In good quality mode motion search, the best matches are normally
found after searching in a large area. In real time mode, to make
encoding fast, a center-biased fast HEX search is used, which
converges quickly most of the time. A 4-point diamond search is
also carried out as the following refining search, which gives more
precise results, and maintains good motion search quality.
At speed 5, the borg test on rtc set showed an overall PSNR loss of
0.936%. The encoding speed gain is 4% - 5%.
Change-Id: I42cd68bb56a09ca1b86293c99d5f7312225ca7ae
- Rename and make static
s/vp9_compute_qdelta_by_rate/compute_qdelta_by_rate/
- Make base_q_index an integer.
- Add a cast.
Change-Id: Iea8d1397fd2717e7373b182ec51f5db960ef2cca
Prior to this commit, both encoder and decoder reset mode/mv info from
previous frame in error resilient mode to ensure bitstreams are able to
decode when there is loss of frame in decoder side. However, this is
not necessary. This commit changed to remove the reset, so encoder can
continue to use mode/mv/partition information from previously encoded
frame without affecting decodeablilty under loss of frame.
Change-Id: I0279f862900dc647fb471ae3389770bb1b9f454f
In rtc coding mode, the encoder is running non-RD mode decision. It
does not need dual buffer swap as was the case in the RD mode. This
commit initializes the internal buffer pointers outside the block
coding loop for rtc mode.
Change-Id: Ie076705c60d6b7919217e3f1dfd49e7db5064ac2
This function is deprecated after the re-design of partition search
that runs big block size, then four-way split, followed by
rectangular block sizes. This commit removes the related functions.
Change-Id: I417549c8e0fa3cf35bd29816b805dd4e7c3660c6
Removes certain cases of feedback of active_worst_quality,
and removes it from the RATE_CONTROL structure. Now active
worst quality is expected to be computed locally in the
q picking function during the encode.
Making temporal filter strength depend on avg_frame_qindex
rather than on active_worst_quality actually improves
performance esp. for yt.
derf: +0.038%
yt: +0.359%
Change-Id: I1fe5a343034b55af9322289165321f00ac0827b1
In real time encoding, we enable encode_breakout to make encoding
fast. A speed feature "use_encode_breakout" is defined to set
encode_breakout thresholds for different speeds.
However, currently, static_thresh is an encoder option. The encode_
breakout can be turned off if user sets static_thresh=0 specifically.
The rtc set borg test result: (need to set --static_thresh=1)
speed -5, psnr loss -3.543%;
speed -4, psnr loss -2.358%;
speed -3, psnr loss -0.771%.
Encoding speed test:
speed -5, 11% - 60% speedup;
speed -4, 5.5% - 28% speedup;
speed -3, 0.8% - 7% speedup.
Change-Id: Icde592ffbe77eac7446f872a2e9eb2051733677b
Aq 1 only updates segment map on kf and arf and
only uses 3 segments. With these settings AQ1 is
+ for most clips in SSIM but negative in psnr.
However, the penalty in PSNR is much less than
previously.
Old version aq1 average results for std hd
-20.899% psnr, -5.809% SSIM
New version aq1 for std hd
-3.57% psnr, +1.23% SSIM
Aq2 Now uses only 2 segments and rd.
This mode is still slightly negative for most clips on
psnr and SSIM but seems to have a much bigger visual
impact on several problem clips than aq mode 1.
Old results for std hd:
-2.578% psnr, -1.151% SSIM
New results for std hd:
-1.561% psnr, -0.85% SSIM
Change-Id: I94f57f8a73121629ce598fb921aad761c1450e1c
Some parameter changes and fixes on one-pass rate control.
derfraw300 is now only 10% below 2-pass speed 0 rate control.
Change-Id: I1940eef8a5a035dc18e71b880d5e00cabd1f01b9
This CL changes libvpx to call a function when a frame buffer
is needed for decode. Libvpx will call a release callback when
no other frames reference the frame buffer. This CL adds a
default implementation of the frame buffer callbacks. Currently
only VP9 is supported. A future CL will add support for
applications to supply their own frame buffer callbacks.
