We have renamed following Macros to avoid name confusion:
REFS_PER_FRAME --> INTER_REFS_PER_FRAME
(= ALTREF_FRAME - LAST_FRAME + 1)
MAX_REF_FRAMES --> TOTAL_REFS_PER_FRAME
(= ALTREF_FRAME - INTRA_FRAME + 1)
INTER_REFS_PER_FRAME specifies the maximum number of reference frames
that each Inter frame may use.
TOTAL_REFS_PER_FRAME is equal to INTER_REFS_PER_FRAME + 1, which
counts the INTRA_FRAME.
Further, at the encoder side, since REF_FRAMES specifies the maximum
number of the reference frames that the encoder may store, REF_FRAMES
is usually larger than INTER_REFS_PER_FRAME. For example, in the
ext-refs experiment, REF_FRAMES == 8, which allows the encoder to
store maximum 8 reference frames in the buffer, but
INTER_REFS_PER_FRAME equals to 6, which allows each Inter frame may
use up to 6 frames out of the 8 buffered frames as its references.
Hence, in order to explore the possibility to store more reference
frames in future patches, we modified a couple of array sizes to
accomodate the case that the number of buffered reference frames is
not always equal to the number of the references that are being used
by each Inter frame.
Change-Id: I19e42ef608946cc76ebfd3e965a05f4b9b93a0b3
Added a new expt rect-tx to be used in conjunction with ext-tx.
[rect-tx is a temporary config flag and will eventually be
merged into ext-tx once it works correctly with all other
experiments].
Added 4x8 and 8x4 tranforms for use initially with rectangular
sub8x8 y blocks as part of this experiment.
There is about a -0.2% BDRATE improvement on lowres, others pending.
When var-tx is on rectangular transforms are currently not used.
That will be enabled in a subsequent patch.
Change-Id: Iaf3f88ede2740ffe6a0ffb1ef5fc01a16cd0283a
Move the reference frame type definitions to common/enums.h file.
Replace hard coded numbers.
Combine repeated definitions.
Change-Id: I288e079a03e448014cc181bcdb3f88ee8ec8d139
This patch removed the experiment of BIDIR_PRED and merged the feature
into the experiment of EXT_REFS:
(1) Each frame now has up to 6 reference frames, namely
LAST_FRAME, LAST2_FRAME, LAST3_FRAME, GOLDEN_FRAME, (forward) and
BWDREF_FRAME, ALTREF_FRAME (backward);
LAST4_FRAME has been removed;
(2) First pass still keeps the 8 updates:
KF_UPDATE, LF_UPDATE, GF_UPDATE, ARF_UPDATE, OVERLAY_UPDATE, and
BRF_UPDATE, LAST_BIPRED_UPDATE, BI_PRED_UPDATE;
(3) show_existing_frame==1 is supported in the experiment of EXT_REFS;
(4) New encoding modes are added for both single-ref and compound cases,
through the use of the 2 extra forward references (LAST2 & LAST3)
and the 1 extra backward reference (BWDREF).
RD performance wise, using Overall PSNR: Avg/BDRate
Bipred only Prev EXT_REFS Current EXT_REFS with bipred
lowres: -3.474/-3.324 -1.748/-1.586 -4.613/-4.387
derflr: -2.097/-1.353 -1.439/-1.215 -3.120/-2.252
midres: -2.129/-1.901 -1.345/-1.185 -2.898/-2.636
If in vp10/encoder/firstpass.h, change BFG_INTERVAL from 2 to 3, i.e. to
use 2 bi-predictive frames than 1, a further improvement may be
obtained:
Current EXT_REFS with bipred
1 bi-predictive frame 2 bi-predictive frames
lowres: -4.613/-4.387 -4.675/-4.465
derflr: -3.120/-2.252 -3.333/-2.516
midres: -2.898/-2.636 -3.406/-3.095
Change-Id: Ib06fe9ea0a5cfd7418a1d79b978ee9d80bf191cb
Major parts have been implemented as follows:
(1) Added BRF_UPDATE, LASTNRF_UPDATE, and NRF_UPDATE in firstpass.c;
(2) Added the handling for the scenario of
"cpi->common.show_existing_frame == 1" at the encoder;
(3) Added a new reference frame of BWDREF_FRAME;
(4) Have bwd-ref work with upsampled references.
