video2x\\ffmpeg-latest-win64-static\\bin",
@@ -73,6 +77,7 @@
        "-b:v": null,
        "-pix_fmt": null
      },
+      "-hwaccel": "auto",
      "-y": true
    },
    "migrating_tracks": {
@@ -85,6 +90,7 @@
        "-c": "copy",
        "-pix_fmt": null
      },
+      "-hwaccel": "auto",
      "-y": true
    }
  },
--- a/src/video2x.py
+++ b/src/video2x.py
@@ -11,17 +11,17 @@ __      __  _       _                  ___   __   __


 Name: Video2X Controller
-Author: K4YT3X
+Creator: K4YT3X
 Date Created: Feb 24, 2018
-Last Modified: July 27, 2019
+Last Modified: January 4, 2020

-Dev: BrianPetkovsek
-Dev: SAT3LL
+Editor: BrianPetkovsek
+Editor: SAT3LL

 Licensed under the GNU General Public License Version 3 (GNU GPL v3),
    available at: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt

-(C) 2018-2019 K4YT3X
+(C) 2018 - 2020 K4YT3X

 Video2X is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -44,13 +44,12 @@ smooth and edges sharp.

 # local imports
 from exceptions import *
+from upscaler import AVAILABLE_DRIVERS
 from upscaler import Upscaler

 # built-in imports
 import argparse
-import glob
-import json
-import os
+import contextlib
 import pathlib
 import re
 import shutil
@@ -58,13 +57,30 @@ import sys
 import tempfile
 import time
 import traceback
+import yaml

 # third-party imports
 from avalon_framework import Avalon
 import GPUtil
 import psutil

-VERSION = '2.9.0'
+
+VERSION = '3.0.0'
+
+LEGAL_INFO = f'''Video2X Version: {VERSION}
+Author: K4YT3X
+License: GNU GPL v3
+Github Page: https://github.com/k4yt3x/video2x
+Contact: k4yt3x@k4yt3x.com'''
+
+LOGO = r'''
+    __      __  _       _                  ___   __   __
+    \ \    / / (_)     | |                |__ \  \ \ / /
+     \ \  / /   _    __| |   ___    ___      ) |  \ V /
+      \ \/ /   | |  / _` |  / _ \  / _ \    / /    > <
+       \  /    | | | (_| | |  __/ | (_) |  / /_   / . \
+        \/     |_|  \__,_|  \___|  \___/  |____| /_/ \_\
+'''

 # each thread might take up to 2.5 GB during initialization.
 # (system memory, not to be confused with GPU memory)
@@ -72,7 +88,7 @@ SYS_MEM_PER_THREAD = 2.5
 GPU_MEM_PER_THREAD = 3.5


-def process_arguments():
+def parse_arguments():
    """Processes CLI arguments

    This function parses all arguments
@@ -89,10 +105,10 @@ def process_arguments():
    # upscaler options
    upscaler_options = parser.add_argument_group('Upscaler Options')
    upscaler_options.add_argument('-m', '--method', help='upscaling method', action='store', default='gpu', choices=['cpu', 'gpu', 'cudnn'])
-    upscaler_options.add_argument('-d', '--driver', help='waifu2x driver', action='store', default='waifu2x_caffe', choices=['waifu2x_caffe', 'waifu2x_converter', 'waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan'])
+    upscaler_options.add_argument('-d', '--driver', help='upscaling driver', action='store', default='waifu2x_caffe', choices=AVAILABLE_DRIVERS)
    upscaler_options.add_argument('-y', '--model_dir', type=pathlib.Path, help='directory containing model JSON files', action='store')
    upscaler_options.add_argument('-t', '--threads', help='number of threads to use for upscaling', action='store', type=int, default=1)
-    upscaler_options.add_argument('-c', '--config', type=pathlib.Path, help='video2x config file location', action='store', default=pathlib.Path(sys.argv[0]).parent.absolute() / 'video2x.json')
+    upscaler_options.add_argument('-c', '--config', type=pathlib.Path, help='video2x config file location', action='store', default=pathlib.Path(sys.argv[0]).parent.absolute() / 'video2x.yaml')
    upscaler_options.add_argument('-b', '--batch', help='enable batch mode (select all default values to questions)', action='store_true')

    # scaling options
@@ -111,18 +127,9 @@ def process_arguments():

 def print_logo():
    """print video2x logo"""
-    logo = r'''
-    __      __  _       _                  ___   __   __
-    \ \    / / (_)     | |                |__ \  \ \ / /
-     \ \  / /   _    __| |   ___    ___      ) |  \ V /
-      \ \/ /   | |  / _` |  / _ \  / _ \    / /    > <
-       \  /    | | | (_| | |  __/ | (_) |  / /_   / . \
-        \/     |_|  \__,_|  \___|  \___/  |____| /_/ \_\
-    '''
-    print(logo)
-    print('\n               Video2X Video Enlarger')
-    spaces = ((44 - len(f'Version {VERSION}')) // 2) * ' '
-    print(f'{Avalon.FM.BD}\n{spaces}    Version {VERSION}\n{Avalon.FM.RST}')
+    print(LOGO)
+    print(f'\n{"Video2X Video Enlarger".rjust(40, " ")}')
+    print(f'\n{Avalon.FM.BD}{f"Version {VERSION}".rjust(36, " ")}{Avalon.FM.RST}\n')


 def check_memory():
@@ -138,19 +145,17 @@ def check_memory():

    # check if Nvidia-smi is available
    # GPUtil requires nvidia-smi.exe to interact with GPU
-    if args.method == 'gpu' or args.method == 'cudnn':
+    if args.method in ['gpu', 'cudnn']:
        if not (shutil.which('nvidia-smi') or
                pathlib.Path(r'C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NVSMI\nvidia-smi.exe').is_file()):
            # Nvidia System Management Interface not available
            Avalon.warning('Nvidia-smi not available, skipping available memory check')
            Avalon.warning('If you experience error \"cudaSuccess out of memory\", try reducing number of threads you\'re using')
        else:
-            try:
+            with contextlib.suppress(ValueError):
                # "0" is GPU ID. Both waifu2x drivers use the first GPU available, therefore only 0 makes sense
                gpu_memory_available = (GPUtil.getGPUs()[0].memoryTotal - GPUtil.getGPUs()[0].memoryUsed) / 1024
                memory_status.append(('GPU', gpu_memory_available))
-            except ValueError:
-                pass

    # go though each checkable memory type and check availability
    for memory_type, memory_available in memory_status:
@@ -182,14 +187,18 @@ def check_memory():
                Avalon.warning('Proceed with caution')


-def read_config(config_file):
-    """ Reads configuration file
+def read_config(config_file: pathlib.Path) -> dict:
+    """ read video2x configurations from config file

-    Returns a dictionary read by JSON.
+    Arguments:
+        config_file {pathlib.Path} -- video2x configuration file pathlib.Path
+
+    Returns:
+        dict -- dictionary of video2x configuration
    """
-    with open(config_file, 'r') as raw_config:
-        config = json.load(raw_config)
-        return config
+
+    with open(config_file, 'r') as config:
+        return yaml.load(config, Loader=yaml.FullLoader)


 def absolutify_paths(config):
@@ -218,6 +227,10 @@ def absolutify_paths(config):
    if not re.match('^[a-z]:', config['waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan']['waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan_path'], re.IGNORECASE):
        config['waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan']['waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan_path'] = current_directory / config['waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan']['waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan_path']

+    # check anime4k path
+    if not re.match('^[a-z]:', config['anime4k']['anime4k_path'], re.IGNORECASE):
+        config['anime4k']['anime4k_path'] = current_directory / config['anime4k']['anime4k_path']
+
    # check ffmpeg path
    if not re.match('^[a-z]:', config['ffmpeg']['ffmpeg_path'], re.IGNORECASE):
        config['ffmpeg']['ffmpeg_path'] = current_directory / config['ffmpeg']['ffmpeg_path']
@@ -240,17 +253,13 @@ if __name__ != '__main__':
 # print video2x logo
 print_logo()

-# process CLI arguments
-args = process_arguments()
+# parse command line arguments
+args = parse_arguments()

 # display version and lawful informaition
 if args.version:
-    print(f'Video2X Version: {VERSION}')
-    print('Author: K4YT3X')
-    print('License: GNU GPL v3')
-    print('Github Page: https://github.com/k4yt3x/video2x')
-    print('Contact: k4yt3x@k4yt3x.com')
-    exit(0)
+    print(LEGAL_INFO)
+    sys.exit(0)

