Refactors mbskip coding to be compatible with coding of the rest of
the symbols. Adds forward/backward adaptation and removes a lot of
the legacy code.
Results:
fast50: +1.6%
derfraw300: +0.317%
Change-Id: I395a2976d15af044d3b8ded5acfa45f6f065f980
Code intra/inter, then comp/single, then the ref frame selection.
Use contextualization for all steps. Don't code two past frames
in comp pred mode.
Change-Id: I4639a78cd5cccb283023265dbcc07898c3e7cf95
This avoids encoding tokens for blocks that are entirely
in the UMV border. This changes the bitstream.
Change-Id: I32b4df46ac8a990d0c37cee92fd34f8ddd4fb6c9
This patch changes the coefficient tree to move the EOB to below
the ZERO node in order to save number of bool decodes.
The advantages of moving EOB one step down as opposed to two steps down
in the other parallel patch are: 1. The coef modeling based on
the One-node becomes independent of the tree structure above it, and
2. Fewer conext/counter increases are needed.
The drawback is that the potential savings in bool decodes will be
less, but assuming that 0s are much more predominant than 1's the
potential savings is still likely to be substantial.
Results on derf300: -0.237%
Change-Id: Ie784be13dc98291306b338e8228703a4c2ea2242
Proposal for tuning the residual coding by changing how the context
from previous tokens is calculated. Storing the energy class of previous
tokens instead of the token itself eases the critical path of
HW implementations.
Change-Id: I6d71d856b84518f6c88de771ddd818436f794bab
Move 4x4/4x8/8x4 partition coding out of experimental list.
This commit fixed the unit test failure issues. It also resolved
the merge conflicts between 4x4 block level partition and iterative
motion search for comp_inter_inter.
Change-Id: I898671f0631f5ddc4f5cc68d4c62ead7de9c5a58
Reverts to using 128 bit LUT for the coef models rather than 48
to ease hardware implementation.
Also incorporates some cleanups including removing various
hooks to support different lookup tables based on block_type and
ref_type.
Change-Id: I54100c120cca07a2ebd3a7776bc4630fa6a153f6
Cleans up the experiment. Actually uses reduced counts for backward
updates, and reduced number of probabilities in the context.
No change in bitstream when the experiment is on.
Between expt on and off:
derfraw300 is down only -0.062% (which is better than when expts
were run previously).
Change-Id: I55285a049a0c22810bdb42914212ab5a4f8521b5
This commit allows the rate-distortion optimization recursion
at encoder to go down to 4x4 block size. It deprecates the use
of I4X4_PRED and SPLITMV syntax elements from bit-stream
writing/reading. Will remove the unused probability models in
the next patch.
The partition type search and bit-stream are now capable of
supporting the rectangular partition of 8x8 block, i.e., 8x4
and 4x8. Need to revise the rate-distortion parts to get these
two partition tested in the rd loop.
Change-Id: I0dfe3b90a1507ad6138db10cc58e6e237a06a9d6
Change band calculation back to simpler model based
on the order in which coefficients are coded in scan order
not the absolute coefficient positions.
With the scatter scan experiment enabled the results were
appear broadly neutral on derf (-0.028) but up a little on std-hd +0.134).
Without the scatterscan experiment on the results were up derf as well.
Change-Id: Ie9ef03ce42a6b24b849a4bebe950d4a5dffa6791
Work-in-progress, not yet ready for review. TODO items:
- bitstream writing (encoder) and reading (decoder)
- decoder reconstruction
Change-Id: I5afb7284e7e0480847b47cd0097cb469433c9081
Updates the tokenizer to use the common block walker used by the
detokenizer, to support non-4:2:0 and more than 3 planes.
Change-Id: If1854117a9c7c1427349209fa2b3051ce6459dcb
Unify the tokenize_ function and enable configurable block size for
superblock 8x8. We are immigrating the functionalities of
macroblock handles into superblock ones, and eventually will remove
encode_mb and decode_mb. To be continued on detokenize_ module.
Change-Id: I9f81e8c2291082535cf5e0c4b662eb24fb7c8a7f
Output changes slightly because of a minor bug in (at least) the sb32x16
block2above tx16x16 tables that previously existed in vp9_blockd.c.
