Increasing Video Resolution and Frame Rate with video2x

Recently, I downloaded an old documentary made in early 2000s. The original resolution was 854×480 with a less than 1000 KB/S bitrate. Because I like the content so there is enough reason to enhance my watching experience. Download installer instead of the zip pack from k4yt3x’s github repo, this will install all binaries and dependencies for Windows. After restart the system, open video2x and load a video, it can automatically detect the GPU if it exists. Gaming GPU with higher frequency/hashrate is preferred over larger VRAM in this case. ...

August 30, 2025 · 2 min · Jun

Bypassing YouTube IP block with FreeTube and optimized Tor

Recently, YouTube is messing with user disobedience again. For the sake of that, FreeTube has been updating with fix multiple times. Although FreeTube has fixed the API block done by YouTube, I have to deal with a new IP block from my end as its aftermath. “YouTube has blocked your IP address from watching videos. Please try switching to a different VPN or proxy.” There are many ways to get around this IP block. Because I think switching VPN server is too heavy just for this, I would like to use a proxy. ...

August 26, 2025 · 3 min · Jun