In model_rd_for_sb function, the spatial domain SSE and variance
are checked to see if transform coefficients are quantized to 0.
Besides that, this patch adds another set of thresholds that are
much more strict. These thresholds are used to conduct a partition
block level check to measure if all its TX blocks are skippable
for YUV planes. If it is true, x->skip is set for this partition
block, and thus its mode search is terminated.
This speeds up the encoding at very low prediction error case,
such as screen sharing application. This patch covers what
rd_encode_breakout_test() does, so that function is removed.
Borg test at speed 3 shows:
For stdhd set, psnr: +0.008%, ssim: +0.014%;
For derf set, psnr: +0.018%, ssim: +0.025%.
No noticeable speed change.
Change-Id: I4e5f15cf10016a282a68e35175ff854b28195944
Fixed an encoder crash. Set skip_txfm to 0 for cases that skip_txfm
isn't calculated. Put memcpy of skip_txfm at right place.
Change-Id: Ib3b6afc1b251a85b2a853c8138fb3393f48cfef6
The functions b_width_log2 and b_height_log2 only do direct
table fetch. This commit unifies such use cases by using the
table directly and removes these functions.
Change-Id: I3103fc6ba959c1182886a2799d21b8b77c8a7b6b
This commit fixes a buffer pointer mis-use in store_coding_context.
The compression performance for stdhd set of speed 3 is improved by
0.097%. It fixes issue 869.
Change-Id: Idc59e22035eaf39f7133ca04174894374d647ff7
It is possible that the GOLDEN reference frame is not avaiable, in
which setting the predicted mv will be associated with a residual
value of INT_MAX. This commit checks this condition before
left shift and comparison with that of ALTREF frame, to avoid
overflow issue.
Change-Id: Ib98c3149dbdd016f2fe5beaafb13f67d469dd07c
This commit enables the encoder to skip split partition search if
the bigger block size has all non-zero quantized coefficients in low
frequency area and the total rate cost is below a certain threshold.
It logarithmatically scales the rate threshold according to the
current block size. For speed 3, the compression performance loss:
derf -0.093%
stdhd -0.066%
Local experiments show 4% - 20% encoding speed-up for speed 3.
blue_sky_1080p, 1500 kbps
51051 b/f, 35.891 dB, 67236 ms ->
50554 b/f, 35.857 dB, 59270 ms (12% speed-up)
old_town_cross_720p, 1500 kbps
14431 b/f, 36.249 dB, 57687 ms ->
14108 b/f, 36.172 dB, 46586 ms (19% speed-up)
pedestrian_area_1080p, 1500 kbps
50812 b/f, 40.124 dB, 100439 ms ->
50755 b/f, 40.118 dB, 96549 ms (4% speed-up)
mobile_calendar_720p, 1000 kbps
10352 b/f, 35.055 dB, 51837 ms ->
10172 b/f, 35.003 dB, 44076 ms (15% speed-up)
Change-Id: I412e34db49060775b3b89ba1738522317c3239c8
Miscellaneous bug-fixes for high bitdepth functionality.
With this patch, high bit-depth profiles become mostly functional,
except for an intermittent assert failure issue that is being
tracked.
Change-Id: I6a7fcbdcf1e5b09842e88535f8442d2e1230748c
Block transform skipping was implemented based on DCT's energy
conservation property. Modified the thresholds using zero bin
parameters. AC and DC coefficients were checked separately to
allow better identifying of skippable blocks.
Borg test at speed 3 showed:
stdhd set: psnr gain: 0.153%, ssim gain: 0.051%;
derf set: psnr gain: 0.023%, ssim gain: 0.036%
For most test clips, the encoding speedup is 1% - 2%.
parkrun(720p): 7.5% speedup, park_joy(1080p): 3.5% speedup.
