diff --git a/submissions/svtav1-gop240-binomial-unsharp/__init__.py b/submissions/svtav1-gop240-binomial-unsharp/__init__.py
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+
diff --git a/submissions/svtav1-gop240-binomial-unsharp/compress.sh b/submissions/svtav1-gop240-binomial-unsharp/compress.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# SVT-AV1 v2.3.0 | scale=45% Lanczos | CRF=33 | preset=0 | GOP=240 | scd=0 | film-grain=22
+# Inflate: bicubic upscale + binomial 9x9 unsharp mask (amount=0.85)
+set -euo pipefail
+HERE="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+IN_DIR="${HERE}/../../videos"
+OUT_DIR="${HERE}/archive"
+mkdir -p "$OUT_DIR"
+ffmpeg -r 20 -fflags +genpts -i "$IN_DIR/0.mkv" \
+  -vf "scale=trunc(iw*0.45/2)*2:trunc(ih*0.45/2)*2:flags=lanczos" \
+  -pix_fmt yuv420p -c:v libsvtav1 -preset 0 -crf 33 -g 240 \
+  -svtav1-params "film-grain=22:film-grain-denoise=1:scd=0" \
+  -r 20 "$OUT_DIR/0.mkv"
+cd "$OUT_DIR" && zip -r "${HERE}/archive.zip" .
diff --git a/submissions/svtav1-gop240-binomial-unsharp/inflate.py b/submissions/svtav1-gop240-binomial-unsharp/inflate.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+"""
+inflate.py  —  Decode compressed MKV -> raw RGB frames (.raw)
+
+Uses the exact binomial unsharp kernel from PR#24 (svtav1_cheetah, score 2.05).
+Kernel: C(8,k) outer product / 65536, sigma_eff ~= 1.414, amount = 0.85
+
+Reads optional sibling inflate_config.json for per-submission tuning:
+  {
+    "unsharp": true,
+    "unsharp_amount": 0.85
+  }
+
+Usage:
+  python inflate.py <src.mkv> <dst.raw>
+"""
+
+import json
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+# ── Repo root discovery ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+def _find_repo_root() -> Path:
+    here = Path(__file__).resolve().parent
+    for candidate in [here, here.parent, here.parent.parent,
+                      here.parent.parent.parent]:
+        if (candidate / "evaluate.py").exists():
+            return candidate
+    return here
+
+_ROOT = _find_repo_root()
+if str(_ROOT) not in sys.path:
+    sys.path.insert(0, str(_ROOT))
+# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+import av
+import torch
+import torch.nn.functional as F
+
+from frame_utils import camera_size, yuv420_to_rgb
+
+# ── Exact binomial kernel from PR#24 (svtav1_cheetah, score 2.05) ─────────────
+# Row vector: Pascal's triangle row 8 = C(8,k) for k=0..8
+# Sum = 256, outer product sums to 65536 = 2^16
+# Effective Gaussian sigma ~= sqrt(8/4) = 1.414
+BINOMIAL_KERNEL = torch.tensor([
+    [1.,   8.,   28.,   56.,   70.,   56.,   28.,   8.,   1.],
+    [8.,   64.,  224.,  448.,  560.,  448.,  224.,  64.,   8.],
+    [28.,  224., 784.,  1568., 1960., 1568., 784.,  224.,  28.],
+    [56.,  448., 1568., 3136., 3920., 3136., 1568., 448.,  56.],
+    [70.,  560., 1960., 3920., 4900., 3920., 1960., 560.,  70.],
+    [56.,  448., 1568., 3136., 3920., 3136., 1568., 448.,  56.],
+    [28.,  224., 784.,  1568., 1960., 1568., 784.,  224.,  28.],
+    [8.,   64.,  224.,  448.,  560.,  448.,  224.,  64.,   8.],
+    [1.,   8.,   28.,   56.,   70.,   56.,   28.,   8.,   1.],
+], dtype=torch.float32) / 65536.0
+
+
+def _load_config() -> dict:
+    cfg_path = Path(__file__).resolve().parent / "inflate_config.json"
+    if cfg_path.exists():
+        try:
+            return json.loads(cfg_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+    return {}
+
+
+def decode_and_write_raw(video_path: str, raw_path: str) -> int:
+    cfg           = _load_config()
+    do_unsharp    = bool(cfg.get("unsharp", False))
+    unsharp_amount = float(cfg.get("unsharp_amount", 0.85))
+
+    target_w, target_h = camera_size  # (1164, 874)
+
+    fmt       = "hevc" if video_path.endswith(".hevc") else None
+    container = av.open(video_path, format=fmt)
+    stream    = container.streams.video[0]
+
+    n_frames = 0
+    with open(raw_path, "wb") as out_f:
+        for frame in container.decode(stream):
+            rgb = yuv420_to_rgb(frame)          # (H, W, 3) uint8
+            H, W, _ = rgb.shape
+
+            if H != target_h or W != target_w:
+                x = rgb.permute(2, 0, 1).unsqueeze(0).float()   # (1,3,H,W)
+                x = F.interpolate(x, size=(target_h, target_w),
+                                  mode="bicubic", align_corners=False)
+
+                if do_unsharp:
+                    kernel = BINOMIAL_KERNEL.to(device=x.device).expand(3, 1, 9, 9)
+                    blur   = F.conv2d(x, kernel, padding=4, groups=3)
+                    x      = x + unsharp_amount * (x - blur)
+
+                x   = x.clamp(0, 255)
+                rgb = x.squeeze(0).permute(1, 2, 0).round().to(torch.uint8)
+
+            out_f.write(rgb.contiguous().numpy().tobytes())
+            n_frames += 1
+
+    container.close()
+    return n_frames
+
+
+def main():
+    if len(sys.argv) != 3:
+        print(f"Usage: {sys.argv[0]} <src.mkv> <dst.raw>", file=sys.stderr)
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    src, dst = sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2]
+    if not Path(src).exists():
+        print(f"[ERROR] Source not found: {src}", file=sys.stderr)
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    Path(dst).parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
+    cfg = _load_config()
+    if cfg.get("unsharp"):
+        print(f"  unsharp: binomial 9x9  amount={cfg.get('unsharp_amount', 0.85)}")
+
+    n = decode_and_write_raw(src, dst)
+    print(f"saved {n} frames")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/submissions/svtav1-gop240-binomial-unsharp/inflate.sh b/submissions/svtav1-gop240-binomial-unsharp/inflate.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+ARCHIVE_DIR="$1"
+INFLATED_DIR="$2"
+VIDEO_NAMES_FILE="$3"
+mkdir -p "$INFLATED_DIR"
+HERE="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+while IFS= read -r line; do
+  [ -z "$line" ] && continue
+  BASE="${line%.*}"
+  python3 "$HERE/inflate.py" "$ARCHIVE_DIR/${BASE}.mkv" "$INFLATED_DIR/${BASE}.raw"
+done < "$VIDEO_NAMES_FILE"
diff --git a/submissions/svtav1-gop240-binomial-unsharp/inflate_config.json b/submissions/svtav1-gop240-binomial-unsharp/inflate_config.json
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+{
+  "unsharp": true,
+  "unsharp_kernel": 9,
+  "unsharp_sigma": 2.0,
+  "unsharp_amount": 0.85
+}
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