Upscale filter no longer working - unsure why about anime4k HOT 8 CLOSED

Thanks, in hindsight it was kinda dumb of me not to try Plex Desktop and MPV before creating an issue. The shaders did the same thing on Plex but MPV worked as expected, which caused me to remember that at some point I'd replaced the Plex mpv library via this guide:
https://forums.plex.tv/t/htpc-tips-and-tricks/794228/3
Dropped in the latest mpv-2.dll and it's all working great. Looking at my browser history I did this AFTER originally installing Anime4k though, so could be that's what broke it in the first place? At any rate that's fixed it this time so I'm happy. Thanks for your help :)

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Can you verify by checking the profiler if Anime4K is running?

Add this line to your input.conf inside %LOCALAPPDATA%\Plex HTPC (if you haven't already).

i script-binding stats/display-stats-toggle

Quit and reopen Plex HTPC. Then press i and 3 while playing video. It should show all the shaders being rendered.

Also, keep in mind that Anime4K_Upscale_CNN shaders only upscale the resolution, i.e., from 1080p to 2160p. The shaders responsible for sharpening lines are the Anime4K_Restore_CNN shaders.

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Hey! Thanks for the response. I've turned that on and grabbed a couple of screenshots. Here's a screenshot with the default A filters enabled:

And one with them disabled:

Magenta's a very slightly different shade of magenta in each but aside from that it looks identical to my eyes.

For comparison's sake, here's a shot with only Anime4K_Clamp_Highlights.glsl enabled:

And a shot with only Anime4K_Restore_CNN_VL.glsl x3 (i'd expect this to oversharpen massively? or at least have some effect)

The only difference I can see is a slight change in contrast in parts of the image when the clamp filter is on. Also, just to clarify, this is all 1080p video played on a 2160p screen. Like I said it definitely worked the first time I set it up, so I know how it's meant to look!

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Lovely screenshots of Magenta!

Anyway, it seems like the shaders are active and running normally. I do see that there's not much difference between having the shaders on or off, aside from the slight contrast. I'm running the latest version of Plex and Plex HTPC on both Mac and Windows systems, and Anime4K still works fine. So, I highly doubt this is an issue with the Plex app itself.

Just to isolate the issue, could you try running the shaders in mpv or the normal Plex app and see if Anime4K is working correctly there? Also, try downloading the shaders again directly from Releases, as there could be something wrong with the files. You could also try using these combined preset shaders and see if they work.

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That’s interesting! I didn’t even realize you could replace the mpv library in Plex. Maybe I’ll give it a try, since I do want to use their new library and I’ll see if it breaks Anime4K too. Anyway, glad it worked out for you!

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So I just replaced the old libmpv in Plex HTPC with the new one, and Anime4K seems to be working for me.

Old libmpv on Mac:

New libmpv on Windows:
Anime4k Off

Anime4K On

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Little FYI - Plex HTPC updated today and I noticed Anime4K broken the same way as it was when I opened this issue - replaced mpv-2.dll the same way which immediately fixed it.

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Yep, the same thing happened to me. Although, I replaced it with the new libmpv and it works just fine. What concerns me, though, is that I will need to keep replacing the mpv-2.dll file every time there is an update. Which would be pretty annoying as Plex updates pretty often, and I didn't have this issue prior to changing the mpv-2.dll file. But the trade-off might be worth it for the new libmpv alone, considering that Plex still uses the old mpv library.

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