Change-Id: I624af28ac200a8322d64454cf05c79e9502968cc
Basic assumption: when talking about transform units, use b_; when
talking about macroblock indices, use mb_.
Change-Id: Ifd163f595d4924ff892de4eb0401ccd56dc81884
Adds an experiment that codes an end-of-orientation symbol
for every eligible zero encountered in scan order.
This cleans out various other sub-experiments that were part
of the origiinal patch, which will be later included if found
useful.
Results are slightly positive on all sets (0.1 - 0.2% range).
Change-Id: I57765c605fefc7fb9d1b57f1b356843602abefaf
Adds RD integration for 32x16, 16x32, 64x32 and 32x64 rectangular blocks.
Derf almost +0.6%, HD a little over +1.0%, STDHD +1.3%.
Change-Id: Id651fdb6a655fdbb5c47009757e63317acfb88a5
This flag was added to VP8 to allow a mode where MB-level skipping
was not allowed, saving a bit per mb. It was never used in practice,
and hasn't been tested in VP9, so remove it.
Change-Id: Id450ec6904c6d06c1919508e7efc52d05cde5631
Merge sb32x32 and sb64x64 functions; allow for rectangular sizes. Code
gives identical encoder results before and after. There are a few
macros for rectangular block sizes under the sbsegment experiment; this
experiment is not yet functional and should not yet be used.
Change-Id: I71f93b5d2a1596e99a6f01f29c3f0a456694d728
Start grouping data per-plane, as part of refactoring to support
additional planes, and chroma planes with other-than 4:2:0
subsampling.
Change-Id: Idb76a0e23ab239180c818025bae1f36f1608bb23
The patch adds the flexibility to use standard EOB based coding
on smaller block sizes and nzc based coding on larger blocksizes.
The tx-sizes that use nzc based coding and those that use EOB based
coding are controlled by a function get_nzc_used().
By default, this function uses nzc based coding for 16x16 and 32x32
transform blocks, which seem to bridge the performance gap
substantially.
All sets are now lower by 0.5% to 0.7%, as opposed to ~1.8% before.
Change-Id: I06abed3df57b52d241ea1f51b0d571c71e38fd0b
These are mostly just for experimental purposes. I saw small gains (in
the 0.1% range) when playing with this on derf.
Change-Id: Ib21eed477bbb46bddcd73b21c5c708a5b46abedc
Now that the first AC coefficient in both directions use the same DC
as their context, there no longer is a purpose in letting both have
their own band. Merging these two bands allows us to split bands for
some of the very high-frequency AC bands.
In addition, I'm redoing the banding for the 1D-ADST col/row scans. I
don't think the old banding made any sense at all (it merged the last
coefficient of the first row/col in the same band as the first two of
the second row/col), which was clearly an oversight from the band being
applied in scan-order (rather than in their actual position). Now,
coefficients at the same position will be in the same band, regardless
what scan order is used. I think this makes most sense for the purpose
of banding, which is basically "predict energy for this coefficient
depending on the energy of context coefficients" (i.e. pt).
After full re-training, together with previous patch, derf gains about
1.2-1.3%, and hd/stdhd gain about 0.9-1.0%.
Change-Id: I7a0cc12ba724e88b278034113cb4adaaebf87e0c
Pearson correlation for above or left is significantly higher than for
previous-in-scan-order (absolute values depend on position in scan, but
in general, we gain about 0.1-0.2 by using either above or left; using
both basically just makes this even better). For eob branch skipping,
we continue to use the previous token in scan order.
This helps about 0.9% on derf after re-training on a limited data set.
Full re-training and results on larger-resolution clips are pending.
Note that this commit breaks trellis, so we can probably get further
gains out of it by fixing trellis at some later point.
Change-Id: Iead68e296fc3a105cca746b5e3da9555d6010cfe
Adds probability updates for extra bits for the nzcs, code for
getting nzc stats, plus some minor cleanups and fixes.
Change-Id: If2814e7f04fb52f5025ad9f400f3e6c50a00b543
This also changes the RD search to take account of the correct block
index when searching (this is required for ADST positioning to work
correctly in combination with tx_select).
Change-Id: Ie50d05b3a024a64ecd0b376887aa38ac5f7b6af6
This patch revamps the entropy coding of coefficients to code first
a non-zero count per coded block and correspondingly remove the EOB
token from the token set.