 # arguments sanity check
 if not args.input:
@@ -259,10 +268,10 @@ if not args.input:
 if not args.output:
    Avalon.error('You must specify output video file/directory path')
    raise ArgumentError('output video path not specified')
-if (args.driver == 'waifu2x_converter' or args.driver == 'waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan') and args.width and args.height:
-    Avalon.error('Waifu2x Converter CPP/NCNN accepts only scaling ratio')
-    raise ArgumentError('waifu2x-converter supports only scaling ratio')
-if args.driver == 'waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan' and (args.ratio > 2 or not args.ratio.is_integer()):
+if (args.driver in ['waifu2x_converter', 'waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan', 'anime4k']) and args.width and args.height:
+    Avalon.error('Selected driver accepts only scaling ratio')
+    raise ArgumentError('selected driver supports only scaling ratio')
+if args.driver == 'waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan' and args.ratio is not None and (args.ratio > 2 or not args.ratio.is_integer()):
    Avalon.error('Scaling ratio must be 1 or 2 for waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan')
    raise ArgumentError('scaling ratio must be 1 or 2 for waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan')
 if (args.width or args.height) and args.ratio:
@@ -272,32 +281,45 @@ if (args.width and not args.height) or (not args.width and args.height):
    Avalon.error('You must specify both width and height')
    raise ArgumentError('only one of width or height is specified')

-# check available memory
-check_memory()
+# check available memory if driver is waifu2x-based
+if args.driver in ['waifu2x_caffe', 'waifu2x_converter', 'waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan']:
+    check_memory()

-# read configurations from JSON
+# anime4k runs significantly faster with more threads
+if args.driver == 'anime4k' and args.threads <= 1:
+    Avalon.warning('Anime4K runs significantly faster with more threads')
+    if Avalon.ask('Use more threads of Anime4K?', default=True, batch=args.batch):
+        while True:
+            try:
+                threads = Avalon.gets('Amount of threads to use [5]: ', default=5, batch=args.batch)
+                args.threads = int(threads)
+                break
+            except ValueError:
+                if threads == '':
+                    args.threads = 5
+                    break
+                Avalon.error(f'{threads} is not a valid integer')
+
+# read configurations from configuration file
 config = read_config(args.config)
-config = absolutify_paths(config)
+
+# config = absolutify_paths(config)

 # load waifu2x configuration
-if args.driver == 'waifu2x_caffe':
-    waifu2x_settings = config['waifu2x_caffe']
-    if not pathlib.Path(waifu2x_settings['waifu2x_caffe_path']).is_file():
-        Avalon.error('Specified waifu2x-caffe directory doesn\'t exist')
+driver_settings = config[args.driver]
+
+# check if driver path exists
+if not pathlib.Path(driver_settings['path']).is_file():
+    if not pathlib.Path(f'{driver_settings["path"]}.exe').is_file():
+        Avalon.error('Specified driver executable directory doesn\'t exist')
        Avalon.error('Please check the configuration file settings')
-        raise FileNotFoundError(waifu2x_settings['waifu2x_caffe_path'])
-elif args.driver == 'waifu2x_converter':
-    waifu2x_settings = config['waifu2x_converter']
-    if not pathlib.Path(waifu2x_settings['waifu2x_converter_path']).is_dir():
-        Avalon.error('Specified waifu2x-converter-cpp directory doesn\'t exist')
-        Avalon.error('Please check the configuration file settings')
-        raise FileNotFoundError(waifu2x_settings['waifu2x_converter_path'])
-elif args.driver == 'waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan':
-    waifu2x_settings = config['waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan']
-    if not pathlib.Path(waifu2x_settings['waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan_path']).is_file():
-        Avalon.error('Specified waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan directory doesn\'t exist')
-        Avalon.error('Please check the configuration file settings')
-        raise FileNotFoundError(waifu2x_settings['waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan_path'])
+        raise FileNotFoundError(driver_settings['path'])
+
+# if the driver is Anime4K, check if JDK 12 is installed
+if args.driver == 'anime4k':
+    if not pathlib.Path('C:/Program Files/Java/jdk-12.0.2/bin/java.exe').is_file():
+        Avalon.warning('Cannot find JDK 12 at its default installation location')
+        Avalon.warning('Please ensure you have JDK 12 installed and configured')

 # read FFmpeg configuration
 ffmpeg_settings = config['ffmpeg']
@@ -353,12 +375,12 @@ try:
            Avalon.error('Input and output path type mismatch')
            Avalon.error('Input is single file but output is directory')
            raise Exception('input output path type mismatch')
-        if not re.search('.*\..*$', str(args.output)):
+        if not re.search(r'.*\..*$', str(args.output)):
            Avalon.error('No suffix found in output file path')
            Avalon.error('Suffix must be specified for FFmpeg')
            raise Exception('No suffix specified')

-        upscaler = Upscaler(input_video=args.input, output_video=args.output, method=args.method, waifu2x_settings=waifu2x_settings, ffmpeg_settings=ffmpeg_settings)
+        upscaler = Upscaler(input_video=args.input, output_video=args.output, method=args.method, driver_settings=driver_settings, ffmpeg_settings=ffmpeg_settings)

        # set optional options
        upscaler.waifu2x_driver = args.driver
@@ -380,9 +402,13 @@ try:
    elif args.input.is_dir():
        # upscale videos in a directory
        Avalon.info(f'Upscaling videos in directory: {args.input}')
+
+        # make output directory if it doesn't exist
+        args.output.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
        for input_video in [f for f in args.input.iterdir() if f.is_file()]:
-            output_video = args.output / input_video
-            upscaler = Upscaler(input_video=args.input / input_video, output_video=output_video, method=args.method, waifu2x_settings=waifu2x_settings, ffmpeg_settings=ffmpeg_settings)
+            output_video = args.output / input_video.name
+            upscaler = Upscaler(input_video=input_video, output_video=output_video, method=args.method, driver_settings=driver_settings, ffmpeg_settings=ffmpeg_settings)

            # set optional options
            upscaler.waifu2x_driver = args.driver
@@ -404,13 +430,17 @@ try:
        raise FileNotFoundError(f'{args.input} is neither file nor directory')

