> Nvidia clearly kneecapped the pre-upscale footage
I'm not so sure. High bitrate content like game streaming does end up losing visual quality with lossy encoding. The average 1080p Twitch stream struggles to look as clean as Nvidia's 1080p source footage.
Given the circumstances, I think this is a great option. Most videos don't look right when encoded on YouTube or blown up at 2x resolution. A destructive AI pipeline is your best shot at reducing the destructive artifacting introduced at the encoding stage.
I'm not so sure. High bitrate content like game streaming does end up losing visual quality with lossy encoding. The average 1080p Twitch stream struggles to look as clean as Nvidia's 1080p source footage.
Given the circumstances, I think this is a great option. Most videos don't look right when encoded on YouTube or blown up at 2x resolution. A destructive AI pipeline is your best shot at reducing the destructive artifacting introduced at the encoding stage.