| Git Clone URL: | https://aur.archlinux.org/svp-bin.git (read-only, click to copy) |
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| Package Base: | svp-bin |
| Description: | SmoothVideo Project 4 (SVP4) |
| Upstream URL: | https://www.svp-team.com/wiki/SVP:Linux |
| Licenses: | LicenseRef-custom |
| Conflicts: | svp |
| Provides: | svp |
| Submitter: | C0rn3j |
| Maintainer: | C0rn3j (phiresky) |
| Last Packager: | C0rn3j |
| Votes: | 58 |
| Popularity: | 1.47 |
| First Submitted: | 2022-06-20 20:47 (UTC) |
| Last Updated: | 2025-11-17 19:57 (UTC) |
The free version seems to be broken now.
It fails with "[E]: Playback [21599263]: VS - Could not initialize VapourSynth scripting." when running in MPV. I guess we can’t complain, since the solution would probably be to use the new version…
(I tried to use the new one with the trial period to check if it was concerned, but it close as soon as I validate that I want to start the trial period, so… I guess I’ll find something else to replace it)
For people who maybe aren't clear how they can install and pin the free version (again, use at your own risk).
Download the svp-bin-4.6.263-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst file provided in the Google drive link below: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Uqzf6tWLh189JOkRpj1UMXwn5Eb7IqA1?usp=sharing
sudo pacman -U ./that.tar.zst.file
Edit /etc/pacman.conf and add svp-bin to your IgnorePkg line
The final step prevents your package manager from trying to update SVP and breaking it again
This is the last free version of SVP for Linux, version 4.6.263.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Uqzf6tWLh189JOkRpj1UMXwn5Eb7IqA1?usp=sharing I downloaded the original file ‘svp4-linux.4.6.263.tar.bz2’ from the internet and edited the PKGBUILD to install directly from the same directory as the PKGBUILD.
The file ‘svp4-linux.4.6.263.tar.bz2’ has been removed from the official website. This is an earlier and outdated version.
Use at your own risk!!!.
Got GPU accel working on Manjaro & Radeon RX 9060 XT by installing rocm-opencl-runtime package.
Does anyone happen to have the last free version 4.6.0.294 – 2025-03-01?
I have now updated to the latest version - it now works for me, provided I don't try to use the Chinese activation server.
The software is now paid, if you mind that, feel free to use the older PKGBUILD and download the older version via the personal Nextcloud link of mine.
I took a bit of time to reverse the updater mechanism (which looks to be some standard Qt Whatever update mechanism) and as a result, we can now bundle the updates to the core/plugins or bundle plugins not installed by default.
We can also properly package just the plugins, which would probably be a good idea, especially for the Nvidia RT one, which takes 4 gigs and not everyone wants it.
Thanks, that's a great alternative! Sadly, while I am using mpv already, the card in my HTPC is too old for that, but I'm keeping that in mind for the next hardware upgrade and might start using that on my laptop already.
If you have a 4000 series or higher Nvidia card, you can also use Smooth Motion with a Vulkan video player like mpv, to which I've switched now on my desktop, it's nicer since it does not peg the CPU, but the lack of controls may leave some unhappy.
https://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/580.95.05/README/nvpresent.html
Many thanks for the old version, I could downgrade fine. While the new version was starting fine for me, I don't really like the direction the upstream project is taking, especially as it is based on open source code. So I am migrating to vapoursynth-plugin-mvtools for the time being (keeping the old SVP as a backup solution), but I'll keep watch whether SVP changes their ways at some point. Many thanks again for maintaining this!
The old version tarball is here, I don't want my Nextcloud instance directly in the PKGBUILD, but just copying the file next to the PKGBUILD should do the trick: https://cloud.rys.rs/s/oExaSGFGxrLH2tg
It seems the version is indeed paid by design, and the author suggests to use the old version (4.6.263) if you want.
Seems like the new-new version fixed some crashes I was having, but I still can't get the project to launch, it just exits nearly immediately with no error, someone already reported that to the forums.
Pinned Comments
C0rn3j commented on 2024-01-26 19:19 (UTC)
Linux thread on the SVP forum, where some comments may be more appropriate than here unless they relate to the packaging:
https://www.svp-team.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=3167
Official Wiki page for good measure, which is a bit out of date at this point:
https://www.svp-team.com/wiki/SVP:Linux