Upscaling, and what a register cannot record
Upscaling enlarges generated frames after the fact, using a separate model. It is a real part of many pipelines and it is not part of any release in this register, so it never enters the resolution column. As of 2026-09-22.
| Item | Belongs to the second model |
|---|---|
| Licence | Yes, and it may differ |
| Memory requirement | Yes, in addition |
| Artefacts | Yes, of its own kind |
| Runtime | Yes, added per clip |
Inclusion rule. Things an added stage contributes. Everything listed belongs to a model this register does not hold, which is why the stage is out of scope. Order. From the contractual items to the operational ones.
1Why the boundary is worth stating
A production comparing a 480p release with a 720P one may intend to upscale the first. That is a reasonable plan and it changes the licence surface, the memory total and the output characteristics.
None of those changes are recorded here, because none of them are published by the video release. The register holds what the repository states and stops at its edge.
2Upscaled output is not the same as generated output
Enlarging frames adds detail that was not generated, with its own texture and its own failure modes across a moving sequence. It is not equivalent to a model that produces the larger frame.
So a resolution comparison across this register compares what the weights produce. Anything after that is a pipeline decision the entries deliberately do not cover.
3The boundary in the register
The resolution column holds what the released weights produce. Anything added afterwards is a second model with its own licence, its own memory figure and its own artefacts, none of which any entry here records.
That is the same line drawn around interpolation. A production may well cross it, and the register stops at the edge of the release so that its own cells stay traceable.
A reading note, not an entry: no vendor value appears on this page. Where the register records this term for a particular release, it is on the resolution column and on that family's own page. Nearby terms: Frame count, Frame rate.