    Avalon.info(f'Program completed, taking {round((time.time() - begin_time), 5)} seconds')
+
 except Exception:
    Avalon.error('An exception has occurred')
    traceback.print_exc()
+
+    # try cleaning up temp directories
+    with contextlib.suppress(Exception):
+        upscaler.cleanup_temp_directories()
+
 finally:
    # remove Video2X cache directory
-    try:
+    with contextlib.suppress(FileNotFoundError):
        if not preserve_frames:
            shutil.rmtree(video2x_cache_directory)
-    except FileNotFoundError:
-        pass
--- a/src/video2x.yaml
+++ b/src/video2x.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+---
+waifu2x_caffe:
+  path: C:\Users\K4YT3X\AppData\Local\video2x\waifu2x-caffe\waifu2x-caffe-cui
+  input_extention_list:
+  output_extention:
+  mode: noise_scale
+  scale_ratio:
+  scale_width:
+  scale_height:
+  noise_level: 3
+  process: gpu
+  crop_size: 128
+  output_quality: -1
+  output_depth: 8
+  batch_size: 1
+  gpu: 0
+  tta: 0
+  input_path:
+  output_path:
+  model_dir:
+  crop_w:
+  crop_h:
+waifu2x_converter:
+  path: C:\Users\K4YT3X\AppData\Local\video2x\waifu2x-converter-cpp
+  output-format:
+  png-compression:
+  image-quality:
+  block-size:
+  disable-gpu:
+  force-OpenCL:
+  processor:
+  jobs:
+  model-dir:
+  scale-ratio:
+  noise-level: 3
+  mode: noise-scale
+  silent: true
+  output:
+  input:
+waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan:
+  path: C:\Users\K4YT3X\AppData\Local\video2x\waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan\waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan
+  v:
+  i:
+  o:
+  n: 2
+  s: 2
+  t: 400
+  m: models-cunet
+  g: 0
+  j: "1:2:2"
+anime4k:
+  path: C:\Users\K4YT3X\AppData\Local\video2x\anime4k\Anime4K.jar
+  java_path: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-12.0.2\bin\java.exe
+ffmpeg:
+  ffmpeg_path: C:\Users\K4YT3X\AppData\Local\video2x\ffmpeg-latest-win64-static\bin
+  video_to_frames:
+    output_options:
+      "-qscale:v":
+      "-pix_fmt": rgba64be
+    "-hwaccel": auto
+    "-y": true
+  frames_to_video:
+    input_options:
+      "-qscale:v":
+      "-qscale:a":
+      "-f": image2
+    output_options:
+      "-vcodec": libx264
+      "-crf": 17
+      "-b:v":
+      "-pix_fmt":
+    "-hwaccel": auto
+    "-y": true
+  migrating_tracks:
+    output_options:
+      "-map":
+        - 0:v?
+        - 1:a?
+        - 1:s?
+        - 1:d?
+        - 1:t?
+      "-c": copy
+      "-pix_fmt":
+    "-hwaccel": auto
+    "-y": true
+video2x:
+  video2x_cache_directory:
+  image_format: png
+  preserve_frames: false
--- a/src/video2x_gui.py
+++ b/src/video2x_gui.py
@@ -0,0 +1,462 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
+Creator: Video2X GUI
+Author: K4YT3X
+Date Created: July 27, 2019
+Last Modified: December 11, 2019
+
+Description: A simple GUI for Video2X made with tkinter.
+"""
+
+# local imports
+from exceptions import *
+from upscaler import Upscaler
+
+# built-in imports
+from tkinter import *
+from tkinter import messagebox
+from tkinter import ttk
+from tkinter.filedialog import *
+import contextlib
+import pathlib
+import sys
+import tempfile
+import threading
+import time
+import yaml
+
+VERSION = '1.1.3'
+
+VIDEO2X_CONFIG = pathlib.Path(sys.argv[0]).parent.absolute() / 'video2x.yaml'
+
+LEGAL_INFO = f'''Video2X GUI Version: {VERSION}
+Author: K4YT3X
+License: GNU GPL v3
+Github Page: https://github.com/k4yt3x/video2x
+Contact: k4yt3x@k4yt3x.com'''
+
+# global static variables
+AVAILABLE_METHODS = {
+    'GPU': 'gpu',
+    'CUDNN': 'cudnn',
+    'CPU': 'cpu'
+}
+
+AVAILABLE_DRIVERS = {
+    'Waifu2X Caffe': 'waifu2x_caffe',
+    'Waifu2X Converter CPP': 'waifu2x_converter',
+    'Waifu2x NCNN Vulkan': 'waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan',
+    'Anime4K': 'anime4k'
+}
+
+IMAGE_FORMATS = {'PNG', 'JPG'}
+
+DEMUXER_EXTENSIONS = {'3dostr', '4xm', 'aa', 'aac', 'ac3', 'acm', 'act',
+                      'adf', 'adp', 'ads', 'adx', 'aea', 'afc', 'aiff', 'aix', 'alaw',
+                      'alias_pix', 'alsa', 'amr', 'amrnb', 'amrwb', 'anm', 'apc', 'ape',
+                      'apng', 'aptx', 'aptx_hd', 'aqtitle', 'asf', 'asf_o', 'ass', 'ast',
+                      'au', 'avi', 'avisynth', 'avr', 'avs', 'avs2', 'bethsoftvid', 'bfi',
+                      'bfstm', 'bin', 'bink', 'bit', 'bmp_pipe', 'bmv', 'boa', 'brender_pix',
+                      'brstm', 'c93', 'caf', 'cavsvideo', 'cdg', 'cdxl', 'cine', 'codec2',
+                      'codec2raw', 'concat', 'dash', 'data', 'daud', 'dcstr', 'dds_pipe',
+                      'dfa', 'dirac', 'dnxhd', 'dpx_pipe', 'dsf', 'dsicin', 'dss', 'dts',
+                      'dtshd', 'dv', 'dvbsub', 'dvbtxt', 'dxa', 'ea', 'ea_cdata', 'eac3',
+                      'epaf', 'exr_pipe', 'f32be', 'f32le', 'f64be', 'f64le', 'fbdev',
+                      'ffmetadata', 'film_cpk', 'filmstrip', 'fits', 'flac', 'flic', 'flv',
+                      'frm', 'fsb', 'g722', 'g723_1', 'g726', 'g726le', 'g729', 'gdv', 'genh',
+                      'gif', 'gsm', 'gxf', 'h261', 'h263', 'h264', 'hevc', 'hls', 'applehttp',
+                      'hnm', 'ico', 'idcin', 'idf', 'iec61883', 'iff', 'ilbc', 'image2',
+                      'image2pipe', 'ingenient', 'ipmovie', 'ircam', 'iss', 'iv8', 'ivf',
+                      'ivr', 'j2k_pipe', 'jack', 'jacosub', 'jpeg_pipe', 'jpegls_pipe',
+                      'jv', 'kmsgrab', 'lavfi', 'libcdio', 'libdc1394', 'libgme', 'libopenmpt',
+                      'live_flv', 'lmlm4', 'loas', 'lrc', 'lvf', 'lxf', 'm4v', 'matroska', 'webm',
+                      'mgsts', 'microdvd', 'mjpeg', 'mjpeg_2000', 'mlp', 'mlv', 'mm', 'mmf',
+                      'mov', 'mp4', 'm4a', '3gp', '3g2', 'mj2', 'mp3', 'mpc', 'mpc8', 'mpeg',
+                      'mpegts', 'mpegtsraw', 'mpegvideo', 'mpjpeg', 'mpl2', 'mpsub', 'msf',
+                      'msnwctcp', 'mtaf', 'mtv', 'mulaw', 'musx', 'mv', 'mvi', 'mxf', 'mxg',
+                      'nc', 'nistsphere', 'nsp', 'nsv', 'nut', 'nuv', 'ogg', 'oma', 'openal',
+                      'oss', 'paf', 'pam_pipe', 'pbm_pipe', 'pcx_pipe', 'pgm_pipe', 'pgmyuv_pipe',
+                      'pictor_pipe', 'pjs', 'pmp', 'png_pipe', 'ppm_pipe', 'psd_pipe', 'psxstr',
+                      'pulse', 'pva', 'pvf', 'qcp', 'qdraw_pipe', 'r3d', 'rawvideo', 'realtext',
+                      'redspark', 'rl2', 'rm', 'roq', 'rpl', 'rsd', 'rso', 'rtp', 'rtsp',
+                      's16be', 's16le', 's24be', 's24le', 's32be', 's32le', 's337m', 's8',
+                      'sami', 'sap', 'sbc', 'sbg', 'scc', 'sdp', 'sdr2', 'sds', 'sdx', 'ser',
+                      'sgi_pipe', 'shn', 'siff', 'sln', 'smjpeg', 'smk', 'smush', 'sndio',
+                      'sol', 'sox', 'spdif', 'srt', 'stl', 'subviewer', 'subviewer1', 'sunrast_pipe',
+                      'sup', 'svag', 'svg_pipe', 'swf', 'tak', 'tedcaptions', 'thp', 'tiertexseq',
+                      'tiff_pipe', 'tmv', 'truehd', 'tta', 'tty', 'txd', 'ty', 'u16be', 'u16le',
+                      'u24be', 'u24le', 'u32be', 'u32le', 'u8', 'v210', 'v210x', 'vag', 'vc1',
+                      'vc1test', 'vidc', 'video4linux2', 'v4l2', 'vivo', 'vmd', 'vobsub', 'voc',
+                      'vpk', 'vplayer', 'vqf', 'w64', 'wav', 'wc3movie', 'webm_dash_manifest',
+                      'webp_pipe', 'webvtt', 'wsaud', 'wsd', 'wsvqa', 'wtv', 'wv', 'wve', 'x11grab',
+                      'xa', 'xbin', 'xmv', 'xpm_pipe', 'xvag', 'xwd_pipe', 'xwma', 'yop', 'yuv4mpegpipe'}
+
+
+class Video2xGui():
+
+    def __init__(self):
+
+        self.running = False
+
+        # create main window
+        self.main_window = Tk()
+        self.main_window.title(f'Video2X GUI {VERSION}')
+        self.main_frame = Frame()
+        self.main_frame.pack(fill=BOTH, expand=True)
+
+        # add menu bar
+        self.menu_bar = Menu(self.main_frame)
+
+        # file menu
+        self.file_menu = Menu(self.menu_bar, tearoff=0)
+        self.file_menu.add_command(label='Exit', command=self.main_frame.quit)
+        self.menu_bar.add_cascade(label='File', menu=self.file_menu)
+
+        # help menu
+        self.help_menu = Menu(self.menu_bar, tearoff=0)
+        self.help_menu.add_command(label='About', command=self._display_help)
+        self.menu_bar.add_cascade(label='Help', menu=self.help_menu)
+
+        self.main_window.config(menu=self.menu_bar)
+
+        # file frame
+        self.file_frame = Frame(self.main_frame)
+        self.file_frame.pack(fill=X, padx=5, pady=5, expand=True)
+
+        # input file
+        self.input_file = StringVar()
+        label_text = StringVar()
+        label_text.set('Input File')
+        Label(self.file_frame, textvariable=label_text, relief=RIDGE, width=10).grid(row=0, column=0, padx=5, pady=5, sticky=W)
+        Entry(self.file_frame, textvariable=self.input_file, width=60).grid(row=0, column=1, padx=5, pady=5, sticky=W)
+        Button(self.file_frame, text='Select', command=self._select_input).grid(row=0, column=2, padx=5, pady=5, sticky=W)
+
+        # output file
+        self.output_file = StringVar()
+        label_text = StringVar()
+        label_text.set('Output File')
+        Label(self.file_frame, textvariable=label_text, relief=RIDGE, width=10).grid(row=1, column=0, padx=5, pady=5, sticky=W)
+        Entry(self.file_frame, textvariable=self.output_file, width=60).grid(row=1, column=1, padx=5, pady=5, sticky=W)
+        Button(self.file_frame, text='Select', command=self._select_output).grid(row=1, column=2, padx=5, pady=5, sticky=W)
+
+        # options
+        self.options_frame = Frame()
+        # self.options_left.pack(fill=X, padx=5, pady=5, expand=True)
+        self.options_frame.pack(fill=X, padx=5, pady=5, expand=True)
+
+        self.options_left = Frame(self.options_frame)
+        # self.options_left.pack(fill=X, padx=5, pady=5, expand=True)
+        self.options_left.grid(row=0, column=0, padx=5, pady=5, sticky=N)
+
+        # width
+        self.width = IntVar()
+        # self.width.set(1920)
+        Label(self.options_left, text='Width', relief=RIDGE, width=15).grid(row=0, column=0, padx=2, pady=3)
+        width_field = Entry(self.options_left, textvariable=self.width)
+        width_field.grid(row=0, column=1, padx=2, pady=3, sticky=W)
+
+        # height
+        self.height = IntVar()
+        # self.height.set(1080)
+        Label(self.options_left, text='Height', relief=RIDGE, width=15).grid(row=1, column=0, padx=2, pady=3)
+        height_field = Entry(self.options_left, textvariable=self.height)
+        height_field.grid(row=1, column=1, padx=2, pady=3, sticky=W)
+
+        # scale ratio
+        self.scale_ratio = DoubleVar()
+        # self.scale_ratio.set(2.0)
+        Label(self.options_left, text='Scale Ratio', relief=RIDGE, width=15).grid(row=2, column=0, padx=2, pady=3)
+        scale_ratio_field = Entry(self.options_left, textvariable=self.scale_ratio)
+        scale_ratio_field.grid(row=2, column=1, padx=2, pady=3, sticky=W)
+
+        # image format
+        self.image_format = StringVar(self.options_left)
+        self.image_format.set('PNG')
+        Label(self.options_left, text='Image Format', relief=RIDGE, width=15).grid(row=3, column=0, padx=2, pady=3)
+        image_format_menu = OptionMenu(self.options_left, self.image_format, *IMAGE_FORMATS)
+        image_format_menu.grid(row=3, column=1, padx=2, pady=3, sticky=W)
+
+        # options
+        self.options_right = Frame(self.options_frame)
+        # self.options_left.pack(fill=X, padx=5, pady=5, expand=True)
+        self.options_right.grid(row=0, column=1, padx=5, pady=5, sticky=N)
+
+        # threads
+        self.threads = IntVar()
+        self.threads.set(1)
+        Label(self.options_right, text='Threads', relief=RIDGE, width=15).grid(row=0, column=0, padx=2, pady=3)
+        threads_field = Entry(self.options_right, textvariable=self.threads)
+        threads_field.grid(row=0, column=1, padx=2, pady=3, sticky=W)
+
+        # method
+        self.method = StringVar(self.options_left)
+        self.method.set('GPU')
+        Label(self.options_right, text='Method', relief=RIDGE, width=15).grid(row=1, column=0, padx=2, pady=3)
+        method_menu = OptionMenu(self.options_right, self.method, *AVAILABLE_METHODS)
+        method_menu.grid(row=1, column=1, padx=2, pady=3, sticky=W)