STATUS:
Main encode/decode code achieving encode/decode sync - done.
Forward and backward probability updates to the nzcs - done.
Rd costing updates for nzcs - done.
Note: The dynamic progrmaming apporach used in trellis quantization
is not exactly compatible with nzcs. A suboptimal approach has been
used instead where branch costs are updated to account for changes
in the nzcs.
TODO:
Training the default probs/counts for nzcs
Change-Id: I951bc1e22f47885077a7453a09b0493daa77883d
Split macroblock and superblock tokenization and detokenization
functions and coefficient-related data structs so that the bitstream
layout and related code of superblock coefficients looks less like it's
a hack to fit macroblocks in superblocks.
In addition, unify chroma transform size selection from luma transform
size (i.e. always use the same size, as long as it fits the predictor);
in practice, this means 32x32 and 64x64 superblocks using the 16x16 luma
transform will now use the 16x16 (instead of the 8x8) chroma transform,
and 64x64 superblocks using the 32x32 luma transform will now use the
32x32 (instead of the 16x16) chroma transform.
Lastly, add a trellis optimize function for 32x32 transform blocks.
HD gains about 0.3%, STDHD about 0.15% and derf about 0.1%. There's
a few negative points here and there that I might want to analyze
a little closer.
Change-Id: Ibad7c3ddfe1acfc52771dfc27c03e9783e054430
This patch alters the balance of context between the
coefficient bands (reflecting the position of coefficients
within a transform blocks) and the energy of the previous
token (or tokens) within a block.
In this case the number of coefficient bands is reduced
but more previous token energy bands are supported.
Some initial rebalancing of the default tables has been
by running multiple derf clips at multiple data rates using
the ENTOPY_STATS macro. Further balancing needs to be
done using larger image formatsd especially in regard to
the bigger transform sizes which are not as well represented
in encodings of smaller image formats.
Change-Id: If9736e95c391e711b04aef6393d26f60f36e1f8a
This patch abstracts the selection of the coefficient band
context into a function as a precursor to further experiments
with the coefficient context.
It also removes the large per TX size coefficient band structures
and uses a single matrix for all block sizes within the test function.
This may have an impact on quality (results to follow) but is only an
intermediate step in the process of redefining the context. Also the
quality impact will be larger initially because the default tables will
be out of step with the new banding.
In particular the 4x4 will in this case only use 7 bands. If needed we
can add back block size dependency localized within the function, but
this can follow on after the other changes to the definition of the
context.
Change-Id: Id7009c2f4f9bb1d02b861af85fd8223d4285bde5
This is an initial step to facilitate experimentation
with changes to the prior token context used to code
coefficients to take better account of the energy of
preceding tokens.
This patch merely abstracts the selection of context into
two functions and does not alter the output.
Change-Id: I117fff0b49c61da83aed641e36620442f86def86
Removal of the NEWCOEFCONTEXT experiment to
reduce code clutter and make it easier to experiment with
some other changes to the coefficient coding context.
Change-Id: Icd17b421384c354df6117cc714747647c5eb7e98
First step in simplifying the segment mode and
segment EOB flags into a simpler segment skip
flag that implies 0,0 mv and EOB at position 0.
Change-Id: Ib750cac31a7a02dc21082580498efd9f7d8d72a5
Adds an experiment to derive the previous context of a coefficient
not just from the previous coefficient in the scan order but from a
combination of several neighboring coefficients previously encountered
in scan order. A precomputed table of neighbors for each location
for each scan type and block size is used. Currently 5 neighbors are
used.
Results are about 0.2% positive using a strategy where the max coef
magnitude from the 5 neigbors is used to derive the context.
Change-Id: Ie708b54d8e1898af742846ce2d1e2b0d89fd4ad5
The mismatch was caused by an improper merge of cleanup code around
tokenize_b() and stuff_b() with TX32X32 experiment.
Change-Id: I225ae62f015983751f017386548d9c988c30664c
Gives 0.5-0.6% improvement on derf and stdhd, and 1.1% on hd. The
old tables basically derive from times that we had only 4x4 or
only 4x4 and 8x8 DCTs.
