This release is for linux users, if you're on windows, use this

https://github.com/aka-katto/dandere2x/releases/tag/1.3.1

Building Dandere2x for Linux

This should be somewhat universal to windows, but this is how I would build the dandere2x myself for linux.

Requirements

gcc

cmake

python3

pip3

python3-venv

ffmpeg

waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan snap -> ubuntu: sudo snap install waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan --edge

Building Commands

cd /home/linux/dev
this can be any folder you want

wget https://github.com/aka-katto/dandere2x/archive/0.1.4.4.tar.gz

tar -xf 0.1.4.5.tar.gz

cd dandere2x-0.1.4.5

cd dandere2x_cpp

cmake CMakeLists.txt

make

cd ..

mkdir src/externals

mv dandere2x_cpp/dandere2x_cpp src/externals/dandere2x_cpp

cd src

mkdir workspace

python3 -m venv venv

source venv/bin/activate

pip3 install -r requirements.txt

python3 gui_driver.py
At this point, the gui_driver should launch.

Known Issues

1. Converter_cpp was never fully ported to linux, in development at the moment

2. The frames-per-second thing doesn't update on my system, I'm not sure about others.

3. tile-size on waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan doesn't accept 200 as arguments, set it to null or use "-t" instead for the time being.

4. Waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan doesn't upscale folder in alphabetical order, (fixed in nihui/waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan@f3628c4)

Potential Issues

1. The snap for w2x-vulkan installs it under
   "waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan_path": "/snap/waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan/86/bin",

for me. If it didn't install it here, then you'll need to find where your waifu2x is installed from snap.

1. If the snap package were to suddenly update, this version is broken, as this is running of legacy w2x-vulkan

2. If you're using waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan installed from the snap, you'll need to use the waifu2x_vulkan_legacy option in the GUI.