+
+        # driver
+        self.driver = StringVar(self.options_left)
+        self.driver.set('Waifu2X Caffe')
+        Label(self.options_right, text='Driver', relief=RIDGE, width=15).grid(row=2, column=0, padx=2, pady=3)
+        driver_menu = OptionMenu(self.options_right, self.driver, *AVAILABLE_DRIVERS)
+        driver_menu.grid(row=2, column=1, padx=2, pady=3, sticky=W)
+
+        # preserve frames
+        self.preserve_frames = BooleanVar(self.options_left)
+        self.preserve_frames.set(False)
+        Label(self.options_right, text='Preserve Frames', relief=RIDGE, width=15).grid(row=3, column=0, padx=2, pady=3)
+        preserve_frames_menu = OptionMenu(self.options_right, self.preserve_frames, *{True, False})
+        preserve_frames_menu.grid(row=3, column=1, padx=2, pady=3, sticky=W)
+
+        # progress bar
+        self.progress_bar_frame = Frame()
+        self.progress_bar_frame.pack(fill=X, padx=5, pady=5, expand=True)
+
+        self.progress_bar = ttk.Progressbar(self.progress_bar_frame, orient='horizontal', length=100, mode='determinate')
+        self.progress_bar.pack(fill=X)
+
+        # start button frame
+        self.start_frame = Frame()
+        self.start_frame.pack(fill=X, padx=5, pady=5, expand=True)
+
+        # start button
+        self.start_button_text = StringVar()
+        self.start_button_text.set('Start')
+        Button(self.start_frame, textvariable=self.start_button_text, command=self._launch_upscaling, width=20).pack(side=RIGHT)
+
+        self.main_frame.mainloop()
+    
+    def _display_help(self):
+        messagebox.showinfo('About', LEGAL_INFO)
+    
+    def _launch_upscaling(self):
+
+        # prevent launching multiple instances
+        if self.running:
+            messagebox.showerror('Error', 'Video2X is already running')
+            return
+
+        # arguments sanity check
+        if self.input_file.get() == '':
+            messagebox.showerror('Error', 'You must specify input video file/directory path')
+            return
+        if self.output_file.get() == '':
+            messagebox.showerror('Error', 'You must specify output video file/directory path')
+            return
+        if (self.driver.get() in ['Waifu2X Converter CPP', 'Waifu2x NCNN Vulkan', 'Anime4K']) and self.width.get() and self.height.get():
+            messagebox.showerror('Error', f'Selected driver \"{self.driver.get()}\" accepts only scaling ratio')
+            return
+        if self.driver.get() == 'waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan' and (self.scale_ratio.get() > 2 or not self.scale_ratio.get().is_integer()):
+            messagebox.showerror('Error', 'Scaling ratio must be 1 or 2 for waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan')
+            return
+        if (self.width.get() or self.height.get()) and self.scale_ratio.get():
+            messagebox.showerror('Error', 'You can only specify either scaling ratio or output width and height')
+            return
+        if (self.width.get() and not self.height.get()) or (not self.width.get() and self.height.get()):
+            messagebox.showerror('Error', 'You must specify both width and height')
+            return
+        if (not self.width.get() or not self.height.get()) and not self.scale_ratio.get():
+            messagebox.showerror('Error', 'You must specify either output dimensions or scaling ratio')
+            return
+
+        upscale = threading.Thread(target=self._upscale)
+        upscale.start()
+        self.running = True
+        self.start_button_text.set('Running')
+
+    def _upscale(self):
+
+        try:
+            # start timer
+            begin_time = time.time()
+
+            # read configuration file
+            config = read_config(VIDEO2X_CONFIG)
+            config = absolutify_paths(config)
+
+            input_file = pathlib.Path(self.input_file.get())
+            output_file = pathlib.Path(self.output_file.get())
+            driver = AVAILABLE_DRIVERS[self.driver.get()]
+
+            # load specified driver's config into driver_settings
+            driver_settings = config[driver]
+
+            # if executable doesn't exist, show warning
+            if not pathlib.Path(driver_settings['path']).is_file() and not pathlib.Path(f'{driver_settings["path"]}.exe').is_file():
+                messagebox.showerror('Error', 'Specified driver directory doesn\'t exist\nPlease check the configuration file settings')
+                raise FileNotFoundError(driver_settings['path'])
+
+            # read FFmpeg configuration
+            ffmpeg_settings = config['ffmpeg']
+
+            # load video2x settings
+            image_format = config['video2x']['image_format'].lower()
+            preserve_frames = config['video2x']['preserve_frames']
+
+            # load cache directory
+            if isinstance(config['video2x']['video2x_cache_directory'], str):
+                video2x_cache_directory = pathlib.Path(config['video2x']['video2x_cache_directory'])
+            else:
+                video2x_cache_directory = pathlib.Path(tempfile.gettempdir()) / 'video2x'
+
+            if video2x_cache_directory.exists() and not video2x_cache_directory.is_dir():
+                messagebox.showerror('Error', 'Specified cache directory is a file/link')
+                raise FileExistsError('Specified cache directory is a file/link')
+
+            elif not video2x_cache_directory.exists():
+                # try creating the cache directory
+                if messagebox.askyesno('Question', f'Specified cache directory {video2x_cache_directory} does not exist\nCreate directory?'):
+                    try:
+                        video2x_cache_directory.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
+                    # there can be a number of exceptions here
+                    # PermissionError, FileExistsError, etc.
+                    # therefore, we put a catch-them-all here
+                    except Exception as e:
+                        messagebox.showerror('Error', f'Unable to create {video2x_cache_directory}\nAborting...')
+                        raise e
+                else:
+                    raise FileNotFoundError('Could not create cache directory')
+
+            # load more settings from gui
+            width = self.width.get()
+            height = self.height.get()
+            scale_ratio = self.scale_ratio.get()
+            image_format = self.image_format.get()
+            threads = self.threads.get()
+            method = AVAILABLE_METHODS[self.method.get()]
+            preserve_frames = self.preserve_frames.get()
+
+            self.upscaler = Upscaler(input_video=input_file, output_video=output_file, method=method, driver_settings=driver_settings, ffmpeg_settings=ffmpeg_settings)
+
+            # set optional options
+            self.upscaler.waifu2x_driver = driver
+            self.upscaler.scale_width = width
+            self.upscaler.scale_height = height
+            self.upscaler.scale_ratio = scale_ratio
+            self.upscaler.model_dir = None
+            self.upscaler.threads = threads
+            self.upscaler.video2x_cache_directory = video2x_cache_directory
+            self.upscaler.image_format = image_format
+            self.upscaler.preserve_frames = preserve_frames
+
+            # run upscaler
+            self.upscaler.create_temp_directories()
+
+            # start progress bar
+            progress_bar = threading.Thread(target=self._progress_bar)
+            progress_bar.start()
+
+            # start upscaling
+            self.upscaler.run()
+            self.upscaler.cleanup_temp_directories()
+
+            # show message when upscaling completes
+            messagebox.showinfo('Info', f'Upscaling Completed\nTime Taken: {round((time.time() - begin_time), 5)} seconds')
+            self.progress_bar['value'] = 100
+            self.running = False
+            self.start_button_text.set('Start')
+        
+        except Exception as e:
+            messagebox.showerror('Error', f'Upscaler ran into an error:\n{e}')
+
+            # try cleaning up temp directories
+            with contextlib.suppress(Exception):
+                self.upscaler.cleanup_temp_directories()
+
+
+    def _progress_bar(self):
+        """ This method prints a progress bar
+
+        This method prints a progress bar by keeping track
+        of the amount of frames in the input directory
+        and the output directory. This is originally
+        suggested by @ArmandBernard.
+        """
+        # initialize variables early
+        self.upscaler.progress_bar_exit_signal = False
+        self.upscaler.total_frames_upscaled = 0
+        self.upscaler.total_frames = 1
+
+        # initialize progress bar values
+        self.progress_bar['value'] = 0
+
+        while not self.upscaler.progress_bar_exit_signal:
+            self.progress_bar['value'] = int(100 * self.upscaler.total_frames_upscaled / self.upscaler.total_frames)
+            time.sleep(1)
+
+    def _select_input(self):
+        self.input_file.set(askopenfilename(title='Select Input File'))
+
+        # remove input file extension
+        input_filename = str(self.input_file.get())
+        for extension in DEMUXER_EXTENSIONS:
+            if input_filename.endswith(f'.{extension}'):
+                input_filename = input_filename[:-1 - len(extension)]
+
+        # try to set an output file name automatically
+        output_file = pathlib.Path(f'{input_filename}_output.mp4')
+
+        output_file_id = 0
+        while output_file.is_file() and output_file_id <= 10:
+            output_file = pathlib.Path(f'{input_filename}_output_{output_file_id}.mp4')
+            output_file_id += 1
+        
+        if not output_file.exists():
+            self.output_file.set(str(output_file))
+
+    def _select_output(self):
+        self.output_file.set(asksaveasfilename(title='Select Output File'))
+
+
+def read_config(config_file):
+    """ Reads configuration file
+
+    Returns a dictionary read by parsing Video2X config.
+    """
+    with open(config_file, 'r') as raw_config:
+        config = yaml.load(raw_config, Loader=yaml.FullLoader)
+        return config
+
+
+def absolutify_paths(config):
+    """ Check to see if paths to binaries are absolute
+
+    This function checks if paths to binary files are absolute.
+    If not, then absolutify the path.
+
+    Arguments:
+        config {dict} -- configuration file dictionary
+
+    Returns:
+        dict -- configuration file dictionary
+    """
+    current_directory = pathlib.Path(sys.argv[0]).parent.absolute()
+
+    # check waifu2x-caffe path
+    if not re.match('^[a-z]:', config['waifu2x_caffe']['path'], re.IGNORECASE):
+        config['waifu2x_caffe']['path'] = current_directory / config['waifu2x_caffe']['path']
+
+    # check waifu2x-converter-cpp path
+    if not re.match('^[a-z]:', config['waifu2x_converter']['path'], re.IGNORECASE):
+        config['waifu2x_converter']['path'] = current_directory / config['waifu2x_converter']['path']
+
+    # check waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan path
+    if not re.match('^[a-z]:', config['waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan']['path'], re.IGNORECASE):
+        config['waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan']['path'] = current_directory / config['waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan']['path']
+
+    # check ffmpeg path
+    if not re.match('^[a-z]:', config['ffmpeg']['ffmpeg_path'], re.IGNORECASE):
+        config['ffmpeg']['ffmpeg_path'] = current_directory / config['ffmpeg']['ffmpeg_path']
+
+    # check video2x cache path
+    if config['video2x']['video2x_cache_directory']:
+        if not re.match('^[a-z]:', config['video2x']['video2x_cache_directory'], re.IGNORECASE):
+            config['video2x']['video2x_cache_directory'] = current_directory / config['video2x']['video2x_cache_directory']
+
+    return config
+
+
+video2x_gui = Video2xGui()
--- a/src/video2x_setup.py
+++ b/src/video2x_setup.py
@@ -2,17 +2,12 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """
 Name: Video2X Setup Script
-Author: K4YT3X
-Author: BrianPetkovsek
+Creator: K4YT3X
 Date Created: November 28, 2018
-Last Modified: July 30, 2019
+Last Modified: January 4, 2020