Note that some values are filled with 128, because e.g. ADST ever
only occurs as Y-with-DC, as does 32x32; 16x16 ever only occurs
as Y-with-DC or as UV (as complement of 32x32 Y); and 8x8 Y2 ever
only has 4 coefficients max. If preferred, I can add values of
other tables in their place (e.g. use 4x4 2nd order high-frequency
probabilities for 8x8 2nd order), so that they make at least some
sense if we ever implement a larger 2nd order transform for the
8x8 DCT (etc.), please let me know
Change-Id: I917db356f2aff8865f528eb873c56ef43aa5ce22
Add a function clip_pixel() to clip a pixel value to the [0,255] range
of allowed values, and use this where-ever appropriate (e.g. prediction,
reconstruction). Likewise, consistently use the recently added function
clip_prob(), which calculates a binary probability in the [1,255] range.
If possible, try to use get_prob() or its sister get_binary_prob() to
calculate binary probabilities, for consistency.
Since in some places, this means that binary probability calculations
are changed (we use {255,256}*count0/(total) in a range of places,
and all of these are now changed to use 256*count0+(total>>1)/total),
this changes the encoding result, so this patch warrants some extensive
testing.
Change-Id: Ibeeff8d886496839b8e0c0ace9ccc552351f7628
This commit changed the ENTROPY_CONTEXT conversion between MBs that
have different transform sizes.
In additioin, this commit also did a number of cleanup/bug fix:
1. removed duplicate function vp9_fix_contexts() and changed to use
vp8_reset_mb_token_contexts() for both encoder and decoder
2. fixed a bug in stuff_mb_16x16 where wrong context was used for
the UV.
3. changed reset all context to 0 if a MB is skipped to simplify the
logic.
Change-Id: I7bc57a5fb6dbf1f85eac1543daaeb3a61633275c
Use these, instead of the 4/5-dimensional arrays, to hold statistics,
counts, accumulations and probabilities for coefficient tokens. This
commit also re-allows ENTROPY_STATS to compile.
Change-Id: If441ffac936f52a3af91d8f2922ea8a0ceabdaa5
This adds Debargha's DCT/DWT hybrid and a regular 32x32 DCT, and adds
code all over the place to wrap that in the bitstream/encoder/decoder/RD.
Some implementation notes (these probably need careful review):
- token range is extended by 1 bit, since the value range out of this
transform is [-16384,16383].
- the coefficients coming out of the FDCT are manually scaled back by
1 bit, or else they won't fit in int16_t (they are 17 bits). Because
of this, the RD error scoring does not right-shift the MSE score by
two (unlike for 4x4/8x8/16x16).
- to compensate for this loss in precision, the quantizer is halved
also. This is currently a little hacky.
- FDCT and IDCT is double-only right now. Needs a fixed-point impl.
- There are no default probabilities for the 32x32 transform yet; I'm
simply using the 16x16 luma ones. A future commit will add newly
generated probabilities for all transforms.
- No ADST version. I don't think we'll add one for this level; if an
ADST is desired, transform-size selection can scale back to 16x16
or lower, and use an ADST at that level.
Additional notes specific to Debargha's DWT/DCT hybrid:
- coefficient scale is different for the top/left 16x16 (DCT-over-DWT)
block than for the rest (DWT pixel differences) of the block. Therefore,
RD error scoring isn't easily scalable between coefficient and pixel
domain. Thus, unfortunately, we need to compute the RD distortion in
the pixel domain until we figure out how to scale these appropriately.
Change-Id: I00386f20f35d7fabb19aba94c8162f8aee64ef2b
Previously, the "!=" check is logically incorrect when eob is at 0 and
effective coefficient starting position is 1. This commit should have
no effect on bitstream.
Change-Id: I6ce3a847c7e72bfbe4f7c74f88e3310c6b9b6d30
This patch allows use of 8x8 and 4x4 ADST correctly for Intra
16x16 modes and Intra 8x8 modes when the block size selected
is smaller than the prediction mode. Also includes some cleanups
and refactoring.
Rebase.
Change-Id: Ie3257bdf07bdb9c6e9476915e3a80183c8fa005a
This commit makes sure Y2 entropy coding context is always updated on
every macroblock even there is no Y2 block.
Change-Id: Ie307cfc46526efe55613be39f9f178d2531b56ba
Support for gyp which doesn't support multiple objects in the same
static library having the same basename.
Change-Id: Ib947eefbaf68f8b177a796d23f875ccdfa6bc9dc