VHS restoration software

Restore VHS tapes without uploading them anywhere

Phoenix Upscaler is built for people who have already captured VHS, Hi8, or MiniDV footage and want a simple local workflow to make it cleaner on modern screens.

What VHS restoration usually needs

Old tape captures often have interlacing, chroma noise, softness, unstable edges, and low resolution. A practical VHS workflow should clean those problems before trying aggressive AI detail recovery.

Recommended workflow

1. Capture the tape at the best quality your capture hardware supports.
2. Run a short Phoenix preview using Standard Restore first.
3. Check faces, text, motion, and noisy shadows before exporting a long tape.
4. Standard and Enhanced run on any modern AMD, Intel or NVIDIA Windows GPU. Generative rebuilds the most detail and runs on 8 GB+ NVIDIA cards, or on 16 GB+ AMD cards after a one-time in-app setup. Pick Generative when the preview looks better.

Why local matters

Old tapes hold things you may not want online: private conversations, addresses, people who never agreed to be filmed for the internet. Phoenix keeps restoration on your PC instead of requiring a cloud upload.

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