ByteDance Video Upscaler
bytedance/upscaler/videoBytedance Video Upscaler upscales videos to 4K resolution with AI-powered enhancement. Supports multiple quality tiers (fast, standard, pro), frame rate interpolation to 60fps, and presets optimized for UGC, short series, AIGC, and old film restoration.
- Base price
- $0.04USD / run
- Execution
- async
- Model type
- video
- Input fields
- 7
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Examples
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Model card
Specifications
Pricing
- Base price
- $0.04 / run
Context & modalities
- Input
- Schema-defined
- Output
- video
Capabilities
- Chat
- Not supported
- Vision
- Not supported
- Reasoning
- Not supported
- Structured output
- Not supported
- Function calling
- Not supported
- Audio input
- Not supported
Access
- Provider
- ByteDance
- Model ID
- bytedance/upscaler/video
- Execution
- async
- Base URL
- https://api.sandbase.ai
- API
- Unified Run API
- Endpoint
- /v1/run
API README
ByteDance Video Upscaler
ByteDance Video Upscaler enlarges videos to 1080p, 2K, or 4K with three enhancement tiers, optional 60fps interpolation, and presets for UGC, short drama, AI-generated, and old-film footage.
Fields
| Field | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
video | video URL, required | — | Video to upscale. |
enhancement_preset | general / ugc / short_series / aigc / old_film | general | Tune restoration to the footage type. |
scale_ratio | number 1.1–10 | — | Optional explicit scale factor. |
target_resolution | 1080p / 2k / 4k | 1080p | Output tier; sets the rate. |
target_fps | 30fps / 60fps | 30fps | 60fps interpolates frames and doubles the rate. |
enhancement_tier | fast / standard / pro | standard | fast, standard, or pro (10× the standard rate). |
fidelity | high / medium | high | high stays closer to the source. |
Billing
$0.0072 per second at 1080p, standard tier, 30fps. 2K is 2× and 4K is 4×; pro is 10×; 60fps is 2×. Seconds are rounded up.
| Video | 1080p | 2k | 4k |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10s, standard, 30fps | $0.072 | $0.144 | $0.288 |
| 10s, standard, 60fps | $0.144 | $0.288 | $0.576 |
| 10s, pro, 30fps | $0.72 | $1.44 | $2.88 |
Failed runs are not charged.
Also on SandBase
Related: bytedance/seedvr/upscale/video, alibaba/flashvsr.
Start building
Send your first request
OpenAI-compatible endpoint with unified authentication and usage tracking.
# The quoted heredoc keeps Unicode and shell metacharacters unchanged.
result=$(curl --fail-with-body --silent \
-X POST "https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data-binary @- <<'SANDBASE_JSON'
{
"model": "bytedance/upscaler/video",
"video": "https://static.sandbase.ai/examples/bytedance/upscaler/video/input_video_0.mp4",
"fidelity": "high",
"target_fps": "30fps",
"enhancement_tier": "standard",
"target_resolution": "1080p",
"enhancement_preset": "general"
}
SANDBASE_JSON
)
run_id=$(printf '%s' "$result" | jq -r .id)
for attempt in $(seq 1 120); do
status=$(printf '%s' "$result" | jq -r .status)
case "$status" in completed|failed|timeout) break ;; esac
sleep 2
result=$(curl --fail-with-body --silent \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY" \
"https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run/$run_id")
done
status=$(printf '%s' "$result" | jq -r .status)
[ "$status" = completed ] || { echo "Generation ended: $status" >&2; exit 1; }
printf '%s\n' "$result"Choose your model
Compare models
| Model | Type | Default price | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
ByteDance Video UpscalerThis model ByteDance | Video | $0.04 / run | Oct 31, 2025 |
ByteDance | Video | $0.53 / run | Oct 15, 2026 |
ByteDance | Video | $1.80 / run | Jul 1, 2026 |
ByteDance | Video | $1.80 / run | Jul 1, 2026 |
ByteDance | Video | $1.80 / run | Jul 1, 2026 |
ByteDance | Video | $0.60 / run | Jun 24, 2026 |
Questions
FAQ
How do I call ByteDance Video Upscaler through SandBase?
Create a SandBase API key, then send requests with the model ID "bytedance/upscaler/video" to Unified Run API (/v1/run) at https://api.sandbase.ai. The request examples on this page show the exact payload.
Do I need a separate ByteDance account?
No. One SandBase API key and balance gives you access to ByteDance Video Upscaler and the other models in the catalog; you do not need to sign up with ByteDance separately.
