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Upscaling for Property Inspection

What upscaling does for property inspection footage, when it helps, and how BetterVideo's API applies it to the real capture.

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What property inspection work actually needs
  • Fine defects — hairline cracks, lifted shingles, leaks — vanish in soft or low-res video.
  • Drone and handheld footage is shaky, hiding the very detail you're documenting.
  • Reports go out at volume, so enhancement has to be automated.

Where upscaling helps

Defects live in fine detail that low-res inspection clips lose. Upscaling to 1080p or 4K makes a hairline crack or a lifted shingle legible in the report. BetterVideo upscales with Real-ESRGAN, per clip, through the API.

How BetterVideo does it

BetterVideo applies upscaling through one REST call — Real-ESRGAN x2 upscales to 1080p or 4K — and for property inspection, sharpens and upscales footage so cracks, leaks and wear are legible, and runs per clip through the API — without inventing detail.

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Common questions

Can upscaling reveal a hairline crack?

Upscaling enlarges and clarifies the real footage so fine defects are easier to see; it doesn't add defects that weren't there.

What resolution can I get?

1080p or 4K, via Real-ESRGAN.

Upscaling for your footage

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