Change-Id: If28eb81113a077414f5ca7b021c14f9069b373bb
For regular inter frames, if the distance from GOLDEN_FRAME is larger
than 2 and if the predicted motion vector of LAST_FRAME gives lower
sse than that of GOLDEN_FRAME, skip the GOLDE_FRAME mode checking in
the rate-distortion optimization. It provides about 5% speed-up at
expense of -0.137% and -0.230% performance down for speed 3. Local
experiment results:
pedestrian 1080p 2000 kbps
66712 b/f, 40.908 dB, 113688 ms ->
66768 b/f, 40.911 dB, 108752 ms
blue_sky 1080p 2000 kbps
51054 b/f, 35.894 dB, 70406 ms ->
51051 b/f, 35.891 dB, 67236 ms
old_town_cross 720p 1500 kbps
14412 b/f, 36.252 dB, 60690 ms ->
14431 b/f, 36.249 dB, 57346 ms
Change-Id: Idfcafe7f63da7a4896602fc60bd7093f0f0d82ca
This commit enables the encoder to skip checking ALTREF inter modes
in ARF coding, if the predicted motion vectors suggest that the
GOLDEN_FRAME provides higher prediction accuracy than ALTREF_FRAME.
It improves the speed 3 encoding speed by about 5%, at the expense
of compression performance loss -0.041% and -0.225% for derf and
stdhd, respectively.
pedestrian_area 1080p 2000 kbps
66705 b/f, 40.909 dB, 118738 ms ->
66732 b/f, 40.908 dB, 113688 ms
old_town_cross 720p 1500 kbps
14427 b/f, 36.256 dB, 62746 ms ->
14412 b/f, 36.252 dB, 60690 ms
blue_sky 1080p 1500 kbps
51026 b/f, 35.897 dB, 73310 ms ->
50921 b/f, 35.893 dB, 70406 ms
bus CIF 1000 kbps
21301 b/f, 34.841 dB, 7326 ms ->
21248 b/f, 34.837 dB, 7196 ms
Change-Id: I76cf88b4d655e1ee3c0cb03c8a5745493040e8d2
The rd_thresholds are adaptively changed based on best mode tested.
It was only changed for the same block size, this commit makes the
adaptation for similar block sizes too. The commit also made minor
adjustment and code cleanups.
The impact on encoding time for _ped:
118089 ms -> 111927 ms
The impact on compression:
derf: -0.339%
stdhd: -0.303%
Change-Id: I8817fed1102350497f2ec631849e43f753878e5d
mi_grid_* are arrays of pointer to pointer. They save the pointers that point
to the MIs in cm->mi. But they are unnecessary and complicated. The original
goal was to remove MODE_INFO_t copy. But with an extra MODE_INFO_t pointer
inside MODE_INFO_t, same goal could be achieved.
This commit totally removes the mi_grid_* structures. But there are still
many dummy MODE_INFO_t inside cm->mi which are a waste of memory. Next commit
will do on-demand MODE_INFO_t allocation in order to save these memories.
Change-Id: I3a05cf1610679fed26e0b2eadd315a9ae91afdd6
If the partition block is skippable, which means no coefficients
for Y, U, and V planes, its skip flag is set to 1. No quality
change (verified by borg tests), and no noticeable speed change.
Change-Id: I9231f720f8dd6364384cf05aa148ca24d75450f1
This commit enforces ARF validation check for compound inter modes.
It avoids potential access to ARF in the encoding process if it
is not allowed.
Change-Id: I055fec946b5d19d97937dc9001e1e564923e2439
The valid reference frame check in sub8x8 rate-distortion
optimization search has been included in the ref_frame_skip_mask
scheme. This commit removes the later further validation checks
that are not in effect.
Change-Id: I853b477c44037d3dc0afec6cbfce08a96c597a75
This commit replaces the best_ref_index table fetch with the use
of best_mbmode in vp9_rd_pick_inter_mode_sub8x8.
Change-Id: I882ee9ee6a8c0e61befcca1f4dba6d2ea8de8f13