Note that when the experiment of "ext_refs" turned on, this experiment
will be turned off automatically currently.
RD performance in Overall PSNR has been improved, compared against the
VP10 baseline:
lowres: Avg -3.312; BDRate -3.154
derflr: Avg -1.927; BDRate -1.176
midres: Avg -2.149; BDRate -2.001
hdres : Avg -0.567; BDRate -0.588
Change-Id: I4c06ff51cc20194bffbd4d2346e57ba3dcf6b62c
This is the set of 1D transforms that are used in each
ext_tx_used_inter set. The 1D sets will help speed up
the ext tx pruning functions.
Change-Id: Ib46ad26be2df60b3bfcd2f22d96e7f38ae286df5
The VP8_EFLAG_NO_UPD_LAST and VP8_EFLAG_NO_REF_LAST flags can be
passed to the encoder to signal that it should not update/reference
the LAST ref frame when encoding the current frame. With
--enable-ext-refs turned on, the new LAST2 LAST3 and LAST4 ref frames
could still be used or updated, which causes the
VP10/ErrorResilienceTestLarge.DropFramesWithoutRecovery/{0,1,2}
tests to fail.
With this patch, if --enable-ext-refs is used, then
VP8_EFLAG_NO_UPD_LAST and VP8_EFLAG_NO_REF_LAST also applies to the
new LAST2 LAST3 and LAST4 ref frames, as well as the LAST ref frame.
Change-Id: If482b1c09bbaf914eca8e0348a2367bff261661d
The uncompressed frame header contains a bit to signal whether the
frame is encoded using 64x64 or 128x128 superblocks. This can vary
between any 2 frames.
vpxenc gained the --sb-size={64,128,dynamic} option, which allows the
configuration of the superblock size used (default is dynamic). 64/128
will force the encoder to always use the specified superblock size.
Dynamic would enable the encoder to choose the sb size for each
frame, but this is not implemented yet (dynamic does the same as 128
for now).
Constraints on tile sizes depend on the superblock size, the following
is a summary of the current bitstream syntax and semantics:
If both --enable-ext-tile is OFF and --enable-ext-partition is OFF:
The tile coding in this case is the same as VP9. In particular,
tiles have a minimum width of 256 pixels and a maximum width of
4096 pixels. The tile width must be multiples of 64 pixels
(except for the rightmost tile column). There can be a maximum
of 64 tile columns and 4 tile rows.
If --enable-ext-tile is OFF and --enable-ext-partition is ON:
Same constraints as above, except that tile width must be
multiples of 128 pixels (except for the rightmost tile column).
There is no change in the bitstream syntax used for coding the tile
configuration if --enable-ext-tile is OFF.
If --enable-ext-tile is ON and --enable-ext-partition is ON:
This is the new large scale tile coding configuration. The
minimum/maximum tile width and height are 64/4096 pixels. Tile
width and height must be multiples of 64 pixels. The uncompressed
header contains two 6 bit fields that hold the tile width/heigh
in units of 64 pixels. The maximum number of tile rows/columns
is only limited by the maximum frame size of 65536x65536 pixels
that can be coded in the bitstream. This yields a maximum of
1024x1024 tile rows and columns (of 64x64 tiles in a 65536x65536
frame).
If both --enable-ext-tile is ON and --enable-ext-partition is ON:
Same applies as above, except that in the bitstream the 2 fields
containing the tile width/height are in units of the superblock
size, and the superblock size itself is also coded in the bitstream.
If the uncompressed header signals the use of 64x64 superblocks,
then the tile width/height fields are 6 bits wide and are in units
of 64 pixels. If the uncompressed header signals the use of 128x128
superblocks, then the tile width/height fields are 5 bits wide and
are in units of 128 pixels.
The above is a summary of the bitstream. The user interface to vpxenc
(and the equivalent encoder API) behaves a follows:
If --enable-ext-tile is OFF:
No change in the user interface. --tile-columns and --tile-rows
specify the base 2 logarithm of the desired number of tile columns
and tile rows. The actual number of tile rows and tile columns,
and the particular tile width and tile height are computed by the
codec ensuring all of the above constraints are respected.
If --enable-ext-tile is ON, but --enable-ext-partition is OFF:
No change in the user interface. --tile-columns and --tile-rows
specify the WIDTH and HEIGHT of the tiles in unit of 64 pixels.
