Tim Kopp [Tue, 1 Jul 2014 18:05:16 +0000 (11:05 -0700)]
VP9 denoising enabled by noise_sensitivity param
As in VP8.
Currently, this parameter is set with the VP8E_SET_NOISE_SENSITIVITY flag.
The flag was not renamed so that we don't break the interface for webrtc. This
should probably be changed at some point in the future.
Jingning Han [Tue, 1 Jul 2014 23:10:44 +0000 (16:10 -0700)]
Re-design quantization process
This commit re-designs the quantization process for transform
coefficient blocks of size 4x4 to 16x16. It improves compression
performance for speed 7 by 3.85%. The SSSE3 version for the
new quantization process is included.
The average runtime of the 8x8 block quantization is reduced
from 285 cycles -> 255 cycles, i.e., over 10% faster.
Yunqing Wang [Tue, 1 Jul 2014 19:18:27 +0000 (12:18 -0700)]
Elevate NEWMV mode checking threshold in real time
The current threshold is knid of low, and in many cases NEWMV
mode is checked but not picked as the best mode. This patch
added a speed feature to increase NEWMV threshold, so that
less partition mode checking goes to check NEWMV. This feature
is enabled for speed 6 and 7.
Rtc set borg tests showed:
1. Speed 6, overall psnr: -0.088%, ssim: -1.339%;
Average speedup on rtc set is 11.1%.
2. Speed 7, overall psnr: -0.505%, ssim: -2.320%
Average speedup on rtc set is 12.9%.
Jingning Han [Mon, 30 Jun 2014 16:49:48 +0000 (09:49 -0700)]
Remove unused set_mode_info function
When the frame is intra coded only, the encoder takes the RD
coding flow. Hence the function set_mode_info is not practically
in use. This commit removes it and the associated conditional
branches.
Yunqing Wang [Sat, 28 Jun 2014 00:44:32 +0000 (17:44 -0700)]
Enable encode breakout in real time
For real time speed 7, once encode breakout is on(i.e. encoding
setting --static-thresh=1), a proper encode breakout threshold
is set to speed up the encoder.
Set --static-thresh=1, RTC set borg test showed a slight overall
psnr loss of 0.162%, but ssim gain of 0.287%. The average speedup
on RTC set is 6%, and for some clips, the speedup can be 10+%.
Yunqing Wang [Thu, 1 May 2014 22:14:39 +0000 (15:14 -0700)]
Decide the partitioning threshold from the variance histogram
Before encoding a frame, calculate and store each 16x16 block's
variance of source difference between last and current frame.
Find partitioning threshold T for the frame from its variance
histogram, and then use T to make partition decisions.
Comparing with fixed 16x16 partitioning, rtc set test showed an
overall psnr gain of 3.242%, and ssim gain of 3.751%. The best
psnr gain is 8.653%.
The overall encoding speed didn't change much. It got faster for
some clips(for example, 12% speedup for vidyo1), and a little
slower for others.
Also, a minor modification was made in datarate unit test.
James Zern [Fri, 27 Jun 2014 22:08:07 +0000 (15:08 -0700)]
vp9: disable postproc buffer alloc when unnecessary
the buffer is only used in encoding and only when
CONFIG_INTERNAL_STATS or CONFIG_VP9_POSTPROC is enabled.
a future change should decouple this from the frame buffer allocation
and make it conditional based on runtime flags when the above config
options are enabled.
reduces decode heap usage by at least 12%
Jim Bankoski [Fri, 27 Jun 2014 17:03:15 +0000 (10:03 -0700)]
Better validation of invalid files
This patch checks that a decoder never tries to reference frame that's
outside the range of 2x to 1/16th the size of this frame. Any attempt
to do so causes a failure.
Tim Kopp [Thu, 26 Jun 2014 22:28:08 +0000 (15:28 -0700)]
fix: Only do spatial SVC when there are > 1 layers
Bug introduced in I930dced169c9d53f8044d2754a04332138347409. If
svc.number_temporal_layers == 1 and svc.number_spatial_layers == 1, the system
attempt to do spatial SVC. It no longer does that.
Paul Wilkins [Thu, 26 Jun 2014 10:26:25 +0000 (11:26 +0100)]
Multi-arf: Change ref buffer for primary arf.
For the primary arf in a group, if multiple arfs
are enabled and we were using arfs in the previous
group, then allow the second arf from the previous
group to be used as an additional reference.
Jingning Han [Wed, 25 Jun 2014 23:53:07 +0000 (16:53 -0700)]
Adaptive txfm size selection depending on residual sse/variance
This commit enables an adaptive transform size selection method
for speed -6. It uses largest transform size when the sse is more
than 4 times of variance, i.e., most energy is compacted in the
DC coefficient. Otherwise, use the default TX_8X8. It improves
the compression efficiency for rtc set of speed -6 by 0.8%, no
speed change observed.
Pengchong Jin [Mon, 23 Jun 2014 20:00:16 +0000 (13:00 -0700)]
Skip the partition search for the frame with no motion
This patch allows the encoder to skip the partition search for the
frame if it is an inter frame and only zero motion vectors have
been detected in the first pass. The partition size is directly
assigned according to the difference variance.
Borg tests show overall little performance changes in term of PSNR
(derf -0.027%, yt 0.152%, hd 0.078%, stdhd 0%). The worst case of
PSNR loss is -0.514% from yt. The best PSNR gain is 4.293% from yt.
The second pass encoding speedup for slideshow clips is 15%-40%.
Jingning Han [Tue, 24 Jun 2014 17:45:31 +0000 (10:45 -0700)]
Enable real-time version reference motion vector search
This commit enables a fast reference motion vector search scheme.
It checks the nearest top and left neighboring blocks to decide the
most probable predicted motion vector. If it finds the two have
the same motion vectors, it then skip finding exterior range for
the second most probable motion vector, and correspondingly skips
the check for NEARMV.
The runtime of speed -5 goes down
pedestrian at 1080p 29377 ms -> 27783 ms
vidyo at 720p 11830 ms -> 10990 ms
i.e., 6%-8% speed-up.
For rtc set, the compression performance
goes down by about -1.3% for both speed -5 and -6.
Paul Wilkins [Thu, 26 Jun 2014 08:48:31 +0000 (09:48 +0100)]
Fix quality regression for multi arf off case.
Bug introduced during multiple iterations on: I3831*
gf_group->arf_update_idx[] cannot currently be used
to select the arf buffer index if buffer flipping on overlays
is enabled (still currently the case when multi arf OFF).
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