-Dev: SAT3LL
-
-Licensed under the GNU General Public License Version 3 (GNU GPL v3),
-    available at: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt
-
-(C) 2018-2019 K4YT3X
+Editor: BrianPetkovsek
+Editor: SAT3LL

 Description: This script helps installing all dependencies of video2x
 and generates a configuration for it.
@@ -22,11 +17,13 @@ Installation Details:
 - waifu2x-caffe: %LOCALAPPDATA%\\video2x\\waifu2x-caffe
 - waifu2x-cpp-converter: %LOCALAPPDATA%\\video2x\\waifu2x-converter-cpp
 - waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan: %LOCALAPPDATA%\\video2x\\waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan
+- anime4k: %LOCALAPPDATA%\\video2x\\anime4k
 """

 # built-in imports
+from datetime import timedelta
 import argparse
-import json
+import contextlib
 import os
 import pathlib
 import re
@@ -34,6 +31,7 @@ import shutil
 import subprocess
 import sys
 import tempfile
+import time
 import traceback
 import urllib
 import zipfile
@@ -43,20 +41,22 @@ import zipfile
 # later in the script.
 # import requests

-VERSION = '1.4.0'
+VERSION = '1.6.1'

 # global static variables
 LOCALAPPDATA = pathlib.Path(os.getenv('localappdata'))
+VIDEO2X_CONFIG = pathlib.Path(sys.argv[0]).parent.absolute() / 'video2x.yaml'
+DRIVER_OPTIONS = ['all', 'waifu2x_caffe', 'waifu2x_converter', 'waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan', 'anime4k']


-def process_arguments():
+def parse_arguments():
    """Processes CLI arguments
    """
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(formatter_class=argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter)

    # video options
    general_options = parser.add_argument_group('General Options')
-    general_options.add_argument('-d', '--driver', help='driver to download and configure', action='store', choices=['all', 'waifu2x_caffe', 'waifu2x_converter', 'waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan'], default='all')
+    general_options.add_argument('-d', '--driver', help='driver to download and configure', action='store', choices=DRIVER_OPTIONS, default='all')

