Bring GPU Upscaling
to Your Web Media
REFEREE runs locally on your users' machines and upscales video using their own physical GPUs. Ship smaller, lower-bitrate streams, and let each user decide how good their playback looks, without any extra processing on your end.
Lower bandwidth and hosting costs. Better playback for your users. Integrate in minutes.
The Best Call You’ll Make for Your Content
Keep your streaming costs low. Give your users control over their own playback quality.
Ship Smaller Streams
Distribute low-bitrate, lower-resolution video and offload the upscaling to your users' own GPUs. Reduce bandwidth, CDN costs, storage, and server-side processing in one shot.
User-Controlled Quality
Users choose their own upscaling level based on what their hardware can handle. They get the best possible picture — you don't have to serve it.
Super Resolution
Leverage dedicated NVIDIA RTX and/or AMD RX hardware to upscale lower resolution video content in real-time with AI-powered enhancement.
Frame Generation
Generate intermediate frames using RTX or FSR technology for smoother playback, ideal for cinematic content or lower frame-rate sources.
TrueHDR Enhancement
Convert SDR content to HDR using AI-powered tone mapping that adds genuine dynamic range to standard video streams.
Low Latency, Lightweight Service
Runs quietly in your system tray consuming minimal resources. A local hardware-encoder pipeline keeps added buffering low between source ingest and enhanced playback.
Secure Local Processing
All video processing happens locally on your hardware. No frames leave your machine, and CORS-protected streams remain secure.
Open in Any Media Player
Stream enhanced video directly into your favourite media player. VLC, MPV, PotPlayer, and any other player that supports HLS can tune into the locally upscaled output.
The Official Review
Pick the path that matches how you're using REFEREE. Whether you want better playback for yourself or need to wire it into your app, here's how to get started.
Download REFEREE
Grab the desktop app for your platform and get it ready on the machine where you want better playback.
Install and Launch It
Open the installer, finish setup, and launch REFEREE. It stays ready in the background until a compatible player calls on it.
Open a Compatible Player
Visit the live demo or another REFEREE-compatible player in your browser. In most cases, it will detect the app automatically.
Watch the Enhanced Stream
If your system has supported NVIDIA or AMD hardware, REFEREE improves playback locally on your machine while you watch.
Start enhancing your streams today.
Go to DownloadsSystem Requirements
REFEREE requires a supported NVIDIA or AMD GPU for local hardware acceleration
Graphics Card
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 20-series or newer
- AMD Radeon RX 6000-series or newer
- Frame generation availability depends on GPU backend and driver support
System
- Windows 10/11 (64-bit) or modern Linux (x64)
- 8GB+ system RAM
- Latest NVIDIA or AMD graphics drivers
REFEREE uses dedicated media acceleration paths from NVIDIA and AMD. Up-to-date drivers are required for full compatibility and performance. Frame generation and TrueHDR tone mapping features are currently only available on supported NVIDIA GPUs with compatible drivers. View the Compatibility Chart to see which features are available for each platform and GPU vendor.
Final Whistle
The Call Has Been Made. Download Now.
Stop overpaying for bandwidth. Give your users GPU-powered REFEREE quality — right from their own machine.