The valid values are in the range [1, 64] (which corresponds to
[64, 4096] pixels in increments of 64.
If both --enable-ext-tile is ON and --enable-ext-partition is ON:
If --sb-size=64 (default):
The user interface is the same as in the previous point.
--tile-columns and --tile-rows specify tile WIDTH and HEIGHT,
in units of 64 pixels, in the range [1, 64] (which corresponds
to [64, 4096] pixels in increments of 64).
If --sb-size=128 or --sb-size=dynamic:
--tile-columns and --tile-rows specify tile WIDTH and HEIGHT,
in units of 128 pixels in the range [1, 32] (which corresponds
to [128, 4096] pixels in increments of 128).
Change-Id: Idc9beee1ad12ff1634e83671985d14c680f9179a
Decouples interintra modes and probability models from regular
intra modes, to enable creating/optimizing new interintra modes.
Also, fixes interpolation values for 128x128 interintra and obmc.
Change-Id: I5c2016db49b8f029164e5fe84c6274d4e02ff90e
Rename MI_BLOCK_SIZE.* -> MAX_MIB_SIZE.* (MIB is for MI Block).
Rename MI_MASK.* -> MAX_MIB_MASK.*
There are no functional changes.
This is in preparation for coding the superblock size at the frame
level, which will require some of these constants to become variables.
The new names better reflect future semantics, and hence make the code
clearer.
Change-Id: Iee08d97554cf4cc16a5dc166a3ffd1ab91529992
If --enable-ext-partition is used at build time, the superblock size
(sometimes also referred to as coding unit (CU) size) is extended to
128x128 pixels.
Change-Id: Ie09cec6b7e8d765b7555ff5d80974aab60803f3a
If configured with --enable-ext-tile, the codec uses an alternative
tile coding syntax in the bitstream. Changes include::
- The maximum number of tile rows and columns is extended to 1024
each.
- The minimum tile width/height is 64 pixels (1 superblock).
- A tile copy mode is added where a tile directly reuse the coded
data of a previous tile
- The meaning of the tile-columns and tile-rows codec parameters are
overloaded to mean tile-width and tile-height in units of 64
pixels.
- All tiles should now be independent, including rows within the
same columns, so large scale parallel, or independent decoding is
possible.
- vpxdec also gained the options to decode only a particular tile,
tile row, or tile column.
Changes without --enable-ext-tile:
- All tiles should now be independent, including rows within the
same columns, so large scale parallel, or independent decoding is
possible.
- vpxenc default tile configuration changed to use 1 tile column.
Change-Id: I0cd08ad550967ac18622dae5e98ad23d581cb33e
This has been ported under ext_partition_types because it is due
to be combined with the coding_unit_size experiment which is
already being ported under ext_partition
Change-Id: I47af869ae123ddf0aa99160dac644059d14266ee
Makes a set of 16 transforms total, adding all 1D
combinations of ADST and FlipADST, and removng all DST
transforms.
lowres, midres both improve by about 0.1% and hdres by
-0.378% in BDRATE but with fewer transforms that are also
simpler.
Further experiments to continue later.
Change-Id: I7348a4c0e12078fdea5ae3a2d36a89a319ffcc6e
This commit re-designs the probability model for the syntax elements
of the dynamic motion vector referencing system.
Change-Id: Icfb8203c7e8f64e10e99f5890e25e6f6b15fe5d1
This commit enables a hybrid 1-D/2-D transform coding scheme and
the accompany entropy coding system. It currently uses hybrid
1-D/2-D DCT transform coding. It provides coding performance gains:
lowres_all 0.55%
hdres_all 0.43%
Change-Id: I2b30dcafd21eb2bb3371f6e854cbab440a4dfa78
Adds hooks to use 32x32 ext-tx. Also adds scan orders for the masked
transforms for 32x32.
Make macro USE_MSKTX_FOR_32X32 1 in blockd.h to support 32x32 masked
transforms for ext-tx.
Change-Id: Ie6564830266651fcafae2d536c274dafd664ce17
This commit enables a context based motion vector entropy coding
conditioned on dynamic reference motion vector list. This (along with
the previous CL) imporves the coding gains due to dynamic motion
vector referencing based entropy coding:
derf 0.1%
hevcmr 0.2%
stdhd 0.7%
hevchr 0.4%
No encoding time change was observed.