    # parse arguments
    return parser.parse_args()
@@ -79,19 +79,22 @@ class Video2xSetup:
            print('\nInstalling Python libraries')
            self._install_python_requirements()

-        print('\nInstalling FFMPEG')
+        print('\nInstalling FFmpeg')
        self._install_ffmpeg()

        if self.driver == 'all':
            self._install_waifu2x_caffe()
            self._install_waifu2x_converter_cpp()
            self._install_waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan()
+            self._install_anime4k()
        elif self.driver == 'waifu2x_caffe':
            self._install_waifu2x_caffe()
        elif self.driver == 'waifu2x_converter':
            self._install_waifu2x_converter_cpp()
        elif self.driver == 'waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan':
            self._install_waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan()
+        elif self.driver == 'anime4k':
+            self._install_anime4k()

        print('\nGenerating Video2X configuration file')
        self._generate_config()
@@ -137,7 +140,7 @@ class Video2xSetup:
        import requests

        # Get latest release of waifu2x-caffe via GitHub API
-        latest_release = json.loads(requests.get('https://api.github.com/repos/lltcggie/waifu2x-caffe/releases/latest').content.decode('utf-8'))
+        latest_release = requests.get('https://api.github.com/repos/lltcggie/waifu2x-caffe/releases/latest').json()

        for a in latest_release['assets']:
            if 'waifu2x-caffe.zip' in a['browser_download_url']:
@@ -154,7 +157,7 @@ class Video2xSetup:
        import requests

        # Get latest release of waifu2x-caffe via GitHub API
-        latest_release = json.loads(requests.get('https://api.github.com/repos/DeadSix27/waifu2x-converter-cpp/releases/latest').content.decode('utf-8'))
+        latest_release = requests.get('https://api.github.com/repos/DeadSix27/waifu2x-converter-cpp/releases/latest').json()

        for a in latest_release['assets']:
            if re.search(r'waifu2x-DeadSix27-win64_v[0-9]*\.zip', a['browser_download_url']):
@@ -171,7 +174,7 @@ class Video2xSetup:
        import requests

        # Get latest release of waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan via Github API
-        latest_release = json.loads(requests.get('https://api.github.com/repos/nihui/waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan/releases/latest').content.decode('utf-8'))
+        latest_release = requests.get('https://api.github.com/repos/nihui/waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan/releases/latest').json()

        for a in latest_release['assets']:
            if re.search(r'waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan-\d*\.zip', a['browser_download_url']):
@@ -190,34 +193,66 @@ class Video2xSetup:
            # rename the newly extracted directory
            (LOCALAPPDATA / 'video2x' / zipf.namelist()[0]).rename(waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan_directory)

+    def _install_anime4k(self):
+        """ Install Anime4K
+        """
+        print('\nInstalling Anime4K')
+
+        """
+        import requests
+
+        # get latest release of Anime4K via Github API
+        # at the time of writing this portion, Anime4K doesn't yet have a stable release
+        # therefore releases/latest won't work
+        latest_release = requests.get('https://api.github.com/repos/bloc97/Anime4K/releases').json()[0]
+
+        for a in latest_release['assets']:
+            if 'Anime4K_Java.zip' in a['browser_download_url']:
+                anime4k_zip = download(a['browser_download_url'], tempfile.gettempdir())
+                self.trash.append(anime4k_zip)
+        """
+
+        # since Java pre-compiled release has been removed from download
+        # page, we use this cached version as a temporary solution
+        anime4k_zip = download('https://files.flexio.org/Resources/anime4k.zip', tempfile.gettempdir())
+        self.trash.append(anime4k_zip)
+
+        # extract and rename
+        with zipfile.ZipFile(anime4k_zip) as zipf:
+            zipf.extractall(LOCALAPPDATA / 'video2x' / 'anime4k')
+
    def _generate_config(self):
        """ Generate video2x config
        """
-        # Open current video2x.json file as template
-        with open('video2x.json', 'r') as template:
-            template_dict = json.load(template)
+        import yaml
+
+        # open current video2x configuration file as template
+        with open(VIDEO2X_CONFIG, 'r') as template:
+            template_dict = yaml.load(template, Loader=yaml.FullLoader)
            template.close()

        # configure only the specified drivers
        if self.driver == 'all':
-            template_dict['waifu2x_caffe']['waifu2x_caffe_path'] = str(LOCALAPPDATA / 'video2x' / 'waifu2x-caffe' / 'waifu2x-caffe-cui.exe')
-            template_dict['waifu2x_converter']['waifu2x_converter_path'] = str(LOCALAPPDATA / 'video2x' / 'waifu2x-converter-cpp')
-            template_dict['waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan']['waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan_path'] = str(LOCALAPPDATA / 'video2x' / 'waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan' / 'waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan.exe')
+            template_dict['waifu2x_caffe']['path'] = str(LOCALAPPDATA / 'video2x' / 'waifu2x-caffe' / 'waifu2x-caffe-cui.exe')
+            template_dict['waifu2x_converter']['path'] = str(LOCALAPPDATA / 'video2x' / 'waifu2x-converter-cpp')
+            template_dict['waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan']['path'] = str(LOCALAPPDATA / 'video2x' / 'waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan' / 'waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan.exe')
+            template_dict['anime4k']['path'] = str(LOCALAPPDATA / 'video2x' / 'anime4k' / 'Anime4K.jar')
        elif self.driver == 'waifu2x_caffe':
-            template_dict['waifu2x_caffe']['waifu2x_caffe_path'] = str(LOCALAPPDATA / 'video2x' / 'waifu2x-caffe' / 'waifu2x-caffe-cui.exe')
+            template_dict['waifu2x_caffe']['path'] = str(LOCALAPPDATA / 'video2x' / 'waifu2x-caffe' / 'waifu2x-caffe-cui.exe')
        elif self.driver == 'waifu2x_converter':
-            template_dict['waifu2x_converter']['waifu2x_converter_path'] = str(LOCALAPPDATA / 'video2x' / 'waifu2x-converter-cpp')
+            template_dict['waifu2x_converter']['path'] = str(LOCALAPPDATA / 'video2x' / 'waifu2x-converter-cpp')
        elif self.driver == 'waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan':
-            template_dict['waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan']['waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan_path'] = str(LOCALAPPDATA / 'video2x' / 'waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan' / 'waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan.exe')
+            template_dict['waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan']['path'] = str(LOCALAPPDATA / 'video2x' / 'waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan' / 'waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan.exe')
+        elif self.driver == 'anime4k':
+            template_dict['anime4k']['path'] = str(LOCALAPPDATA / 'video2x' / 'anime4k' / 'Anime4K.jar')

        template_dict['ffmpeg']['ffmpeg_path'] = str(LOCALAPPDATA / 'video2x' / 'ffmpeg-latest-win64-static' / 'bin')
        template_dict['video2x']['video2x_cache_directory'] = None
        template_dict['video2x']['preserve_frames'] = False

-        # Write configuration into file
-        with open('video2x.json', 'w') as config:
-            json.dump(template_dict, config, indent=4)
-            config.close()
+        # write configuration into file
+        with open(VIDEO2X_CONFIG, 'w') as config:
+            yaml.dump(template_dict, config)


 def download(url, save_path, chunk_size=4096):
@@ -238,10 +273,8 @@ def download(url, save_path, chunk_size=4096):
    file_name = None
    if 'content-disposition' in stream.headers:
        disposition = stream.headers['content-disposition']
-        try:
+        with contextlib.suppress(IndexError):
            file_name = re.findall("filename=(.+)", disposition)[0].strip('"')
-        except IndexError:
-            pass

    if file_name is None:
        # output_file = f'{save_path}\\{stream.url.split("/")[-1]}'
@@ -286,7 +319,20 @@ def pip_install(file):

 if __name__ == '__main__':
    try:
-        args = process_arguments()
+        # set default exit code
+        EXIT_CODE = 0
+
+        # get start time
+        start_time = time.time()
+
+        # check platform
+        if sys.platform != 'win32':
+            print('This script is currently only compatible with Windows')
+            EXIT_CODE = 1
+            sys.exit(1)
+
+        # parse command line arguments
+        args = parse_arguments()
        print('Video2X Setup Script')
        print(f'Version: {VERSION}')

@@ -300,8 +346,20 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
        setup = Video2xSetup(args.driver, download_python_modules)
        setup.run()
        print('\nScript finished successfully')
-    except Exception:

+    except SystemExit:
+        pass
+
+    # if PermissionError is raised
+    # user needs to run this with higher privilege
+    except PermissionError:
+        traceback.print_exc()
+        print('You might have insufficient privilege for this script to run')
+        print('Try running this script with Administrator privileges')
+        EXIT_CODE = 1
+
+    # for any exception in the script
+    except Exception:
        traceback.print_exc()
        print('An error has occurred')
        print('Video2X Automatic Setup has failed')
@@ -313,4 +371,12 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
            traceback.print_exc()
            print('An error occurred while trying to cleanup files')

