Why is KNLMeansCL slowing me down so much

[Machmir]

Here's the attempted script with KNL included. It's not an interlaced source. I go onto the (De-)Interlace tab to set Auto Deinterlace Handling to None. The source is 1920x1080 but I crop the black sides so it is 1440x1080 for the encode.

# Imports import os import sys import vapoursynth as vs # getting Vapoursynth core core = vs.core # Import scripts folder scriptPath = 'C:/Program Files/Hybrid/64bit/vsscripts' sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath(scriptPath)) # Loading Plugins core.std.LoadPlugin(path="C:/Program Files/Hybrid/64bit/vsfilters/DenoiseFilter/CTMF/CTMF.dll") core.std.LoadPlugin(path="C:/Program Files/Hybrid/64bit/vsfilters/Support/fmtconv.dll") core.std.LoadPlugin(path="C:/Program Files/Hybrid/64bit/vsfilters/ResizeFilter/nnedi3/vsznedi3.dll") core.std.LoadPlugin(path="C:/Program Files/Hybrid/64bit/vsfilters/GrainFilter/RemoveGrain/RemoveGrainVS.dll") core.std.LoadPlugin(path="C:/Program Files/Hybrid/64bit/vsfilters/DenoiseFilter/KNLMeansCL/KNLMeansCL.dll") core.std.LoadPlugin(path="C:/Program Files/Hybrid/64bit/vsfilters/DeblockFilter/Deblock/Deblock.dll") core.std.LoadPlugin(path="C:/Program Files/Hybrid/64bit/vsfilters/SharpenFilter/AWarpSharp2/libawarpsharp2.dll") core.std.LoadPlugin(path="C:/Program Files/Hybrid/64bit/vsfilters/SourceFilter/LSmashSource/vslsmashsource.dll") # Import scripts import hnwvsfunc import psharpen import havsfunc import mvsfunc # source: 'E:\Pumbaa.mkv' # current color space: YUV420P8, bit depth: 8, resolution: 1920x1080, fps: 23.976, color matrix: 709, yuv luminance scale: limited, scanorder: progressive # Loading E:\Pumbaa.mkv using LWLibavSource clip = core.lsmas.LWLibavSource(source="E:\Pumbaa.mkv", format="YUV420P8", cache=0, prefer_hw=0) # Setting color matrix to 709. clip = core.std.SetFrameProps(clip, _Matrix=1) clip = clip if not core.text.FrameProps(clip,'_Transfer') else core.std.SetFrameProps(clip, _Transfer=1) clip = clip if not core.text.FrameProps(clip,'_Primaries') else core.std.SetFrameProps(clip, _Primaries=1) # Setting color range to TV (limited) range. clip = core.std.SetFrameProp(clip=clip, prop="_ColorRange", intval=1) # making sure frame rate is set to 23.976 clip = core.std.AssumeFPS(clip=clip, fpsnum=24000, fpsden=1001) # cropping the video to 1440x1080 clip = core.std.CropRel(clip=clip, left=236, right=244, top=0, bottom=0) # line darkening using Toon clip = havsfunc.Toon(input=clip,str=0.50) # applying delocking using Deblock clip = core.deblock.Deblock(clip=clip, quant=33, boffset=14) # denoising using KNLMeansCL clip = havsfunc.KNLMeansCL(clip=clip, a=1) # sharpening using AWarpSharp2 clip = core.warp.AWarpSharp2(clip=clip, blur=2, depth=2) # sharpening using PSharpen clip = psharpen.psharpen(clip=clip) # Anti Aliasing using DAAMod clip = hnwvsfunc.daamod(c=clip) clip = havsfunc.FineDehalo(clip) # adjusting output color from: YUV420P8 to YUV420P10 for x265Model clip = core.resize.Bicubic(clip=clip, format=vs.YUV420P10, range_s="limited") # set output frame rate to 23.976fps clip = core.std.AssumeFPS(clip=clip, fpsnum=24000, fpsden=1001) # Output clip.set_output()