| Corner Restoration Method | Per-frame algebraic inverse alpha + 3-frame temporal median | Hallucinates synthetic textures that shimmer on motion | Smears surrounding pixels into a visible blurry rectangle |
| Original Audio Track | Preserved untouched (narration, dialogue & ambient audio) | Frequently re-encoded at low bitrate or stripped | Requires manual command-line stream copy flags |
| Privacy & Upload Queue | 100% browser-local execution (0 MB uploaded) | Uploads full MP4 to remote GPU queues (2–10 min wait) | Requires local terminal installation & coordinates |
| Cost & Watermark Limits | 100% Free · Unlimited clips · No re-watermarking | Paid credits required after 3–5 second preview | Free open-source CLI |