checks added to make sure that cpi->tplist
is freed correctly in vp8_dealloc_compressor_data
and vp8_alloc_compressor_data.
Change-Id: I66149dbbd25c958800ad94f4379d723191d9680d
As mentioned in check-in "Improve motion search in real-time mode",
MV prediction calculation causes speed loss for speed 7 and above.
This change added a flag to turn off this calculation for speed>6
in real-time mode.
Change-Id: I9f4ae5a8bf449222d1784b54e7d315fc8347b2d1
Applied better MV prediction in real-time mode, which improves
the encoding quality.
Used quarter-pixel search instead of iterative sub-pixel search
for speed >=5 to improve encoding performance.
Tests on the test set showed:
1. For speed=-5, quality improvement: 1.7% on AvgPSNR and 2.1%
on SSIM, performance improvement: 3.6% (This counts in the
performance lose caused by MV prediction calculation in "Improve
MV prediction in vp8_pick_inter_mode() for speed>3").
2. For speed=-8, quality improvement: 2.1% on AvgPSNR and 2.5%
on SSIM. but, 6.9% performance decrease because of MV prediction
calculation. This should be improved later.
Change-Id: I349a96c452bd691081d8c8e3e54419e7f477bebd
Created a new speed 1 which is in the middle of the old
speed 0 and speed 1. (for both quality and performance)
Change-Id: I4802133cdb43f359ca787646c090899679dd5d84
The encoder was not correctly catching transitions in the quantizer
deltas. If a delta_q was set, then the quantizer would be reinitialized
on every frame, but if they transitioned to 0, the quantizer would
not be reinitialized, leading to a encode-decode mismatch.
This bug was triggered by commit 999e155, which sets a Y2 delta Q
for very low base Q levels.
Change-Id: Ia6733464a55ee4ff2edbb82c0873980d345446f5
Whe auto keyframe insertion is enabled and conditions are right (scene change)
the encoder can decide to insert a key frame and does a re-encoding. This can
introduce extra latency. In RT mode we do not do the re-encoding of the current
frame but force the next frame to key frame.
Change-Id: I15c175fa845ac4c1a1f18bea3676e154669522a7
Reduce the number of sync points by letting each thread
continue imediatly with a new MB row.
Better multicore scaling, improves performance by 5-20% on ARM multicore.
Change-Id: Ic97e4d1c4886a842c85dd3539a93cb217188ed1b
The code previously tested cpi->common.refresh_alt_ref_frame
but there are situations where this flag may be set for viewable frames.
The correct test should be !cm->show_frame.
Change-Id: Ia1a600622992a4a68fe1d38ac23bf6b34b133688
This commit also removes artificial RDMULT cap for low quantizers.
The intention is to address some abnormal behavior of mode selections
at the low quantizer end, where many macroblocks were coded with
SPLITMV with all partitions using same motion vector including (0,0).
This change improves the compression quality substantially for high
quality encodings in both PSNR and SSIM terms. Overall effect on
mid/low rate range is also positive for all metrics, but smaller
in magnitude.
Change-Id: I864b29c4bd9ff610d2545fa94a19cc7e80c02667
Adjust checking points in motion vector prediction to better cover
possible movements, and get a better prediction. Tests on test
clips showed a 0.1% improvement in SSIM, and no change in PSNR
and performance.
Change-Id: Ifdab05d35e10faea1445c61bb73debf888c9d2f8
These changes are specifically targeted at fade transitions to
static scenes. Here we want to place a GF/ARF immediately
after the fade and prevent an ARF just before the fade.
Also some code lines and comment lines shortened to 80 chars
while I was there.
Change-Id: Iefdc09a4fa7b265048fc017246b73e138693950f
This code fixes a bug in the calculation of
the minimum Q for alt ref frames.
It also allows an extended gf/arf interval for sections
of clips that completely static (or nearly so).
Change-Id: I1a21aaa16d4f0578e5f99b13bebd78d59403c73b
Remove allocation/deallocation of stats storage.
Remove full search functions in machine specific encoder inits.
Remove last pass validation in validate_config.
Change-Id: I7f29be69273981a4fef6e80ecdb6217c68cbad4e
The CQ level was not using the q_trans[] array to convert
to a 0-127 range as per min and maxq
Experimental change to try and match the reconstruction
error for forced key frames approximately to that of the
previous frame by means of the recode loop. Though this
may cause extra recodes and the recode behavior has not
been optimized, it can only happen on forced key frames.
Change-Id: I1f7e42d526f1b1cb556dd461eff1a692bd1b5b2f
This change is designed to try and reduce pulsing effects when moving
with a complex transition like a fade, into an easy or static section in
an otherwise difficult clip in CQ mode.
