We have renamed following Macros to avoid name confusion:
REFS_PER_FRAME --> INTER_REFS_PER_FRAME
(= ALTREF_FRAME - LAST_FRAME + 1)
MAX_REF_FRAMES --> TOTAL_REFS_PER_FRAME
(= ALTREF_FRAME - INTRA_FRAME + 1)
INTER_REFS_PER_FRAME specifies the maximum number of reference frames
that each Inter frame may use.
TOTAL_REFS_PER_FRAME is equal to INTER_REFS_PER_FRAME + 1, which
counts the INTRA_FRAME.
Further, at the encoder side, since REF_FRAMES specifies the maximum
number of the reference frames that the encoder may store, REF_FRAMES
is usually larger than INTER_REFS_PER_FRAME. For example, in the
ext-refs experiment, REF_FRAMES == 8, which allows the encoder to
store maximum 8 reference frames in the buffer, but
INTER_REFS_PER_FRAME equals to 6, which allows each Inter frame may
use up to 6 frames out of the 8 buffered frames as its references.
Hence, in order to explore the possibility to store more reference
frames in future patches, we modified a couple of array sizes to
accomodate the case that the number of buffered reference frames is
not always equal to the number of the references that are being used
by each Inter frame.
Change-Id: I19e42ef608946cc76ebfd3e965a05f4b9b93a0b3
This patch removed the experiment of BIDIR_PRED and merged the feature
into the experiment of EXT_REFS:
(1) Each frame now has up to 6 reference frames, namely
LAST_FRAME, LAST2_FRAME, LAST3_FRAME, GOLDEN_FRAME, (forward) and
BWDREF_FRAME, ALTREF_FRAME (backward);
LAST4_FRAME has been removed;
(2) First pass still keeps the 8 updates:
KF_UPDATE, LF_UPDATE, GF_UPDATE, ARF_UPDATE, OVERLAY_UPDATE, and
BRF_UPDATE, LAST_BIPRED_UPDATE, BI_PRED_UPDATE;
(3) show_existing_frame==1 is supported in the experiment of EXT_REFS;
(4) New encoding modes are added for both single-ref and compound cases,
through the use of the 2 extra forward references (LAST2 & LAST3)
and the 1 extra backward reference (BWDREF).
RD performance wise, using Overall PSNR: Avg/BDRate
Bipred only Prev EXT_REFS Current EXT_REFS with bipred
lowres: -3.474/-3.324 -1.748/-1.586 -4.613/-4.387
derflr: -2.097/-1.353 -1.439/-1.215 -3.120/-2.252
midres: -2.129/-1.901 -1.345/-1.185 -2.898/-2.636
If in vp10/encoder/firstpass.h, change BFG_INTERVAL from 2 to 3, i.e. to
use 2 bi-predictive frames than 1, a further improvement may be
obtained:
Current EXT_REFS with bipred
1 bi-predictive frame 2 bi-predictive frames
lowres: -4.613/-4.387 -4.675/-4.465
derflr: -3.120/-2.252 -3.333/-2.516
midres: -2.898/-2.636 -3.406/-3.095
Change-Id: Ib06fe9ea0a5cfd7418a1d79b978ee9d80bf191cb
Major parts have been implemented as follows:
(1) Added BRF_UPDATE, LASTNRF_UPDATE, and NRF_UPDATE in firstpass.c;
(2) Added the handling for the scenario of
"cpi->common.show_existing_frame == 1" at the encoder;
(3) Added a new reference frame of BWDREF_FRAME;
(4) Have bwd-ref work with upsampled references.
Note that when the experiment of "ext_refs" turned on, this experiment
will be turned off automatically currently.
RD performance in Overall PSNR has been improved, compared against the
VP10 baseline:
lowres: Avg -3.312; BDRate -3.154
derflr: Avg -1.927; BDRate -1.176
midres: Avg -2.149; BDRate -2.001
hdres : Avg -0.567; BDRate -0.588
Change-Id: I4c06ff51cc20194bffbd4d2346e57ba3dcf6b62c
Rename MI_BLOCK_SIZE.* -> MAX_MIB_SIZE.* (MIB is for MI Block).
Rename MI_MASK.* -> MAX_MIB_MASK.*
There are no functional changes.
This is in preparation for coding the superblock size at the frame
level, which will require some of these constants to become variables.
The new names better reflect future semantics, and hence make the code
clearer.
Change-Id: Iee08d97554cf4cc16a5dc166a3ffd1ab91529992
If --enable-ext-partition is used at build time, the superblock size
(sometimes also referred to as coding unit (CU) size) is extended to
128x128 pixels.
Change-Id: Ie09cec6b7e8d765b7555ff5d80974aab60803f3a
Adds a wiener filter based restoration scheme in loop which can
be optionally selected instead of the bilateral filter.
The LMMSE filter generated per frame is a separable symmetric 7
tap filter. Three parameters for each of horizontal and vertical
filters are transmitted in the bitstream. The fourth parameter
is obtained assuming the sum is normalized to 1.
Also integerizes the bilateral filters, along with other
refactoring necessary in order to support the new switchable
restoration type framework.
derflr: -0.75% BDRATE
[A lot of videos still prefer bilateral, however since many frames
now use the simpler separable filter, the decoding speed is
much better].
Further experiments to follow, related to replacing the bilateral.
Change-Id: I6b1879983d50aab7ec5647340b6aef6b22299636
Current implementation is a bilateral filter whose
parameters are transmitted in the bitstream.
derflr: -0.647% BDRATE
hevcmr: -0.794% BDRATE
This is a prelimary patch. Various other variations are to
be investigated next, that will hopefully be less expensive
on the decoder side.
Change-Id: I50634ae8f5014ad0bf7432306348908a349d81e1
Under the experiment of EXT_REFS: LAST2_FRAME, LAST3_FRAME, and
LAST4_FRAME.
Coding efficiency: derflr +1.601%; hevchr +1.895%
Speed: Encoder slowed down by ~75%
Change-Id: Ifeee5f049c2c1f7cb29bc897622ef88897082ecf
Remove MISC_FIXES flags except for the changes on MV precision, which
has a 0.1% performance drop.
On derflr, the impact is -0.012%.
Change-Id: I0a74e5a212dd0cb827192a318c92a714c9681e45
Resolved Conflicts in the following files:
configure
vp10/common/idct.c
vp10/encoder/dct.c
vp10/encoder/encodemb.c
vp10/encoder/rdopt.c
Change-Id: I4cb3986b0b80de65c722ca29d53a0a57f5a94316
