This commit added a speed feature to control the step_param used in
full pixel motion search. The intention is to reduced the search
steps for high speed real time coding.
Change-Id: I21d2f0105c2b647783a6688615da7fcf2b6d670b
Encoder still uses SWITCHABLE as default via DEFAULT_INTERP_FILTER,
but does not override the default if it is not SWITCHABLE.
Change-Id: I3c0f6653bd228381a623a026c66599b0a87d01d5
This commit enables an adaptive transform size selection method
for speed -6. It uses largest transform size when the sse is more
than 4 times of variance, i.e., most energy is compacted in the
DC coefficient. Otherwise, use the default TX_8X8. It improves
the compression efficiency for rtc set of speed -6 by 0.8%, no
speed change observed.
Change-Id: Ie6ed1e728ff7bf88ebe940a60811361cdd19969c
This commit enables a fast reference motion vector search scheme.
It checks the nearest top and left neighboring blocks to decide the
most probable predicted motion vector. If it finds the two have
the same motion vectors, it then skip finding exterior range for
the second most probable motion vector, and correspondingly skips
the check for NEARMV.
The runtime of speed -5 goes down
pedestrian at 1080p 29377 ms -> 27783 ms
vidyo at 720p 11830 ms -> 10990 ms
i.e., 6%-8% speed-up.
For rtc set, the compression performance
goes down by about -1.3% for both speed -5 and -6.
Change-Id: I2a7794fa99734f739f8b30519ad4dfd511ab91a5
This commit fixes the potential issue in the non-RD mode decision
flow that only checks part of the block to estimate the cost. It
was due to the use of fixed transform size, in replacing the
largest transform block size. This commit enables per transform
block cost estimation of the intra prediction mode in the non-RD
mode decision.
Change-Id: I14ff92065e193e3e731c2bbf7ec89db676f1e132
This commit replaces a few use cases of cpi->common with preset
variable cm, to avoid unnecessary pointer fetch in the non-RD
coding mode.
Change-Id: I4038f1c1a47373b8fd7bc5d69af61346103702f6
In real-time speed 6, no partition search is done. The inter
prediction results got from picking mode can be reused in the
following encoding process. A speed feature reuse_inter_pred_sby
is added to only enable the resue in speed 6.
This patch doesn't change encoding result. RTC set tests showed
that the encoding speed gain is 2% - 5%.
Change-Id: I3884780f64ef95dd8be10562926542528713b92c
Speed 6 uses small tx size, namely 8x8. max_intra_bsize needs to
be modified accordingly to ensure valid intra mode checking.
Borg test on RTC set showed an overall PSNR gain of 0.335% in speed
-6.
This also changes speed -5 encoding by allowing DC_PRED checking
for block32x32. Borg test on RTC set showed a slight PSNR gain of
0.145%, and no noticeable speed change.
Change-Id: I1502978d8fbe265b3bb235db0f9c35ba0703cd45
This is the first step to rework the rate-distortion modeling used
in rtc coding mode. The overall goal is to make the modeling
customized for the statistics encountered in the rtc coding.
This commit makes encoder to perform rate-distortion modeling for
DC and AC coefficients separately. No speed changes observed.
The coding performance for pedestrian_area_1080p is largely
improved:
speed -5, from 79558 b/f, 37.871 dB -> 79598 b/f, 38.600 dB
speed -6, from 79515 b/f, 37.822 dB -> 79544 b/f, 38.130 dB
Overall performance for rtc set at speed -6 is improved by 0.67%.
Change-Id: I9153444567e5f75ccdcaac043c2365992c005c0c
This commit enables a fast path computational flow for forward
transformation. It checks the sse and variance of prediction
residuals and decides if the quantized coefficients are all
zero, dc only, or more. It then selects the corresponding coding
path in the forward transformation and quantization stage.
It is currently enabled in rtc coding mode. Will do it for rd
coding mode next.
In speed -6, the runtime for pedestrian_area 1080p at 1000 kbps
goes down from 14234 ms to 13704 ms, i.e., about 4% speed-up.
Overall coding performance for rtc set is changed by -0.18%.
Change-Id: I0452da1786d59bc8bcbe0a35fdae9f623d1d44e1
Making this consistent with intra mode masks: you need to specify
allowed inter/intra modes to use.
Change-Id: Iaecd28bf79047259707d8e7a59a57bb7b856383e
Added a skipping test in non-rd inter-mode. After interpolation
prediction step, the residuals are tested to see if they will be
quantized to 0 based on modeling between spatial domain and
frequency domain.
Set static-thresh to 800 for >=720p and 300 for <720p, rtc set
tests showed
1. Speed 5, psnr: -0.514%; ssim: -1.748%;
speedup on related clips: 5% -11%
2. Speed 6, psbr: -0.628%; ssim: -1.637%;
speedup on related clips: 4% - 9%
Change-Id: I62fbf26bc043ecd2b584f255f1a4ee5ab52bfcf3
When the variance is far less than sse, the block is considered to
be under light change. All the energy is compacted into DC coeff
and can be coded at low cost. In such situation, switch the rate-
distortion modeling from sse+var based back to variance based.
Note that this is a temporary solution to handle the rare situations
where the scene light changes.
Change-Id: I1ee0fe2b9eda6b5fac40152e1841bf23f4d229fd
This commit introduces a chessboard pattern search for the prediction
filter type search. It runs extensive search in alternate blocks and
allows the rest blocks to refer coding decisions of their nearby
neighbors.