Change-Id: I1405a320118f1cdd95f80c670d52b085a62cb10d
Function encode_rtc_frame_internal() and encode_frame_internal() only
differed by a couple of speed features, this commit relocation those
difference into the setup of speed features and merged two functions
into one to remove duplication.
It also fixed a subtle bug super_fast_rtc was used before it was
initialized.
Change-Id: I234a5a1d11a4450930e5b4943dbab434208d5030
-Properly set the average frame size for each layer.
-Allow each layer to update its average/last Q stats after encoding.
-Initialize for some layer context variables.
Change-Id: Iaa37d144fcf4f30ff4283a4e8db8b9ca8bf4c815
Fixes some of the parameters for 1-pass non-cbr mode.
Also includes some cleanups, inlcuding refactoring of the
recode_loop options.
Results on derfraw300 improve by about 5-6%, so that the one-pass
mode is now 13% below the 2-pass mode in speed 0.
Change-Id: I844cc2638694c7574f3be00d41d60b23dc1016f0
This patch adds a buffer-based rate control for temporal layers,
under CBR mode.
Added vpx_temporal_scalable_patters.c encoder for testing temporal
layers, for both vp9 and vp8 (replaces the old vp8_scalable_patterns).
Updated datarate unittest with tests for temporal layer rate-targeting.
Change-Id: I8900a854288b9354d9c697cfeb0243a9fd6790b1
Inlcudes a number cleanups:
1. Moves the one-pass pre-encode parameter setting functions
to vp9_ratectrl.c
2. Deprecates per_frame_bandwidth in RATE_CONTROL structure
3. Removes target_bandwidth in cpi structure since it is not used.
4. Various renaming of functions
There is no bit-stream change in 2-pass, one-pass cbr and one-pass
vbr modes.
Change-Id: Ifd9916bf4d485b7d04c5f52044ffe6703254ccbd
Moved a few features with low impact on compression form -5 to -4 and
increased adaptive_rd_thresh for -5.
Change-Id: Ib1b748168cc6ed7684ae4818499f3a536ae76253
This patch adds a buffer-based rate control for temporal layers,
under CBR mode.
Added vpx_temporal_scalable_patters.c encoder for testing temporal
layers, for both vp9 and vp8 (replaces the old vp8_scalable_patterns).
Updated datarate unittest with tests for temporal layer rate-targeting.
Change-Id: I9cb6cce2494390ae6096ee17774af7fb9308bde7
This commit added a logic to prevent the inter_filter type from being
changed if the default interp_filter mode is not switchable. Also, it
sets the default interp_filter to BILINEAR at very and super fast rtc
encoding modes
Change-Id: Ic41e6d31de29795a4ce536ec79afb01cab6daad3
--rt --cpu-used=-5 uses the progressive rtc mode
--rt --cpu-used=-6 uses the new super fast rtc mode
Change-Id: Id6469ca996100cdf794a0e42d76430161f22f976
When showing a previously decoded frame, i.e. when
show_existing_frame=1, the update of the
last_show_frame flag must be disabled.
This is to ensure that the last_show_frame flag
reflects the state of the flag for the immediately
previously decoded frame rather then the value that
was forced to ensure that a previously decoded frame
would be displayed.
This patch also adds a test vector to verify that the
display_existing_frame flag works as expected. Code
for generating the test vector can be found in this
patch:
https://gerrit.chromium.org/gerrit/#/c/68581/
(Bug originally reported by Alexander Voronov
<ru.xalba@gmail.com>).
Change-Id: I731d288fba02088959f7fcc87707137fffc6acf5
Some changes in 1ca1186 were mistakenly reverted by a later merge,
this commit re-instated the chanages from values to enums.
Change-Id: Ia6b01c31da584a1f612996e6432612c1295b9eaf
In this new mode, the size range is strictly determined by the min
and max partition size in neighborhood blocks.
Niklas720 encoding time at cpu-used -5 goes from 56250ms to 50676ms,
a 10% reduction.
Change-Id: I316b0e2ac967ff3fad57b28d69c0ec80b7d8b34e
Includes a few fixes and clean-ups that adds the ability
to use alt-ref frames in one-pass mode.
