levytamar82 [Fri, 5 Dec 2014 18:14:33 +0000 (11:14 -0700)]
SSSE3 Optimization for Atom processors using new instruction selection and ordering
The function vp9_filter_block1d16_h8_ssse3 uses the PSHUFB instruction which has a 3 cycle latency and slows execution when done in blocks of 5 or more on Atom processors.
By replacing the PSHUFB instructions with other more efficient single cycle instructions (PUNPCKLBW + PUNPCHBW + PALIGNR) performance can be improved.
In the original code, the PSHUBF uses every byte and is consecutively copied.
This is done more efficiently by PUNPCKLBW and PUNPCHBW, using PALIGNR to concatenate the intermediate result and then shift right the next consecutive 16 bytes for the final result.
This optimization improved the function performance by 23% and produced a 3% user level gain on 1080p content on Atom processors.
There was no observed performance impact on Core processors (expected).
Jingning Han [Thu, 4 Dec 2014 22:53:36 +0000 (14:53 -0800)]
Enable conditional skip path in rd_pick_intra_sby_mode
These speed-up features for key frame coding are only turned on
in the settings of hybrid non-RD and RD mode decision. It provides
about 20% speed-up to the hybrid key frame coding at the expense
of certain compression performance loss. For vidyo1, the key frame
coding statistics are changed
9838F, 35.020 dB, 61677 us -> 9920F, 34.834 dB, 47556 us
Overall rtc set compression performance is down by -0.257%.
Jingning Han [Thu, 4 Dec 2014 17:29:24 +0000 (09:29 -0800)]
Use hybrid RD and non-RD coding flow for key frame coding
When block size is below 16x16, the encoder swap from non-RD to
RD mode for key frame coding. This largely brough back the key
frame compression performance. For vidyo1 at 1000 kbps, the key
frame coding statistics are changed
9978F, 34.183 dB, 36807 us -> 9838F, 35.020 dB, 61677 us
As compared to the full RD case
7187F, 34.930 dB, 214470 us
The overall rtc set coding performance (single key frame setting)
is improved by 1.5%.
Peter de Rivaz [Thu, 4 Dec 2014 10:51:10 +0000 (10:51 +0000)]
Use the RTC optimizations when in high bitdepth mode.
Change 72193 made the encoder behave differently
when configured with and without high bitdepth.
This change means the same algorithm is used for both.
Yunqing Wang [Tue, 2 Dec 2014 23:47:41 +0000 (15:47 -0800)]
vp9_ethread: the tile-based multi-threaded encoder
Currently, VP9 supports column-tile encoding, which allows a frame
to be encoded in multiple column tiles independently. The number of
column tiles are set by encoder option "--tile-columns". This
provides a way to encode a frame in parallel.
Based on previous set of patches, this patch implemented the tile-
based multi-threaded encoder. Each thread processes one or more
tiles.
Usage:
For HD clips:
--tile-columns=2 --threads=1/2/3/4
While using 4 threads, tests showed that the encoder achieved
2.3X - 2.5X speedup at good-quality speed 3, and 2X speedup at
realtime speed 5.
Dim Temp [Wed, 3 Dec 2014 21:06:46 +0000 (22:06 +0100)]
Extend x32 check by also checking for __x86_64__.
Currently, the configure script checks for x32 by testing just the
__ILP32__ define. However, on "plain" i386, __ILP32__ can also be
defined, for example by clang 3.5.0 and higher. (That gcc does not
define it there, is another issue, but not for this tracker.)
Therefore, extend the check by also checking for __x86_64__, which will
also be defined for x32.
Marco [Wed, 12 Nov 2014 22:51:49 +0000 (14:51 -0800)]
Enable non-rd mode coding on key frame, for speed 6.
For key frame at speed 6: enable the non-rd mode selection in speed setting
and use the (non-rd) variance_based partition.
Adjust some logic/thresholds in variance partition selection for key frame only (no change to delta frames),
mainly to bias to selecting smaller prediction blocks, and also set max tx size of 16x16.
Loss in key frame quality (~0.6-0.7dB) compared to rd coding,
but speeds up key frame encoding by at least 6x.
Average PNSR/SSIM metrics over RTC clips go down by ~1-2% for speed 6.
Jingning Han [Wed, 3 Dec 2014 02:16:06 +0000 (18:16 -0800)]
Rework coeff probability model update for rtc coding
This commit reworks the ONE_LOOP_REDUCED coefficient probability
model update process. It allows model update for every coefficient
across the spectrum at a coarser resolution, instead of performing
precise update only for certain subset of probability models.
The overall runtime remains nearly same (<1% change) for speed -6.
The compression performance is improved by 7.5% in PSNR for speed
-5 and 4.57% for speed -6, respectively.
Peter de Rivaz [Tue, 2 Dec 2014 12:14:52 +0000 (12:14 +0000)]
Reinsert macro to fix issue 884.
Change 72056 unfolded some macro definitions,
but lost some alternative behaviour required for
high bitdepth encodes.
This causes the encoder to crash, see issue 884.
Jingning Han [Tue, 2 Dec 2014 18:50:39 +0000 (10:50 -0800)]
Enforce error resilient mode on in temporal svc real-time mode
This commit makes the codec automatically turn on error resilient
mode when using real-time mode for temporal scalable coding. It
fixes an enc/dec mismatch issue and re-enables the corresponding
unit test.
Jingning Han [Mon, 1 Dec 2014 01:40:58 +0000 (17:40 -0800)]
Turn off temporal svc unit test in RTC setting
A hidden enc/dec mismatch bug was accidentally triggered by
https://gerrit.chromium.org/gerrit/#/c/72247/
Adaptively adjust mode test kick-off thresholds in RTC coding
This commit temporarily turns off the broken unit tests to avoid
blocking other CLs while fixing.
Yunqing Wang [Wed, 26 Nov 2014 00:53:47 +0000 (16:53 -0800)]
vp9_ethread: calculate and save the tok starting address for tiles
Each tile's tok starting address is calculated before the encoding
process. These addresses are stored so that the same calculation
won't be done again in packing bit stream.
Yaowu Xu [Fri, 21 Nov 2014 19:55:27 +0000 (11:55 -0800)]
Separate rate_correction_factor for boosted GFs
When the golden frame is boosted, the rate correction factor is not
correlated well with other inter frames even in CBR mode. This commit
changes to use GF specific rate_correction_factor when gf_cbr_boost
is greater than 20%.
Jingning Han [Mon, 24 Nov 2014 22:40:42 +0000 (14:40 -0800)]
Adaptively adjust mode test kick-off thresholds in RTC coding
This commit allows the encoder to increase the mode test kick-off
thresholds if the previous best mode renders all zero quantized
coefficients, thereby saving motion search runs when possible.
The compression performance of speed -5 and -6 is down by -0.446%
and 0.591%, respectively. The runtime of speed -6 is improved by
10% for many test clips.
vidyo1, 1000 kbps
16578 b/f, 40.316 dB, 7873 ms -> 16575 b/f, 40.262 dB, 7126 ms
nik720p, 1000 kbps
33311 b/f, 38.651 dB, 7263 ms -> 33304 b/f, 38.629 dB, 6865 ms
dark720p, 1000 kbps
33331 b/f, 39.718 dB, 13596 ms -> 33324 b/f, 39.651 dB, 12000 ms
mmoving, 1000 kbps
33263 b/f, 40.983 dB, 7566 ms -> 33259 b/f, 40.978 dB, 7531 ms