skip un-neccessary motion search in the first pass

This patch allows the encoder to skip the
un-neccessary motion search in the first pass. It
calculates the error of the zero motion vector using
the last source frame as reference and skips the
further motion search in the first pass if the error
is small.

The encoding speedup of the first pass for slideshow
videos is over 30%. Borg test shows the overall PSNR
performance remain approximately the same (derf -0.009,
hd 0.387, yt 0.021, stdhd 0.065). Individual clips may
have either PSNR gain or loss. The worst PSNR perfomance
is from yt set, with a PSNR loss of -1.1.

Change-Id: I08b2ab110b695e4689573b2567fa531b6457616e

diff --git a/vp9/encoder/vp9_firstpass.c b/vp9/encoder/vp9_firstpass.c
index dc3832b161dad17d1d453acef345054074ce9285..8a670a1e07740bb3b2262c0d1294d9154b728f55 100644 (file)
--- a/vp9/encoder/vp9_firstpass.c
+++ b/vp9/encoder/vp9_firstpass.c
@@ -598,73 +598,91 @@ void vp9_first_pass(VP9_COMP *cpi) {
       if (cm->current_video_frame > 0) {
         int tmp_err, motion_error;
         int_mv mv, tmp_mv;
+        int raw_motion_error;
+        struct buf_2d unscaled_last_source_buf_2d;
 
         xd->plane[0].pre[0].buf = first_ref_buf->y_buffer + recon_yoffset;
         motion_error = get_prediction_error(bsize, &x->plane[0].src,
                                             &xd->plane[0].pre[0]);
-        // Assume 0,0 motion with no mv overhead.
-        mv.as_int = tmp_mv.as_int = 0;
-
-        // Test last reference frame using the previous best mv as the
-        // starting point (best reference) for the search.
-        first_pass_motion_search(cpi, x, &best_ref_mv.as_mv, &mv.as_mv,
-                                 &motion_error);
-        if (cpi->oxcf.aq_mode == VARIANCE_AQ) {
-          vp9_clear_system_state();
-          motion_error = (int)(motion_error * error_weight);
-        }
 
-        // If the current best reference mv is not centered on 0,0 then do a 0,0
-        // based search as well.
-        if (best_ref_mv.as_int) {
-          tmp_err = INT_MAX;
-          first_pass_motion_search(cpi, x, &zero_mv, &tmp_mv.as_mv,
-                                   &tmp_err);
+        // compute the motion error of the zero motion vector using the last
+        // source frame as the reference
+        // skip the further motion search on reconstructed frame
+        // if this error is small
+        unscaled_last_source_buf_2d.buf = cpi->unscaled_last_source->y_buffer
+                                  + recon_yoffset;
+        unscaled_last_source_buf_2d.stride =
+                                          cpi->unscaled_last_source->y_stride;
+        raw_motion_error = get_prediction_error(bsize, &x->plane[0].src,
+                                                &unscaled_last_source_buf_2d);
+
+        // TODO(pengchong): Replace the hard-coded threshold
+        if (raw_motion_error > 25) {
+          // Assume 0,0 motion with no mv overhead.
+          mv.as_int = tmp_mv.as_int = 0;
+
+          // Test last reference frame using the previous best mv as the
+          // starting point (best reference) for the search.
+          first_pass_motion_search(cpi, x, &best_ref_mv.as_mv, &mv.as_mv,
+                                   &motion_error);
           if (cpi->oxcf.aq_mode == VARIANCE_AQ) {
             vp9_clear_system_state();
-            tmp_err = (int)(tmp_err * error_weight);
+            motion_error = (int)(motion_error * error_weight);
           }
 