-        exit(1)
+        EXIT_CODE = 1
+
+    # regardless if script finishes successfully or not
+    # print script execution summary
+    finally:
+        print('Script finished')
+        print(f'Time taken: {timedelta(seconds=round(time.time() - start_time))}')
+        input('Press [ENTER] to exit script')
+        sys.exit(EXIT_CODE)
--- a/src/waifu2x_caffe.py
+++ b/src/waifu2x_caffe.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 Name: Waifu2x Caffe Driver
 Author: K4YT3X
 Date Created: Feb 24, 2018
-Last Modified: July 27, 2019
+Last Modified: October 6, 2019

 Description: This class is a high-level wrapper
 for waifu2x-caffe.
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@ class Waifu2xCaffe:
    the upscale function.
    """

-    def __init__(self, waifu2x_settings, process, model_dir, bit_depth):
-        self.waifu2x_settings = waifu2x_settings
-        self.waifu2x_settings['process'] = process
-        self.waifu2x_settings['model_dir'] = model_dir
-        self.waifu2x_settings['output_depth'] = bit_depth
+    def __init__(self, driver_settings, process, model_dir, bit_depth):
+        self.driver_settings = driver_settings
+        self.driver_settings['process'] = process
+        self.driver_settings['model_dir'] = model_dir
+        self.driver_settings['output_depth'] = bit_depth

        # arguments passed through command line overwrites config file values
        self.process = process
@@ -50,16 +50,16 @@ class Waifu2xCaffe:

        try:
            # overwrite config file settings
-            self.waifu2x_settings['input_path'] = input_directory
-            self.waifu2x_settings['output_path'] = output_directory
+            self.driver_settings['input_path'] = input_directory
+            self.driver_settings['output_path'] = output_directory

            if scale_ratio:
-                self.waifu2x_settings['scale_ratio'] = scale_ratio
+                self.driver_settings['scale_ratio'] = scale_ratio
            elif scale_width and scale_height:
-                self.waifu2x_settings['scale_width'] = scale_width
-                self.waifu2x_settings['scale_height'] = scale_height
+                self.driver_settings['scale_width'] = scale_width
+                self.driver_settings['scale_height'] = scale_height

-            self.waifu2x_settings['output_extention'] = image_format
+            self.driver_settings['output_extention'] = image_format

            # print thread start message
            self.print_lock.acquire()
@@ -67,15 +67,15 @@ class Waifu2xCaffe:
            self.print_lock.release()

            # list to be executed
-            execute = []
+            # initialize the list with waifu2x binary path as the first element
+            execute = [str(self.driver_settings['path'])]

-            execute.append(self.waifu2x_settings['waifu2x_caffe_path'])
-            for key in self.waifu2x_settings.keys():
+            for key in self.driver_settings.keys():

-                value = self.waifu2x_settings[key]
+                value = self.driver_settings[key]

                # is executable key or null or None means that leave this option out (keep default)
-                if key == 'waifu2x_caffe_path' or value is None or value is False:
+                if key == 'path' or value is None or value is False:
                    continue
                else:
                    if len(key) == 1:
--- a/src/waifu2x_converter.py
+++ b/src/waifu2x_converter.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 Name: Waifu2x Converter CPP Driver
 Author: K4YT3X
 Date Created: February 8, 2019
-Last Modified: July 27, 2019
+Last Modified: October 6, 2019

 Description: This class is a high-level wrapper
 for waifu2x-converter-cpp.
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ class Waifu2xConverter:
    the upscale function.
    """

-    def __init__(self, waifu2x_settings, model_dir):
-        self.waifu2x_settings = waifu2x_settings
-        self.waifu2x_settings['model_dir'] = model_dir
+    def __init__(self, driver_settings, model_dir):
+        self.driver_settings = driver_settings
+        self.driver_settings['model_dir'] = model_dir
        self.print_lock = threading.Lock()

    def upscale(self, input_directory, output_directory, scale_ratio, jobs, image_format, upscaler_exceptions):
@@ -46,25 +46,16 @@ class Waifu2xConverter:

        try:
            # overwrite config file settings
-            self.waifu2x_settings['input'] = input_directory
-            self.waifu2x_settings['output'] = output_directory
-
-            # temporary fix for https://github.com/DeadSix27/waifu2x-converter-cpp/issues/109
-            """
-            self.waifu2x_settings['i'] = input_directory
-            self.waifu2x_settings['o'] = output_directory
-            self.waifu2x_settings['input'] = None
-            self.waifu2x_settings['output'] = None
-            """
-
-            self.waifu2x_settings['scale-ratio'] = scale_ratio
-            self.waifu2x_settings['jobs'] = jobs
-            self.waifu2x_settings['output-format'] = image_format
+            self.driver_settings['input'] = input_directory
+            self.driver_settings['output'] = output_directory
+            self.driver_settings['scale-ratio'] = scale_ratio
+            self.driver_settings['jobs'] = jobs
+            self.driver_settings['output-format'] = image_format

            # models_rgb must be specified manually for waifu2x-converter-cpp
            # if it's not specified in the arguments, create automatically
-            if self.waifu2x_settings['model-dir'] is None:
-                self.waifu2x_settings['model-dir'] = pathlib.Path(self.waifu2x_settings['waifu2x_converter_path']) / 'models_rgb'
+            if self.driver_settings['model-dir'] is None:
+                self.driver_settings['model-dir'] = pathlib.Path(self.driver_settings['waifu2x_converter_path']) / 'models_rgb'

            # print thread start message
            self.print_lock.acquire()
@@ -72,15 +63,16 @@ class Waifu2xConverter:
            self.print_lock.release()

            # list to be executed
-            execute = []
+            # initialize the list with waifu2x binary path as the first element
+            execute = [str(pathlib.Path(self.driver_settings['path']) / 'waifu2x-converter-cpp.exe')]

-            for key in self.waifu2x_settings.keys():
+            for key in self.driver_settings.keys():

-                value = self.waifu2x_settings[key]
+                value = self.driver_settings[key]

                # the key doesn't need to be passed in this case
-                if key == 'waifu2x_converter_path':
-                    execute.append(pathlib.Path(str(value)) / 'waifu2x-converter-cpp.exe')
+                if key == 'path':
+                    continue