Change-Id: I179c723844079195f6952a12582996a3ca9e9914
This commit converts the scalar motion vector probability model
into vector format for later precise estimate.
Change-Id: I7008d047ecc1b9577aa8442b4db2df312be869dc
Removes the USE_DST2 flag that was on by default. DST2 performs
slightly better that DST1 and is faster to compute.
Change-Id: Ifb788f3f0a0e1995d7625230cec144b876f01206
This commit enables entropy coding for dynamic reference motion
vector modes. The probability model is contexted on the ranking
categories of the reference motion vector candidates.
Change-Id: I09b58d98a409d63ec1a407331e29f8945b7ef17d
Combinations of different mv modes for two reference frames
are allowed in compound inter modes. 9 options are enabled,
including NEAREST_NEARESTMV, NEAREST_NEARMV, NEAR_NEARESTMV,
NEAREST_NEWMV, NEW_NEARESTMV, NEAR_NEWMV, NEW_NEARMV, ZERO_ZEROMV,
and NEW_NEWMV.
This experiment is mostly deported from the nextgen branch.
It is made compatible with other experiments
Coding gain of EXT_INTER(derflr/hevcmr/hevchd): 0.533%/0.728%/0.639%
Change-Id: Id47e97284e6481b186870afbad33204b7a33dbb0
NEW2MV is enabled, representing a new motion vector predicted from
NEARMV. It is mostly ported from nextgen, where it was named
NEW_INTER.
A few fixes are done for sub8x8 RDO to correct some misused
mv references in the original patch.
A 'bug-fix' for encoding complexity is done, reducing the additional
encoding time from 50% to 20%. In sub8x8 case, the old patch
did motion search for every interpolation filter (vp9 only
searches once). This fix also slightly improves the coding gain.
This experiment has been made compatible with REF_MV and EXT_REFS.
Coding gain (derflr/hevcmr/hevchd): 0.267%/0.542%/0.257%
Change-Id: I9a94c5f292e7454492a877f65072e8aedba087d4
The nominal tx_type for a given mode is used as a context
to encode the actual tx_type for intra.
Results:
derflr: -0.241% BDRATE
hevcmr: -0.366% BDRATE
Change-Id: Icfe7b0a58d79bc6497a06e3441779afec6e01e21
It allows the codec to account for certain corner cases when
processing inter prediction mode entropy coding.
Change-Id: Ied451f4fff26ba579f6556554b8381ff2ccd0003
Various additional changes were made to make the experiment
compatible with misc_fixes.
derflr: +0.979%
hevcmr: +0.865%
Speed-wise with --enable-supertx the encoder is only about 10%
slower than without. Decoding impact is about 30% slowdown.
Note this does not work with ext-tx or var-tx yet. That is
a TODO.
Change-Id: If25af4241a7a9efbd28f58eda3c4f044c7a7ef4b
The DST2 is implemented by input alternate sign-flip, followed
by DCT, followed by output reversal.
Results are roughly the same, but it should be easier to optimize
the DST2.
[Interestingly a mtrix multuiply implementation is about 0.1%
better].
Change-Id: If9ae5fdba87767fb0e6c163a62b77ee66a8d3afc
This commit allows the codec to analyze the reference motion vector
candidate list and adaptively reduce the size of inter prediction
mode set.
Change-Id: Ied6a403843b860d66f26ed485c1825c05c71bdfc
This commit re-works the entropy coding scheme of the motion
compensated prediction modes. It allows more flexible hyperplane
partition for precise classification.
Change-Id: Iba5035c76691946cf1386b6c495e399c3d9c8fc5
Estimate angle histogram using gradient analysis, then skip those
angles that are unlikely to be chosen.
On ext-intra experiment, turning off filter-intra modes:
for all-key-frame setting, computation overhead is reduced
by about 40%, coding gain dropped from +2.08% to +1.96% (derflr);
with kf-max-dist=150, computation overhead is reduced
by about 60%, coding gain dropped from +0.58% to +0.49% (derflr).
Change-Id: I36687410fb10561b8e1a8eebb1528cf17755bd5b
This commit allows the codec to analyze the motion field in the
avaiable above and left neighboring area to produce a set of
reference motion vectors for each reference frame. These reference
motion vectors are ranked according to the likelihood that it will
be picked.
Change-Id: I82e6cd990a7716848bb7b6f5f2b1829966ff2483
