In vp9_pick_inter_mode(), instead of using
vp9_get_pred_context_switchable_interp(xd) to assign filter_ref,
we use a less strict condition on assigning filter_ref.
This is to reduce the probabily of entering the flow of not
assigning filter_ref and then skipping filter search.
Overall PSNR gain 0.074% for rtc dataset
Details:
Low Mid High
0.185% -0.008% -0.082%
Change-Id: Id5c5ab38d3766c213d5681e17b4d1afd1529e676
This commit adds an encoder workaround to support better
compatibility with a non-compliant hardware vp9 profile 2 decoder.
The known issue with this decoder is:
The decoder assumes a wrong value, 127 instead of the correct
value of 511 and 2047, for any assumed top-left corner pixel in
UV planes for 10 and 12 bit, respectively. Such assumed
top-left corner pixel is used for INTRA prediction when a real
decoded/reconstructed pixel is not avalable, e.g. when it is
located inside the row above the top row or inside the column
left to the leftest column of a video image.
Change-Id: Ic15a938a3107e1b85e96cb7903a5c4220986b99d
This change is only for real-time mode if short_circuit_low_temp_var
is on. Add bias to last frame in choosing ref frame for partitioning,
when y_sad and y_sad_g are close. It speeds up real-time encoding by
0.5% on some clips with less than 0.1% overall PSNR drop on rtc test set.
Change-Id: I2a2110fe36455f3d8f0fc404aef2228f512e8df8
1. Skip golden non-zeromv and newmv-last for bsize >= 16x16 if the
temporal variance obtained from choose_partitioning is very low.
2. Skip horz and vert INTRA mode for speed 8.
This change works best on the clips with little noise and with some
motion (e.g. gips_motion which has > 5% speed up). PSNR drop is 1.78%
on rtc test set, no obvious visual quality regression found.
Change-Id: Ib43b5b20e67809d03c5a6890818ddff59e1fc94a
On scene-cut detected frames (i.e., high_source_sad = 1), use
nonrd_pick_partition (over choose_part + select_part), as
the nonrd_pick partitioning is generally better.
Small positive increase in metrics on ytlive set (~0.5 - 1%).
Negligle overall speed decrease, as its only used on scene-cut frames.
Only affects 1 pass vbr mode, speed = 5.
Change-Id: I07c89cbdc75f5bb16eb8e0e2773ead0980d2de5c
Skip intra-mode and some inter-modes (newmv, nearmv, nearestmv) for
golden frame if the variance got from choose_partitioning is very low.
Only for 1 pass real-time CBR mode and bsize >= 32x32, it has ~2.5%
speed up with less than 0.1% PSNR drop for rtc test set. Don't see
visual regression.
Change-Id: I70efbc95a1007231ae36f02c5b2fbf6cd35077ad
Add control API VP9E_SET_TARGET_LEVEL that allows the encoder to
control the output bitstream level and/or keep level related
statistics.
Usage:
255 do not care about level (default)
0 keep level related stats only
10 target for level 1
11 target for level 1.1
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.
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62 target for level 6.2
Usage for vpxenc:
--target-level=0/255/10/11...
Change-Id: I31d1aeca19358b893e7577b4e63748c8e614034a
Move skin superblock force split out of this function as well
as some minor code refactors. Checked bitexact for different speed
settings and different resolutions.
Change-Id: I6078cbe88dd9ce6c0b69470a8a0a8f8d2274161b
Fix will reset the consec_zero_mv map on non-skipped blocks with non-zero mv.
Adjust thresholds on consec_zero_mv in noise estimation and skin detection,
as more possible reset on map means lower thresholds should be used.
Change-Id: Ibe8520057472b3609585260b51b6f95a38fb777d
In Aq mode 1 the segment and AQ delta for each block is based
on spatial variance. There may be a net imbalance between blocks
that have lower Q than the baseline value and those that have higher Q.
This patch monitors that imbalance and extends the allowed baseline
Q range for the frame to accommodate adjustment of that baseline value
to compensate.
Change-Id: Iae8a48c7c01fe2af94a141e149d03acf467237ca
So it can be used even with aq-mode=3 not enabled.
Also cleans up some code in the places where its used.
No change in behavior.
Change-Id: Ib6b265308dbd483f691200da9a0be4da4b380dbc
This commit back ports the fix from
https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/#/c/326940
It corrects the block partition context fetching in rate-distortion
optimization. It improves the average coding performance of speed 0:
derf 0.098%
hevcmr 0.102%
stdhd 0.282%
Change-Id: I8bcc6fe40ba5c6b50a6136daac116dcc738937ec
The double pointer in xd->mi handles this for us.
Cuts encode_suberblock()'s self time in half at rt speed 8.
Change-Id: I820dae24efdbf9a140bbeae82e4e2a5850317766
Reset the scale factors before build_inter_predictors.
Add datarate tests for 3 spatial layers, which exposed this issue.
Change-Id: I7f81efbe44345ecea9fdd5f639a4cca76aed3874
This commit fixes issue 1141. The issue was triggered in multi-tile
encoding. The change properly saves and restores the block context
information in the real-time mode selection process. It removes
several redundant memcpy operations in sub8x8 intra block mode search.
Change-Id: I35c9ad197f4bd500ec39b5fc833f052f19eee010
If a superblock contains alot of "skin" then force split
of 64x64 partition, and make some adjustments in mode selection.
This helps to reduce artifacts on moving face/skin areas at low bitrates.
Little/no change in metrics: avgPSNR/SSIM down by ~0.12%.
Small encoding time increase < 1%.
Change-Id: Ic57f52148c3716f391419fab0530d916e4c1d186
Changes to mode selection for 1 pass SVC mode:
use base layer motion vector, changes to intra-prediction.
Change-Id: I3e883aa04db521cfa026a0b12c9478ea35a344c9
Different quality levels are used for different regions in
the frame depending on how far they are vertically from the
center. Specifically, three segments are used based on the
mi_row index with respect number to the number of mi_rows in
the frame.
Change-Id: Ifc8b777bc58ea8521dffc4640360c67d99f8d381
For coding block sizes <=16X16, if the block is determined to be skin,
then always allow for that block to be candidate for refresh. So if that
block happens to be on the boost segment(s), segment won't get reset to 0
and delta-q will be applied.
PSNR/SSIM metrics neutral (little/no change) on RTC clips.
Speed increase small/negligible (< 1%).
Some visual improvement on faces in a few RTC clips.
Change-Id: I6bf0fce6f39d820b491ce05d7c017ad168fce7d6