-          if (tmp_err < motion_error) {
-            motion_error = tmp_err;
-            mv.as_int = tmp_mv.as_int;
+          // If the current best reference mv is not centered on 0,0
+          // then do a 0,0
+          // based search as well.
+          if (best_ref_mv.as_int) {
+            tmp_err = INT_MAX;
+            first_pass_motion_search(cpi, x, &zero_mv, &tmp_mv.as_mv,
+                                     &tmp_err);
+            if (cpi->oxcf.aq_mode == VARIANCE_AQ) {
+              vp9_clear_system_state();
+              tmp_err = (int)(tmp_err * error_weight);
+            }
+
+            if (tmp_err < motion_error) {
+              motion_error = tmp_err;
+              mv.as_int = tmp_mv.as_int;
+            }
           }
-        }
 
-        // Search in an older reference frame.
-        if (cm->current_video_frame > 1 && gld_yv12 != NULL) {
-          // Assume 0,0 motion with no mv overhead.
-          int gf_motion_error;
+          // Search in an older reference frame.
+          if (cm->current_video_frame > 1 && gld_yv12 != NULL) {
+            // Assume 0,0 motion with no mv overhead.
+            int gf_motion_error;
 
-          xd->plane[0].pre[0].buf = gld_yv12->y_buffer + recon_yoffset;
-          gf_motion_error = get_prediction_error(bsize, &x->plane[0].src,
-                                                 &xd->plane[0].pre[0]);
+            xd->plane[0].pre[0].buf = gld_yv12->y_buffer + recon_yoffset;
+            gf_motion_error = get_prediction_error(bsize, &x->plane[0].src,
+                                                   &xd->plane[0].pre[0]);
 
-          first_pass_motion_search(cpi, x, &zero_mv, &tmp_mv.as_mv,
-                                   &gf_motion_error);
-          if (cpi->oxcf.aq_mode == VARIANCE_AQ) {
-            vp9_clear_system_state();
-            gf_motion_error = (int)(gf_motion_error * error_weight);
-          }
+            first_pass_motion_search(cpi, x, &zero_mv, &tmp_mv.as_mv,
+                                     &gf_motion_error);
+            if (cpi->oxcf.aq_mode == VARIANCE_AQ) {
+              vp9_clear_system_state();
+              gf_motion_error = (int)(gf_motion_error * error_weight);
+            }
 
-          if (gf_motion_error < motion_error && gf_motion_error < this_error)
-            ++second_ref_count;
-
-          // Reset to last frame as reference buffer.
-          xd->plane[0].pre[0].buf = first_ref_buf->y_buffer + recon_yoffset;
-          xd->plane[1].pre[0].buf = first_ref_buf->u_buffer + recon_uvoffset;
-          xd->plane[2].pre[0].buf = first_ref_buf->v_buffer + recon_uvoffset;
-
-          // In accumulating a score for the older reference frame take the
-          // best of the motion predicted score and the intra coded error
-          // (just as will be done for) accumulation of "coded_error" for
-          // the last frame.
-          if (gf_motion_error < this_error)
-            sr_coded_error += gf_motion_error;
-          else
-            sr_coded_error += this_error;
-        } else {
-          sr_coded_error += motion_error;
+            if (gf_motion_error < motion_error && gf_motion_error < this_error)
+              ++second_ref_count;
+
+            // Reset to last frame as reference buffer.
+            xd->plane[0].pre[0].buf = first_ref_buf->y_buffer + recon_yoffset;
+            xd->plane[1].pre[0].buf = first_ref_buf->u_buffer + recon_uvoffset;
+            xd->plane[2].pre[0].buf = first_ref_buf->v_buffer + recon_uvoffset;
+
+            // In accumulating a score for the older reference frame take the
+            // best of the motion predicted score and the intra coded error
+            // (just as will be done for) accumulation of "coded_error" for
+            // the last frame.
+            if (gf_motion_error < this_error)
+              sr_coded_error += gf_motion_error;
+            else
+              sr_coded_error += this_error;
+          } else {
+            sr_coded_error += motion_error;
+          }
         }
         // Start by assuming that intra mode is best.
         best_ref_mv.as_int = 0;