For pedestrian 1080p at 4000 kbps, the runtime of speed -5 goes down
from 43990 ms to 42200 ms. The overall compression performance for
RTC set is changed by -1.37%.
Change-Id: Icfe220c49451cda796f0ca91d935c9ed01e56c9d
This commit allows the non-RD mode decision flow to select
prediction filter type in NEWMV mode. It provides 8.14% compression
performance gains in both settings of AQ=0 and 3. The current speed
impact is about 5% to 10% slower.
Change-Id: Id66ecebf77abd8f90fb3f6a066c0e8dfb4bf1c42
This commit estimates the motion vector rate cost right after full
pixel motion search. It combines this and the mode cost and compares
the corresponding rate-distortion cost. If it is already above the
current best one, skip the rest sub-pixel motion search and modeling
process. For pedestrian_area 1080p at 4000 kpbs, the speed -5 runtime
goes down from 39425 ms -> 38399 ms.
Change-Id: If4cd7119fd6c266798d5cf1d19d19ab425e52a26
This commit reduces the frequency of frames using finer quantizer
in non-RD coding flow, and slightly tune up the quantizer resolution
when used. It provides 1.7% compression gains in speed -5 at no speed
difference.
Change-Id: I430249a51260a841a0402666e5ec1566e4f7d5a6
This commit enables a recursive partition type search for non-RD
mode decisions. It allows the encoder to choose variable block
sizes in a 64x64 block based on rate-distortion modeling.
It improves speed -6 coding efficiency for rtc set by 2.4%. Most
of the gains come from 32-40dB range, where many sequences gain
about 5% to 20%. Local tests suggest there is no speed change.
Change-Id: I06300016e500a21652812b7b3b081db39a783d66
The third pred_mv is stored in x->pred_mv[ref_frame]. This commit make
sure the correct mv is read.
Change-Id: Ibed24daf36703a63f0394c87b2381ee1d2eb7910
In non-rd pick_mode code, added mode skipping according to
thresholds. Used rd thresholds now, but we can modified them
later for real-time case.
RTC set borg test showed a 0.095% PSNR gain. For different rtc
clips, the real-time(speed 7) encoder speedup is 2% - 10%.
Change-Id: Ic72535c96b891092c662453be32d3168f7e34dcc
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
This commit allows the non-RD mode decision process to return the
rate and distortion costs associated with the selected mode.
Change-Id: Ibe0f67d323f65839fd9cb0a726c1219bf7b55da9
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
This commit adjusts the rate-distortion modeling for non-RD mode
decision. It puts more weights on energy from AC coefficients when
estimating the cost. The coding performance for rtc testset is
improved by 0.72%.
Change-Id: Ifa6ff11311a513ec2b10586589e82a9a21f6c61c
Assign interp_kernel value in MACROBLOCKD. This will be used to
select prediction filter coefficient sets and generate motion
compensated prediction.
Change-Id: I28c8dfb2dae6566f6939bb328aca5875c94bee65
Adds a fast diamond search which is about 5% faster than FAST_HEX
with only a 0.1% drop in psnr when turned on for both speeds 5 and 7.
This search is turned on for speed 7.
Change-Id: I497630aa88a5148926086bb3038e7975e5f4eb98
This commit allows the non-RD mode decision to skip mode RD modelling
check, if the motion vector associated with the current mode is
same as that of NEARESTMV mode. This makes speed -7 about 2% faster.
Previous change that converts cost metric from SAD to model based RD
value makes the codec 6% slower at speed -7.
Change-Id: I30cfec5452f606a671b8432a2f7f0c94fbb49fc8
The rate-distortion model in non-RD coding mode is only applied to
luma component. This commit removed a few redundant addition steps.
Change-Id: Id8edc0a47c2dbef8deba43debe2c95db39454de3
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
The core motion estimation fucntions all return sad now consistently.
The only exception is vp9_full_pixel_diamond(), however the core diamond
and refining search routines called from vp9_full_pixel_diamond() also
return SAD. If variance of pred error + mv cost is desired it must be
calculated explicitly outside these functions. For very fast encoding,
hopefully this will eliminate some redundant computations.
Also suggests reimplementing FAST_HEX with the vp9_pattern_search
framework. It is not exactly the same as the existing FAST_HEX, but
performance is slightly better and speed is very similar. Enables
removing a lot of duplicate code.
Change-Id: I152736393438c25bdf7e96b37cbb8ce330f4f94a
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
This commit checks if the motion vector associated with the current
mode has been computed in previous mode tests. If possible, skip the
redundant reference block generation and SAD calculation in the
non-RD mode decision process.
For test sequence pedestrian_area 1080p, the runtime goes from
24261 ms to 23770 ms. This does not change compression performance.
The speed-up is mostly around places with consistent motion.
Change-Id: I97be63c6a2d07c57be26b3c600fbda3803adddda
Added fast HEX search while doing non-rd partition picking to
speed up the encoder.
Borg test(speed 7) on rtc set showed 1.8% overall PSNR loss.
Encoder speedup was 5% - 15% for different rtc clips.
Change-Id: I9c83026eabc70b69fcc747c90369ec60bfa3ca24
As Yunqing suggested, this commit makes non-RD mode decision always run
sub-pixel motion search in NEWMV mode. The compression performance
gains becomes fairly significant after we enabled sub-pixel accuracy
motion compensated prediction to calculate SAD cost.
For test sequences pedestrian_area at 1080p and vidyo1 at 720p, the
runtime goes slower by 5%. For rtc test set, the compression performance
is improved by 21.20%.
Change-Id: I38cbfdd5c53d79423e1fafb3154f8ddeed63bbf0
