Add control API VP9E_SET_TARGET_LEVEL that allows the encoder to
control the output bitstream level and/or keep level related
statistics.
Usage:
255 do not care about level (default)
0 keep level related stats only
10 target for level 1
11 target for level 1.1
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62 target for level 6.2
Usage for vpxenc:
--target-level=0/255/10/11...
Change-Id: I31d1aeca19358b893e7577b4e63748c8e614034a
So it can be used even with aq-mode=3 not enabled.
Also cleans up some code in the places where its used.
No change in behavior.
Change-Id: Ib6b265308dbd483f691200da9a0be4da4b380dbc
For 1 pass cbr mode: allow for two-stage 1:2 scaling
(which will use the 1:2 optimized scaler) if the spatial
layer is 1/4x1/4 of souce.
Without this change, the base layer for 3 spatial layers would
be using the non-normative scaler which is un-optimized/C code.
Change-Id: I9d73f92a4a96927d0f1d6bf75315c1e60513226a
This reverts commit f51f0998e1.
This causes datarate tests to fail. Some are due to the new default
keyframe distance, another causes an assert even forcing 9999:
[ RUN ] VP9/DatarateOnePassCbrSvc.OnePassCbrSvc3SpatialLayers/0
test_libvpx:
vpx_dsp/x86/vpx_subpixel_8t_intrin_ssse3.c:853: scaledconvolve2d:
Assertion `y_step_q4 <= 32' failed.
Change-Id: I4ee4fea97f47e4f1a23b82a62e6afc6280961e38
For 1 pass cbr mode: allow for two-stage 1:2 scaling
(which will use the 1:2 optimized scaler) if the spatial
layer is 1/4x1/4 of souce.
Without this change, the base layer for 3 spatial layers would
be using the non-normative scaler which is un-optimized/C code.
Change-Id: Ifcf526ec2aaf3e5fa7924588d9dd8660bf02fb46
An issue exists with reference_masking in non-rd pickmode for spatial
scaling. It was kept off for internal dynamic resizing and svc, this
change is to keep it off also for external dynamic resizing.
Update to external resize test, and update TODO to re-enable this
at frame level when references have same scale as source.
Change-Id: If880a643572127def703ee5b2d16fd41bdbf256c
Different quality levels are used for different regions in
the frame depending on how far they are vertically from the
center. Specifically, three segments are used based on the
mi_row index with respect number to the number of mi_rows in
the frame.
Change-Id: Ifc8b777bc58ea8521dffc4640360c67d99f8d381
This change alters the nature and use of exhaustive motion search.
Firstly any exhaustive search is preceded by a normal step search.
The exhaustive search is only carried out if the distortion resulting
from the step search is above a threshold value.
Secondly the simple +/- 64 exhaustive search is replaced by a
multi stage mesh based search where each stage has a range
and step/interval size. Subsequent stages use the best position from
the previous stage as the center of the search but use a reduced range
and interval size.
For example:
stage 1: Range +/- 64 interval 4
stage 2: Range +/- 32 interval 2
stage 3: Range +/- 15 interval 1
This process, especially when it follows on from a normal step
search, has shown itself to be almost as effective as a full range
exhaustive search with step 1 but greatly lowers the computational
complexity such that it can be used in some cases for speeds 0-2.
This patch also removes a double exhaustive search for sub 8x8 blocks
which also contained a bug (the two searches used different distortion
metrics).
For best quality in my test animation sequence this patch has almost
no impact on quality but improves encode speed by more than 5X.
Restricted use in good quality speeds 0-2 yields significant quality gains
on the animation test of 0.2 - 0.5 db with only a small impact on encode
speed. On most clips though the quality gain and speed impact are small.
Change-Id: Id22967a840e996e1db273f6ac4ff03f4f52d49aa
Source noise level estimate is also useful for
setting variance encoder parameters (variance thresholds,
qp-delta, mode selection, etc), so allow it to be used also
if denoising is not on.
Change-Id: I4fe23d47607b4e17a35287057f489c29114beed1
In the decoder, map this to the output variable vpx_image_t.r_w/h.
