In the full-rd transform size search, we go through all transform
sizes to choose the one with best rd score. In this patch, an
early termination is added to stop the search once we see that the
smaller size won't give better rd score than the larger size. Also,
the search starts from largest transform size, then goes down to
smallest size.
A speed feature tx_size_search_breakout is added, which is turned off
at speed 0, and on for other speeds. The transform size search is
turned on at speed 1.
Borg test results:
1. At speed 1,
derf set: psnr gain: 0.618%, ssim gain: 0.377%;
stdhd set: psnr gain: 0.594%, ssim gain: 0.162%;
No noticeable speed change.
3. At speed 2,
derf set: psnr loss: 0.157%, ssim loss: 0.175%;
stdhd set: psnr loss: 0.090%, ssim loss: 0.101%;
speed gain: ~4%.
Change-Id: I22535cd2017b5e54f2a62bb6a38231aea4268b3f
This commit enables the encoder to record the location of the
center frame to generate alter reference frame. It then allows to
skip checking prediction modes of other reference frame types when
it comes to encode this frame.
The speed 3 runtime is reduced for the test sequences:
bus at CIF 1000 kbps, 9791 ms -> 9446 ms, i.e., 3.5% speed-up,
pedestrian at 1080p 2000 kbps, 184043 ms -> 175730 ms, i.e., 4.5%
speed-up.
No compression performance change observed.
Change-Id: Iacfde3bcc1445964e7a241f239bd6ea11cb94bd1
This reverts commit 5509b7fd8f
Observed a big drop in compression quality and speed for speed 1 for a 360p test clip, revert this now for investigation.
Change-Id: If69dc8d77a225b34dc7907a9472e1a7a0a22762d
Add a speed feature to give the tighter partition search
range. Before partition search, calculate the histogram
of the partition sizes of the left, above and previous
co-located blocks of the current block. If the variance of
observed partition sizes is small enough, adjust the search
range around the mean partition size, which will be tigher.
The feature is currently turned on at speed 2. Experiments on
sample youtube clips show on average the runtime is reduced
by 3-7%.
For hard stdhd clips:
park_joy_1080p @ 15000kbps: 509251 ms -> 491953 ms (3.3%)
pedestrian_area_1080p @ 2000kbps: 223941 ms -> 214226 ms (4.3%)
The PSNR performance is changed:
derf: -0.112%
yt: -0.099%
hd: -0.090%
stdhd:-0.102%
Change-Id: Ie205ec5325bf92ec5676c243e30ba9d0adca10f2
In the current implementation of the encoder,
frame buffers may come from the wider set of
12 such buffers, and is not restricted to the
8 allowed as reference frames. This is only
an implementation detail and does not affect
the constraint of having a total of 8 reference
buffers overall.
Change-Id: I075f777146c2df49c275d89232933f8127235175
At --good and speed 3 or above for resolution less than 720p. This
disables the tests for 64x64 intra prediction modes. Encoding time
reduction is about 1%.
Change-Id: Ib396e3d1417fece416e3f0fee929b128acbb130f
The test to determine if the mode info buffers need
to be resized when the frame size changes was
incorrect, as per bug 837.
By storing the size of the allocated data structure,
a simple test determines whether to allocate more
memory when the frame size changes.
Change-Id: I1544698f2882cf958fc672485614f2f46e9719bd