Whether alt-refs are actually used or not is controlled by a
macro USE_ALTREF_FOR_ONE_PASS in vp9_firstpass.c.
This first cut seems to improve derf by 15+% in 1-pass mode.
But further experiments with parameters are underway.
Change-Id: I78254421435478003367c788c7930d2dc4ee2816
This patch only works if the video is a width and height that are both
a multiple of 32.. It sets every partition to 16x16, and does INTRADC
only on the first frame and ZEROMV on every other frame. It always does
does the largest possible transform, and loop filter level is set to 4.
Was ~20% faster than speed -5 of vp8
Now 20% slower but adds motion search ( every block ), nearest, near
and zeromv
The SVC test was changed because - while this realtime mode produces
bad quality albeit quickly, it isn't obeying all the rules it should
about which frames are available.
Change-Id: I235c0b22573957986d41497dfb84568ec1dec8c7
Adds an arbitrary-size resize library for use in scaling of input
frames in a non-normative manner in the vp9 encoder. The method
used is as follows:
Downsampling - Uses a 8 tap filter for factor of 2 decimation upto
a size just higher than the desired size. Then interpolates pixels
at a precision of 1/32 pel using a set of 8-tap filters.
Upsampling - Interpolates pixels at a precision of 1/32 pel using
a set of 8-tap filters.
There is no assembly optimization yet.
Change-Id: Ib5b81e174fc139da322bb97c8214d52289d60d8a
Encoder's boarder is still 160, while decoder's boarder will be 32.
With on demand and separate boarder buffer for boarder extension.
The decoder's boarder does not need to to 160 anymore.
Change-Id: I93d5aaff15a33a2213e9761eaa37c5f2870747db
Handle the non-420 case and set uv_width.
This is needed to get the correct colorspace information out of
vp9e_get_preview().
Change-Id: I62ce118cd7082708d812deb0843c1be87582e0fe
Fixes assert that fails occasionally on small values of
max-key frame intervals. Also, adds a small change on
updating frames_to_key for frame drops.
Change-Id: Icc2b33b25e3e4ced7e49f8db73e0a887ef9c99e0
Applies an upper limit on burst bitrate for any
frame. This is to insure that typical encodes for YT
do not produce frames that are so large that they
risk stalling HW implementations. Such frames
could also cause playback problems in SW.
For now the limit is set at 250 bits per MB for 1080P
and larger (with the 1080P limit used for smaller frames).
Setting maxQ, constant quality mode or targeting a
very high bandwidth will have precedence over this limit.
Change-Id: Ie6f776c38b06ac7cec043d034085f4b79ee46a38
Reference frame masking helped good quality mode to gain about 5% in
encoding speed, this commit enable it for rt mode to gain the speed
improvement.
In addition, this commit move the speed feature setup to a separate
function.
Change-Id: I015e8f78bbb21dd43ae183b9b9355bea2ccda9c5
Introducing calc_psnr() which calculates psnr between two yv12 buffers.
Previously we incorrectly used width/height instead of
crop_width/crop_height to calculate number of samples -- fixed.
Change-Id: Iecda01980555de55ad347e0276e6641c793fa56c
Added comments to explain what the various speed features do, and removed
1 that was clearly unused.
Change-Id: Icd37a536072ddafedbfaefcecbe48979f6d10faf
This commit allows encoder to compare the SAD cost associated with
the best motion vector predictor, per frame. If one reference frame
has this cost more than 4 times of the best SAD cost given by other
reference frames, skip NEARESTMV, NEARMV, ZEROMV mode check of this
reference frame.
This setting is turned on in speed 2 and above. Compression quality
change in speed 2:
derf -0.014%
yt -0.097%
hd -0.023%
stdhd 0.046%
It reduces the speed 2 runtime of test sequences:
pedestrian_area_1080p 4000 kbps 310763 ms -> 303595 ms
bluesky_1080p 6000 kbps 259852 ms -> 251920 ms
Change-Id: I7f59cf79503d51836d61d56d50dc5bdf0e502e22