This is intended as an improved version of VP9D_GET_DISPLAY_SIZE,
which doesn't work with parallel frame decoding. In the encoder,
map this to a codec control func (VP9E_SET_RENDER_SIZE) that takes
a w/h pair argument in a int[2] (identical to VP9D_GET_DISPLAY_SIZE).
Also add render_size to the encoder_param_get_to_decoder unit test.
See issue 1030.
Change-Id: I12124c13602d832bf4c44090db08c1009c94c7e8
In decoder, export (eventually) into vpx_image_t.range field. In
encoder, use oxcf->color_range to set it (same way as for
color_space).
See issue 1059.
Change-Id: Ieabbb2a785fa58cc4044bd54eee66f328f3906ce
The normative (convolve8) filter is optimized/faster than
the nonnormative one. Pass usage of scaler (normative/nonomorative)
to vp9_scale_if_required(), and always use normative one for 1 pass.
Change-Id: I2b71d9ff18b3c7499b058d1325a9554de993dd52
Switch to use the normative (convolve8) filter for source scaling,
only for 1/2x1/2 scaling for now. This is faster and has better
quality than either the vpx_scale_frame or the nonnormative scaler.
Remove the vp9_scale_if_required_fast, which is now not used.
Change-Id: I2f7d73950589d19baafb1fa650eac987d531bcc8
Adds two new vp9 parameters --min-gf-interval and --max-gf-interval
to enable testing based on frequency of alt-ref frames.
Also adds a unit-test to test enforcement of min-gf-interval.
For both these parameters the default value is 0, which indicates
they are picked by the encoder, based on resolution and framerate
considerations. If they are greater than zero, the specified
parameter is honored.
(Additional note by paulwilkins)
Note that there is a slight oddity in that key frames are also GFs and
considered part of GF only group. However they are treated as not
being part of an arf group because for arf groups the previous GF is
assumed to be the terminal or overlay frame for the previous group.
(end note)
Change-Id: Ibf0c30b72074b3f71918ab278ccccc02a95a70a0
This commit moves the primitive multi-threading files from vp9
folder to vpx_thread, which will be accessible by all vpx codec.
Change-Id: Ib51e66e9c69801c10631fab56d35a0c0aaed5883
to MB_MODE_INFO_EXT. This saves 36 bytes per 8x8 area for
both the decoder and encoder. (encoder has two MODE_INFO
buffers)
Change-Id: If006abb2224acaf326df3c2be09e77e967662107
Decision to scale down/up is based on buffer state and average QP
over previous time window. Limit the total amount of down-scaling
to be at most one scale down for now.
Reset certain quantities after resize (buffer level, cyclic refresh,
rate correction factor).
Feature is enable via the setting rc_resize_allowed = 1.
Change-Id: I9b1a53024e1e1e953fb8a1e1f75d21d160280dc7
If the frame size increases, the tile data buffer needs to be
re-allocated according to the number of tiles existing in current
frame. This patch makes the multi-tile encoding work in spatial
SVC usage case, and partially solved WebM issue 1018.
Change-Id: I1ad6f33058cf5ce6f60ed5024455a709ca80c5ad
PSNR HVS is a human visual system weighted version of SNR that's
gained some popularity from academia and apparently better matches
MOS testing.
This code is borrowed from the Daala Project but uses our FDCT code.
Change-Id: Idd10fbc93129f7f4734946f6009f87d0f44cd2d7
Force split on 16x16 block (to 8x8) based on the minmax over the 8x8 sub-blocks.
Also increase variance threshold for 32x32, and add exit condiiton in choose_partition
(with very safe threshold) based on sad used to select reference frame.
Some visual improvement near moving boundaries.
Average gain in psnr/ssim: ~0.6%, some clips go up ~1 or 2%.
Encoding time increase (due to more 8x8 blocks) from ~1-4%, depending on clip.
Change-Id: I4759bb181251ac41517cd45e326ce2997dadb577
The vbp thresholds are set seperately for boosted/non-boosted
superblocks according to their segment_id. This way we don't
have to force the boosted blocks to split to 32x32.
Speed 6 RTC set borg test result showed some quality gains.
Overall PSNR: +0.199%; Avg PSNR: +0.245%; SSIM: +0.802%.
No speed change was observed.
Change-Id: I37c6643a3e2da59c4b7dc10ebe05abc8abf4026a
