Have you toured Amazon's Picard? Looking for more 4K trekking to guide you until Picard Season 2 begins? Fans of the classic Star Trek Voyager series might be in luck. Star Trek fan Billy Reichard has launched a project to remaster the '90s-era show in 4K using an AI machine learning engine. Taking six hours per episode to process, Reichard has so far produced five episodes from a DVD source. Take a look at the first YouTube download results below:
Problem solving
As you can see, the results are quite special. As a program that started in 1995, Star Trek Voyager's 4:3 aspect ratio can't be extended to modern widescreens, but the machine learning engine does a great job of adjusting the existing image and interpreting it. '' other details than those present in the original. The main problem is audio timing, because Voyager was not shot at a fixed frame rate, which Reichard's method cannot resolve automatically and therefore needs manual adjustment. Will the Star Trek Voyager CBS licensees allow this project to continue? It's unlikely, but it would be a shame to see it up close, because an official remaster would be hard to come by. With your effects shot on video rather than added later, tinkering with the original source would be hard work. For now, Reichard's take on what could be is the best we can get.