For SVC: if an enhancement layer (spatial_layer > 0)
has 0 bandwidth, skip/drop the encoding of the layer.
This allows the application to dynamically disable
higher layers for SVC.
Add flag to signal the skip encoding, this is needed
to modify the packing of the superframe when the top
layer is skipped/dropped.
Also moved some updates (current_video_frame counter and
the last_avg_frame_bandwidth) to the postencode_update_drop_frame().
Added datarate unittest for dynamically going from 3 to 2
and then back to 3 spatial layers.
Change-Id: Idaccdb4aca25ba1d822ed1b4219f94e2e8640d43
Control Flow Integrity [1] indirect call checking verifies that function
pointers only call valid functions with a matching type signature. This
change eliminates some function pointer casts that I missed in my last
CL https://crrev.com/c/780144.
BUG=chromium:776905
[1] https://www.chromium.org/developers/testing/control-flow-integrity
Change-Id: I1c7adbdfffa4fe0b62e993bfb31d06e64b022d66
Switch from bilinear to eighttap_smooth for frame-level
downsampling at low resolutions (<= 320x240).
avgPSNR/SSIM metrics increase from ~0.5-2% (all clips positive gain),
for 2 and 3 spatial layer SVC, with 3 temporal layers.
Small/negligible increase in encoding time (< 1%).
Change-Id: I758472fc4fddd51d87f13c9d1a1cd4986ef5d41f
The in/out (or zoom metrics) in accumulate_frame_motion_stats()
are in effect a % of the blocks that have a motion vector pointing
either towards or away from the center. As such they are already
normalized in terms of image size and the thresholds against which
these are tested should be image size independent.
In practice a zoom either in or out is an indicator for a shorter group
length so the abs value is more important as a breakout clause.
This patch fixes the threshold test. Clips without noticeable zoom show
no effect but some with strong zooms such as "station" show a big
gain (5-10%). Average psnr-hvs gain on hdres set was 0.292%
Change-Id: I4f97a72b0e273e4e844ade15285749c32cd81c1c
Increase the recursive average factor from 15/16 to 3/4
to make the noise estimation respond faster.
Small/neglible change on low noise content, but better
denoising for noisy content.
Also encoder speedup of ~2-3% observed on some noisy clips.
Change-Id: I9dd02fe961ca24b411fe4c2732f814bf1e9a7f9f
eob is a pointer to a uint16_t. previously the code would store 64-bits
causing a crash or test failure with the right stack layout.
Change-Id: Ibd653baf323db114f2444951b9d8b00c596bf15a
For a large change in the target avg_frame_bandwidth,
via the update in change_config()), reset the buffer_level
to optimal_level.
This fix prevents possible frame drops, where for example,
encoder suddenly goes from lower to higher bitrate.
Change-Id: I2f844c41d04c01240e85f574e59d2b9075c7eb6d
For large dynamic changes in target avg_frame_bandwidth, or
a change in resolution, via the update in change_config()),
reset the under/overshoot flags (rc_1_frame, rc_2_frame)
to prevent constraining the QP for the first few frames
following the change.
For SVC use the spatial stream avg_frame_bandwidth in
reset condition.
For the avg_frame_bandwidth condition, use fairly large
threshold (~50%) for now in reset.
This allows for better/faster QP response if, for example,
application dynamically changes bitrate by large amount.
Change-Id: Ib6e3761732d956949d79c9247e50dba744a535c0
Denoise 2 spatial layes at most.
Add noise sensitivity level 2 for vp9 such that applications can control
whether to denoise the second highest spatial layer.
Add tests to cover this case.
Change-Id: Ic327d14b29adeba3f0dae547629f43b98d22997f
Immediately following a key frame the trailing second reference
error in the first pass stats will be based on a reference frame from
the prior key frame group and will thus usually be much larger.
This fix eliminates that effect (which typically triggers a short arf
group immediately after a key frame). It also changes the accounting
for the first frame in each new arf group.
This change gives large gains on a couple of clips that contain mid
sequence key frames (e.g. 6% on 1080P tennis). Overall there was
a net gain in PSNR and PSNR-HVS ~(0.05- 0.4%) and mixed results for
SSIM (+/- 0.2%).