                # null or None means that leave this option out (keep default)
                elif value is None or value is False:
--- a/src/waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan.py
+++ b/src/waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan.py
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
+Name: Waifu2x NCNN Vulkan Driver
+Creator: SAT3LL
+Date Created: June 26, 2019
+Last Modified: November 15, 2019
+
+Editor: K4YT3X
+Last Modified: January 4, 2020
+
+Description: This class is a high-level wrapper
+for waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan.
+"""
+
+# built-in imports
+import os
+import subprocess
+import threading
+
+# third-party imports
+from avalon_framework import Avalon
+
+
+class Waifu2xNcnnVulkan:
+    """This class communicates with waifu2x ncnn vulkan engine
+
+    An object will be created for this class, containing information
+    about the binary address and the processing method. When being called
+    by the main program, other detailed information will be passed to
+    the upscale function.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, driver_settings):
+        self.driver_settings = driver_settings
+
+        # arguments passed through command line overwrites config file values
+
+        # waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan can't find its own model directory if its not in the current dir
+        #   so change to it
+        os.chdir(os.path.join(self.driver_settings['path'], '..'))
+
+        self.print_lock = threading.Lock()
+
+    def upscale(self, input_directory, output_directory, scale_ratio, upscaler_exceptions):
+        """This is the core function for WAIFU2X class
+
+        Arguments:
+            input_directory {string} -- source directory path
+            output_directory {string} -- output directory path
+            ratio {int} -- output video ratio
+        """
+
+        try:
+            # overwrite config file settings
+            self.driver_settings['i'] = input_directory
+            self.driver_settings['o'] = output_directory
+            self.driver_settings['s'] = int(scale_ratio)
+
+            # print thread start message
+            self.print_lock.acquire()
+            Avalon.debug_info(f'[upscaler] Thread {threading.current_thread().name} started')
+            self.print_lock.release()
+
+            # list to be executed
+            # initialize the list with waifu2x binary path as the first element
+            execute = [str(self.driver_settings['path'])]
+
+            for key in self.driver_settings.keys():
+
+                value = self.driver_settings[key]
+
+                # is executable key or null or None means that leave this option out (keep default)
+                if key == 'path' or value is None or value is False:
+                    continue
+                else:
+                    if len(key) == 1:
+                        execute.append(f'-{key}')
+                    else:
+                        execute.append(f'--{key}')
+                    execute.append(str(value))
+
+            Avalon.debug_info(f'Executing: {execute}')
+            completed_command = subprocess.run(execute, check=True)
+
+            # print thread exiting message
+            self.print_lock.acquire()
+            Avalon.debug_info(f'[upscaler] Thread {threading.current_thread().name} exiting')
+            self.print_lock.release()
+
+            # return command execution return code
+            return completed_command.returncode
+        except Exception as e:
+            upscaler_exceptions.append(e)
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
k4yt3x	5db2cfd2a3	added anime4k instructions	2020-01-12 03:32:25 -05:00
k4yt3x	652b9f34bd	fixing #180 bug2 attempt 2	2020-01-04 17:03:16 -05:00
k4yt3x	f3c50ea728	fixing #180 bug2	2020-01-04 16:59:51 -05:00
k4yt3x	880087241d	updated waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan path key for new config structure	2020-01-04 16:56:08 -05:00
k4yt3x	067e17290a	1.6.1 changed driver paths to 3.0.0 config style	2020-01-04 16:49:13 -05:00
k4yt3x	fc675e7899	updated copyright date	2020-01-04 16:48:37 -05:00
K4YT3X	2d81270e44	Set theme jekyll-theme-slate	2019-12-22 06:00:02 +00:00
K4YT3X	3ace2447c2	Create CNAME	2019-12-22 05:48:39 +00:00
K4YT3X	30b0e2c7bf	Delete CNAME	2019-12-22 05:48:25 +00:00
k4yt3x	d54fea0310	enables available memory warning for Linux platform	2019-12-19 23:03:58 -05:00
k4yt3x	332055a4e5	fixed temp directory cleaning problem on exit	2019-12-11 22:20:01 -05:00
k4yt3x	19e17b1a8f	updated platform information	2019-12-11 21:59:38 -05:00
k4yt3x	9e745fb747	video2x_gui 1.1.3: fixed driver path key name	2019-12-11 21:59:20 -05:00
K4YT3X	fd5edead7e	Merge pull request #171 from YOUSIKI/master Check platform correctly	2019-11-30 19:56:08 +00:00
YOUSIKI	aa7c0b3f12	Check platform correctly Continue if running on win32. Exit if running on other platforms.	2019-11-30 22:56:34 +08:00
k4yt3x	65cc4c6afb	Merge branch '3.0.0'	2019-11-26 04:14:13 -05:00
k4yt3x	bd2da021bd	updated README for 3.0.0	2019-11-26 04:12:04 -05:00
k4yt3x	7e888db7b2	formatted YAML file	2019-11-26 04:10:01 -05:00
k4yt3x	7726a86e35	added platform check, made PermissionError more obvious	2019-11-26 04:03:03 -05:00
K4YT3X	a0595136ab	Create CNAME	2019-11-18 06:43:00 +00:00
K4YT3X	5c93a5a73b	Delete CNAME	2019-11-18 06:42:54 +00:00
K4YT3X	7b9b87fa9b	Create CNAME	2019-11-17 05:41:13 +00:00
k4yt3x	cb255da65c	added missing sys library import	2019-11-16 02:54:25 -05:00
k4yt3x	d503325a62	changed YAML load to FullLoader to make it WIndows-compatible	2019-11-16 02:52:33 -05:00
k4yt3x	954233c238	changed default config path from JSON to YAML	2019-11-16 01:51:01 -05:00
k4yt3x	95416f68a8	make the GUI script YAML-compatible	2019-11-16 01:50:41 -05:00
k4yt3x	dce778b3bf	1.1.2 fixed repeated output file extensions	2019-11-15 22:40:48 -05:00
k4yt3x	c537dd726c	changed YAML loader to Windows compatible FullLoader	2019-11-15 22:40:19 -05:00
k4yt3x	b1918a4a8a	fixed pixel_formats print bug and subprocess execution bug	2019-11-15 02:39:27 -05:00
k4yt3x	7ae9618785	updated file modification date	2019-11-15 02:38:39 -05:00
k4yt3x	eb3d29103c	fixed anime4k path key	2019-11-15 02:38:11 -05:00
k4yt3x	a188f6ebda	1.6.0 added support for YAML, better exception handling	2019-11-15 02:04:12 -05:00
k4yt3x	fd67dfca11	docstring modifications, added JDK warning	2019-11-15 02:03:44 -05:00
k4yt3x	b1f29f1098	fixed NCNN Vulkan driver argument error	2019-11-15 01:09:55 -05:00
k4yt3x	fe7c0c840d	fixed type error for waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan argument	2019-10-24 21:33:05 -04:00
k4yt3x	dc2410d4da	renaming variables, using YAML to replace JSON	2019-10-19 21:53:12 -04:00
k4yt3x	91ac512d57	remove .exe extension for Linux compatibility	2019-10-19 21:52:31 -04:00
k4yt3x	732288f075	renamed waifu2x_settings to driver_settings	2019-10-19 21:52:11 -04:00
k4yt3x	e812c228c3	updated file permissions	2019-10-19 21:51:18 -04:00
k4yt3x	9841fa9577	converted JSON config into YAML	2019-10-19 21:45:44 -04:00
k4yt3x	5391f59847	renamed bin to src since python isn't binary	2019-10-19 21:40:00 -04:00
k4yt3x	6180ccd9b2	fixing folder upscaling function	2019-08-29 16:03:15 -04:00
k4yt3x	e10315f89e	using contextlib instead of try-catch	2019-08-25 23:03:37 -04:00
k4yt3x	6521e071ce	enhanced logo-printing	2019-08-25 23:03:18 -04:00
k4yt3x	a685e91b14	removed unused dependencies	2019-08-25 23:02:59 -04:00
k4yt3x	9d72bad314	temporary fix for Anime4K download	2019-08-20 22:40:26 -04:00
k4yt3x	2b63b5f0a6	added total time display	2019-08-17 23:28:37 -04:00
k4yt3x	9c84228c17	added screenshot for video2x gui	2019-08-17 23:19:47 -04:00
k4yt3x	f9bb191336	fixed gui compatibility with anime4k, added constraints for a4k	2019-08-17 18:16:47 -04:00
K4YT3X	7a3af366f8	Merge pull request #137 from k4yt3x/2.10.0-anime4k 2.10.0 anime4k	2019-08-16 15:49:33 +00:00
k4yt3x	d4223f93ec	fixed a4k not installed bug	2019-08-16 02:53:07 -04:00
k4yt3x	c5c764a91f	GUI 1.1.1: Added support for Anime4K	2019-08-16 02:49:38 -04:00
k4yt3x	ba6472c9fc	exe build is out of beta	2019-08-16 02:49:22 -04:00
k4yt3x	dc1244580f	updated README for 2.10.0	2019-08-16 00:46:43 -04:00
k4yt3x	0347d05127	setup script 1.5.0: added support for Anime4K	2019-08-16 00:36:45 -04:00
k4yt3x	45f5bf91e6	updated anime4k path	2019-08-16 00:36:22 -04:00
k4yt3x	5e78beabcf	added thread dialog for anime4k	2019-08-16 00:19:36 -04:00
k4yt3x	6c5b7ea17f	moved constants into one single place	2019-08-15 23:57:24 -04:00
k4yt3x	d9610abae0	fixed thread-unsafe printing	2019-08-15 23:56:55 -04:00
k4yt3x	47471352ba	2.10.0 added anime4k support	2019-08-15 23:34:24 -04:00
k4yt3x	969cfe5c0d	fixing issue #134	2019-08-11 23:57:10 -04:00
k4yt3x	e12db41213	updated bug report template for newest version of v2x	2019-08-07 23:07:55 -04:00
k4yt3x	7a69d58e28	placed version number into window title	2019-08-07 22:56:41 -04:00
k4yt3x	ad6308d385	relocated docstrings	2019-08-07 22:54:39 -04:00
k4yt3x	8c3a85ac42	GUI 1.1.0 added basic menu bar and better output file naming check	2019-08-07 22:54:33 -04:00
k4yt3x	db603062e9	updated main file date	2019-08-03 23:15:36 -04:00
k4yt3x	807276fcc3	fixing converter frame filename issues	2019-08-03 23:15:19 -04:00
k4yt3x	9be46f7d62	fixing support for waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan	2019-08-03 23:15:03 -04:00
k4yt3x	f42a8ab71f	fixed waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan argument errors	2019-08-03 21:29:13 -04:00
k4yt3x	e3b2624977	fixed the issue where subprocess tries to execute pathlib.Path	2019-08-03 19:45:22 -04:00