Thanks to all contributors for such a great campaign results!
Summary of campaign updates
Update 1: the main goal is met, what plans we have for the near future?
Update 2: new stretch goal -
$17000 for creating
mpv-based
Mac OS and Linux versions.
Update 3: SVP 3.1.7 released!
Updates 4+5: SVP 4 release dates, editions and pricing (scroll to the bottom of "Story").
Update 6: SVP 4 Technical Preview is released! (find download link in the update text)
Updates 7+8: Inviting all the "Co-authors" to get first developer build.
Update 12: SVP 4 released to the public.
Please note that "$10 Forever Free" perk is only about Windows edition!
What is SVP
"SVP" stands for "Smooth Video Project".
We at SVP Team are fighting against an ancient 24 frames per second (FPS) movie standard.
For several years we've been developing and supporting the application that we believe is a must-have for anyone watching movies on PC. It converts any video up to 60 FPS and even higher rates in real time right in your favorite video player - and it has remained completely free all this time.
You can find much more information on the frame rate conversion benefits on our web site and you are welcome to try the current SVP 3.1 yourself.
Some say that frame rate conversion is as bad as image upscaling, others say it introduces a "soap opera"-like effect which they hate.
But they are all wrong! Based on the extensive community feedback, we know that anyone who actually watched at least three movies at high frame rate never goes back to the old-fashioned 24 FPS.
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This video was converted to 60 FPS with the help of SVP core engine.
Don't forget to switch YouTube to 60 FPS mode and open it in full screen!
Please note:
- you need YouTube HTML5 Player to play it,
- depending on hardware it may play not so fluently in a browser window as in a standalone media player.
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And here is a special message for
anime fans: due to extremely low source frame rate it
feels much more natural when converted to the high frame rate.
Where we are now
During the last several years, we have been continuously improving hardware requirements, image quality and overall usability. Nowadays more than 50000 people all over the world use SVP on a regular basis.
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Unfortunately, at some point it became very clear that we can't move forward anymore without dropping existing SVP Manager UI.
It was started many years ago by two non-professional developers using an ancient Delphi 7 and now it is just a huge bunch of obsolete code no one can dig into.
So we really need to rewrite it from scratch using modern software tools and development patterns, which will take several months for a professional developer and a lot of testing.
TODO list
The choice is whether to keep "Next Gen" SVP free of any charges and ads or not.
Main goal is to rewrite SVP Manager core functionality. Depending on the amount of collected funds, we will implement features that include but are not limited to:
- Improving usability for media center users,
- Complete integration with LEDs backlight engines (see our SVPlight side project),
- 64-bit video players support,
- VLC Media Player plugin,
- And more...
Please give us your ideas about SVP features!
More technical details
| Feature |
SVP 3 |
SVP 4 |
| Platform |
Delphi, Windows only |
Qt 5, potentially cross-platform |
| Main menu |
Huge and wired |
Logical |
| Settings auto-detection |
Very poor |
Better :) |
| Video profiles selection |
By resolution only |
A lot of conditions |
| Localization to other languages |
Not usable |
Easy |
| Saving high frame rate videos |
Script only |
A plugin for one-click solution |
Auto updating,
issues reporting,
etc... |
No |
Yes |
| Control it from other apps |
No |
Yes |
| Multiple videos handling |
No |
Yes |
| 64-bit support |
No |
Yes
(but is a subject to 3rd party dependencies)
|
FRC performance
(not directly related to SVP 4)
|
Good :) |
Up to 40% better
(released as a part of SVP 3.1.7) |
SVP 4 editions and pricing
Please note that following information is preliminary and may be changed in future.
| |
SVP 4
Technical Preview |
SVP 4 Free |
SVP 4 |
| Platform |
Windows |
Windows |
Windows |
Linux |
MacOS |
Developer builds
(available to the "co-authors") |
|
August |
August |
>= October |
>= November |
| Release date |
July |
>= September |
>= October |
>= November |
>= December |
Pricing
(+ lifetime updates) |
Free |
Free |
$15 |
Free |
$25
(includes Windows license) |
| Free for Indiegogo funders donated... |
Anyone |
Anyone |
$10 or more |
Anyone |
$15 or more |
| Features |
| Video options auto-detection |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
| GPU acceleration |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
| Basic video pre-processing |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
Advanced video preprocessing
(custom crop, resize, etc) |
no |
no |
yes |
yes |
yes |
| Localization |
no |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
| Handling of stereo videos |
no |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
| Outer lighting |
no |
TBD |
yes |
yes |
yes |
| User defined options |
no |
no |
yes |
yes |
yes |
| Control multiple videos |
no |
no |
yes |
yes |
yes |
| Manual video options adjustment |
no |
no |
yes |
yes |
yes |
| User defined conditions for video options selection |
no |
no |
yes |
yes |
yes |
| Support for 64-bit video players |
no |
TBD |
TBD |
yes |
yes |
Support for additional modules
(LED backlight, video conversion, etc) |
no |
no |
yes |
yes |
yes |
| Processing of Hi10p videos in 10-bit mode |
no |
no |
TBD |
TBD |
TBD |
| Other cool features |
no |
TBD |
TBD |
TBD |
TBD |
