REFEREE Demo
REFEREE Demo is the documentation and live demo site for REFEREE, a Rust-powered background service that lets developers ship low-bitrate video streams while users with NVIDIA RTX or AMD Radeon hardware enjoy 4K-quality playback on-device. The demo features an interactive web player with a before/after comparison slider — drag to reveal the difference between the low-resolution source footage and the upscaled output produced by REFEREE in real time — alongside full API integration docs.
Project Story
What this project is about
REFEREE started from a frustration with the bandwidth and storage costs of serving high-resolution video. The core idea — offload quality to the user's hardware rather than the server — sounds simple, but building a Rust backend that intercepts streams, manages per-session GPU pipelines via NVEncC and VCEEncC, and hands back enhanced HLS output with minimal latency required solving a tightly coupled stack piece by piece. The demo site exists to make that invisible pipeline tangible: to let developers and curious users actually see the quality difference side by side before deciding whether to integrate.
Build Focus
A live before/after comparison player that makes the upscaling impact immediately tangible alongside clear integration documentation.
Experience Goal
Let developers and users see the quality gap REFEREE closes — from low-bitrate source to 4K output — in a single drag of a slider.
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Release Date
2026
Project State
Ongoing
Distribution
Open Source
External Links
Live demo + source code
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