[GUIDE] VapourSynth + QTGMC Deinterlace + Hybrid UI FAQ for macOS

[Selur]

The funny thing is that Waifu2x-w2xc is rather legacy and very slow, but it don't need Vulkan SDK. l33tmeatwad recommend to use faster Waifu2x NCNN Vulkan instead.

Hybrid does support both. (can't test since the vm has no hardware acceleration)

Since the VM does not support snapshots (without breaking the vm), it would be nice if someone could test the installer and check which of the:
* csrutil disable
* sudo spctl --master-disable
* Disable Gatekeeper turning back on automatically after 30 days by typing in Terminal:
sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.security GKAutoRearm -bool NO
* Enabe Gatekeeper by typing in Terminal:
sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.security GKAutoRearm -bool YES
* sudo defaults write com.apple.LaunchServices LSQuarantine -bool NO
are really needed.

Are they only needed during installation or are they needed for Hybrid to work?
Depending on that i would adjust the README.rtf:

This Package includes:

• ‘Hybrid and Plugins’
 Which includes:
◦ the Hybrid .app-package from https://www.selur.de/
◦ a bunch of VapourSynth filters
◦ ‘D2V Witch 4’ from https://github.com/dubhater/D2VWitch which indexes various video streams and writes D2V files. These will be used in Hybrid with the VapourSynth plugin d2vsource.
• ‘VapourSynth R52’ installer which is needed to use VapourSynth inside Hybrid
• XQuartz 2.7.11 from https://www.xquartz.org/ which is required by Hybrid to read image sequences through the VapourSynth ImageReader.
• VulkanSDK 1.2.148.1 from https://vulkan.lunarg.com/sdk/home which is required by to run Vulkan based VapourSynth filters in Hybrid, i.e. Waifu2x nvk and SRMD

Typical install order would be:
1. Open "VapourSynth+Plugins+Scripts+Hybrid-2020.10.10.dmg"
2. Install "VapourSynth-R52.pkg"
3. Install "Hybrid 2020.09.15 and Plugins.pkg"
4. Install "XQuartz.pkg" (optional)
5. Install Vulkan (optional):
    Open "vulkansdk-macos-1.2.148.1.dmg"
    Open Terminal & browse with the following command:
    cd /Volumes/vulkansdk-macos-1.2.148.1
    Run the following command to install:
    sudo ./install_vulkan.py

For questions and problems you can get support over at https://forum.selur.net .

Cu Selur
Ps.: Sadly QCreator and it's tools do not work on m1 Macs atm. see https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-85279 and https://www.qt.io/blog/qt6-development-h...nd-targets, so using a new m1 Mac isn't even an option atm.