This is an initial attempt to allow variable block size partition
in non-RD coding flow. It tests 8x8, 16x16 and 32x32 block size per
64x64 block, all using non-RD mode decision and the associated rate
distortion costs from modeling, then selects the best block size to
encode the entire 64x64 block. Such operations are triggered every
other 3 frames. The blocks of intermediate frames will reuse the
collocated block's partition type.
It improves the compression performance by 13.2%. Note that the gains
are not evenly distributed. For many hard clips, the compression
performance is improved by 20% to 28%. Local speed test shows that
it will also increase runtime by 50%, as compared to speed -7. It is
now enabled in speed -6 setting.
Change-Id: Ib4fb8659d21621c9075b3c369ddaa9ecb0a4b204
The use of uninitialized skip flag will trigger inconsistency in
coding statistics, when alternate RD and non-RD coding modes are
enabled. This commit fixes this issue and removes unnecessary if
statements from update_state_rt.
Change-Id: I7d549dcb0e3ef48b999e5bbc78174ba84502cfcf
The block coding skip flags are assigned in the normal RD mode
decision loop. They are then used in the final encoding stage.
In the non-RD mode decision, the forward transform and quantization
stages are replaced by modeling based on SSE and variance of
prediction residues. This commit applies reset to this array in
the non-RD coding mode.
Change-Id: I66584669b035e9c8ac23e95047849ff277472742
This commit moves the position where rdmult is saved to make sure it
is the correct value. Prior, an uninitialized value may be saved and
restored.
This addresses issue:
https://code.google.com/p/webm/issues/detail?id=733
Change-Id: I436407f289169bc63da3c5a6bf609bed16cb71b5
This commit unifies the non-RD partition use cases for both fixed
and variable block sizes. Deprecate and remove the separate function
for fixed partition type only.
Change-Id: I2b6cb945e90c1566f985adcebc4d0757480a8004
Brings back most of Jim's previous patch for choosing
partitioning based on variance while making it compatible
with the current state of the code. Also adds a
nonrd_use_partition() function to recursively encode for any
arbitrary sb_type decisions within a 64x64 block; and
includes some refactoring.
Currently, when the VAR_BASED_PARTITIONING mode is turned on
for speed 7, there is a 10+% speed-up observed.
Experiments/improvements with this new partitioning method
will be conducted subsequently.
Change-Id: Ie6f43bfbde30583e941f450bf07c3b48828c9571
Clean-ups include
a. redundant code in rt -5 speed feature settings
b. code that guarantees square block availability in
rd_auto_partition_range()
Change-Id: Ic7b04d45b6dc15c461e0edbbb4e78aec20348291
This commit replaces SAD cost with modeled rate-distortion cost
for non-RD mode decision. It translates the prediction residual
SSE into estimate rate and reconstruction distorion costs, hence
capturing the quantization setting effect. The compression
performance of speed -7 for rtc set is improved by 14.79%.
Change-Id: Ifda014eb0501d13109fe7f92680bf1410b463632
Set speed features before running frame encoding. This avoids
redundant RD threshold calculation in key frame coding.
Change-Id: If8e3cf2c02976baa59b310c1c23af9eea0c46e36
Adds a speed 8 to VP9 where only the nearestmv (0 mv) is searched.
This seems to be about the same speed as vp8 speed 5.
Adds a new speed feature to disable inter modes based on a mask for
each blocksize.
Adds code for having lower complexity motion search methods
in nonrd pick mode function, even though speed 7 still uses DIAMOND
search for now.
Also uses HEX search for speed 6 rather than FAST_HEX which improves
psnr by 0.56% without any noticeable speed drop (tested on gipsmotion).
Change-Id: Ic13176572dbd3aed5884a26786940a4b1bbd8a75
For blocks at frame boundary, the selected block size sometimes needs
to be smaller than that was first given. This commit forces such block
size change only between square blocks, so as to avoid the potential
use case containing 32x16 + 16x8 + 16x8, for 1080p sequences.
Local test suggested no visible coding speed difference. Borg test
reveals no difference in terms of compression performance.
Change-Id: Ie8de87f3c6febc3acf11b4cbfdf2077f9f6def52