Change-Id: I8e00538ac2c0b5c2e7e637903cac329ce5c2a375
Downsampling filter for SVC was set to subsample (phase 0)
for HD -> VGA, and bilinear averaging (phase 8) for VGA -> QVGA.
This change makes it bilinear averaging for HD -> VGA.
Given the recent commit 9f9d4f8, quality is improved with
this change: avgPSNR/SSIM up ~1-3% on HD clips in RTC set.
Speed decrease of ~1% for 3 layer SVC.
Change-Id: If834a320e372b8b922a6bf7cab4227703b1beae6
Move the early exit checks on usable_ref_frame and
skip_ref_find_pref up before the check on flag_svc_subpel.
The code under flag_svc_subpel requires frame_mv to be set
for the golden/spatial reference, which is only set if the
both those exits don't pass.
No change in behavior.
Change-Id: Id304276c745eeb389ff85fa2dcf510d5976bc413
For nonrd pickmode on a given spatial layer, the spatial
(golden) reference was always only using zeromv for prediction.
In this patch if the downsampling filter used for generating
the lower spatial layer is an averaging filter (nonzero phase),
we allow for subpel motion on the spatial (golden) reference to
compensate for the shift. This is done by forcing the testing of
nonzero motion mode to compensate for spatial downsampling shift.
Improvement for cases where the downsampling is averaging filter.
In the current code this is only done for generating
resolutions <= QVGA.
Improvement for avgPSNR/SSIM on RTC set for speed 7: ~1.2%.
Gain is larger (~2-3%) for VGA clips with 2 spatial layers.
~1% speed slowdown for 3 layer SVC on mac.
Change-Id: I9ec4fa20a38947934fc650594596c25280c3b289
Set num_inter_modes based on ref_mode_set_svc, which is
smaller set than ref_mode_set (which may use alt-ref).
No change in behavior.
Change-Id: I31169bb09028db230552c6fca0a86959d1ade692
Avoids duplicate computation of UV predictor.
Bit-exact when static_threshold is zero.
Small/neutral difference on RTC set with nonzero static_threshold
(since UV predictor won't be skipped with this change).
Small speed gain, ~1-2%, at speed 8.
Change-Id: Iba8d22a307768b391e29d63c9826aac5a4d9c285
this is only meant for testing. along with --enable-experimental
--enable-spatial-svc require VPX_TEST_SPATIAL_SVC to be defined rather
than bumping the encoder ABI.
Change-Id: I7f34d9f60300fa31ccf22e1a4aa619392c391b2e
For 1 pass cbr SVC: GOLDEN is the spatial reference,
better not to check for encoder_breakout on this reference.
Small positive ~0.075% (mostly neutral) gain in avgPSNR/SSIM metrics.
No observed change in encoder speed.
Change-Id: Ib337f16d6771105bf06384c6a23ad047fc690418
For the case when the number of temporal layers > 1,
the buffer levels (starting/optimal_buffer_level,
and maximum_buffer_size) were not scaled properly.
In vp9_update_layer_context_change_config():
when setting the layer-buffer levels, fix is to scale
the layer-target_bandwidth by the target_bandwidth
(which is the full stream bandwidth) instead of the
spatial_layer_target.
This is needed because prior to the call
vp9_update_layer_context_change_config(), set_rc_buffer_sizes()
is called which sets the buffer levels based on target bandwidth
(which is the full bandwidth for the SVC stream).
This fix properly sets the layer-buffer levels based on the
layer-bandwidth, and leads to better rate targeting.
Small/neutral change in avgPSNR/SSIM metrics on RTC set.
Change-Id: Ic0f4f7f3487c37b9a9adb4781ae5edfed7140a57
Control Flow Integrity [1] indirect call checking verifies that function
pointers only call valid functions with a matching type signature. This
change eliminates function pointer casts to make libvpx CFI-safe.
[1] https://www.chromium.org/developers/testing/control-flow-integrity
Change-Id: I7e08522d195a43c88cda06fa20414426c8c4372c
For reference frames: enable scale partition for
superblocks with low source sad or if bsize on lower-resoln
is at least 32x32.
Keep feature disabled for base temporal layer.
Small regression in avgPNSR/SSIM metrics, ~0.5-1%.
Speedup ~2-3% on mac for SVC (3 spatial/3 temporal layers) at speed 7.
Change-Id: I5987eb7763845b680059128b538bb5188be0cca5