The active CQ level is relaxed down to the user entered level for frames that
are generating less than the passed in minimum bandwidth.
Change-Id: Id6d8b551daad4f489c087bd742bc95418a95f3f0
Fixed discrepancy cpi->ni_frames vs cm->current_video_frame > 150.
Make one pass path explicit.
There is still scope for some odd behaviour around the transition
point at cpi->ni_frames > 150.
Change-Id: Icdee130fe6e2a832206d30e45bf65963edd7a74d
Where a key frame occurs because of a minimum interval
selected by the user, then these forced key frames ideally need
to be more closely matched in quality to the surrounding frame.
Change-Id: Ia55b1f047e77dc7fbd78379c45869554f25b3df7
Add a flag to always enable block4x4 search for speed=0 (good
quality) to guarantee no quality loss for speed0.
Change-Id: Ie04bbc25f7e6a33a7bfa30e05775d33148731c81
Further experiment with restriction of the Q range.
This uses the average non KF/GF/ARF quantizer, instead
of just relying on the initial value. It is not such a strong constraint
but there may be a reduced risk of rate misses.
Change-Id: I424fe782a37a2f4e18c70805e240db55bfaa25ec
The merge includes hooks to for CQ mode and other code
changes merged from the test branch.
CQ mode attempts to maintain a more stable quantizer within a clip
whilst also trying to adhere to a guidline maximum bitrate.
The existing target data rate parameter is used to specify the
guideline maximum bitrate.
A new parameter allows the user to specify a target CQ level.
For normal (non kf/gf/arf) frames, the quantizer will not drop BELOW the
user specified value (0-63). However, in some cases the encoder may
choose to impose a target CQ that is above that specified by the user,
if it estimates that consistent use of the target value is not compatible
with guideline maximum bitrate.
Change-Id: I2221f9eecae8cc3c431d36caf83503941b25e4c1
cpi->target_bits_per_mb is currently not being used,
so delete it. Also removed other unused code in rdopt.c.
Change-Id: I98449f9030bcd2f15451d9b7a3b9b93dd1409923
The following features don't make sense for the first
pass in its current form and have a significant impact on its
speed (up to 50%).
Slow quantizer, slow dct and trellis optimization.
Change-Id: Id9943f6765ffbd71fc0084ec7dfbc9d376fd6fcd
Scott pointed out that last_frame_type only gets updated while
loopfilter exists. Since last_frame_type is also needed in
motion search now, it needs to be updated every frame.
Change-Id: I9203532fd67361588d4024628d9ddb8e391ad912
Use the fast quantizer for inter mode selection and the
regular quantizer for the rest of the encode for good quality,
speed 1. Both performance and quality were improved. The
quality gains will make up for the quality loss mentioned in
I9dc089007ca08129fb6c11fe7692777ebb8647b0.
Change-Id: Ia90bc9cf326a7c65d60d31fa32f6465ab6984d21
allow for optimized versions of apply_temporal_filter
(now vp8_apply_temporal_filter_c)
the function was previously declared as static and appears to have been
inlined. with this change, that's no longer possible. performance takes
a small hit.
the declaration for vp8_cx_temp_filter_c was moved to onyx_if.c because
of a circular dependency. for rtcd, temporal_filter.h holds the
definition for the rtcd table, so it needs to be included by onyx_int.h.
however, onyx_int.h holds the definition for VP8_COMP which is needed
for the function prototype. blah.
Change-Id: I499c055fdc652ac4659c21c5a55fe10ceb7e95e3
In SPLITMV, the 8x8 segment will be checked first. If the 8x8 rd
is better than the best, we check the other segments. Otherwise
bail. Adjustments to the thresh_mult were necessary to make
up for the initial quality loss.
The performance improved by 20% (average) for good quality,
speed 0 and speed 1, while the overall quality remained the same.
Change-Id: I717aef401323c8a254fba3e9777d2a316c774cc3
The MV's range is 256. Since the new motion search uses a different
starting MV than the center ref MV, a MV range checking needs to
be done to avoid corruption.
Change-Id: I8ae0721d1bd203639e13891e2e54a2e87276f306
This code is unused, as the current preproc implementation uses the
same spatial filter that postproc uses.
Change-Id: Ia06d5664917d67283f279e2480016bebed602ea7
Corrected the initial Q range limits for the recode loop
to reflect the current allowed range for the frame.
In experimental work on constrained quality this bug was
causing unnecessary recodes.
Change-Id: I7e256fbfa681293b0223fe21ec329933d76c229f
Deallocating the buffers before re-allocating them.
The fix passed James Berry's test program for memory
leak check.
Change-Id: I18c3cf665412c0e313a523e3d435106c03ca438d
