This commit enables the encoder to skip checking ALTREF inter modes
in ARF coding, if the predicted motion vectors suggest that the
GOLDEN_FRAME provides higher prediction accuracy than ALTREF_FRAME.
It improves the speed 3 encoding speed by about 5%, at the expense
of compression performance loss -0.041% and -0.225% for derf and
stdhd, respectively.
pedestrian_area 1080p 2000 kbps
66705 b/f, 40.909 dB, 118738 ms ->
66732 b/f, 40.908 dB, 113688 ms
old_town_cross 720p 1500 kbps
14427 b/f, 36.256 dB, 62746 ms ->
14412 b/f, 36.252 dB, 60690 ms
blue_sky 1080p 1500 kbps
51026 b/f, 35.897 dB, 73310 ms ->
50921 b/f, 35.893 dB, 70406 ms
bus CIF 1000 kbps
21301 b/f, 34.841 dB, 7326 ms ->
21248 b/f, 34.837 dB, 7196 ms
Change-Id: I76cf88b4d655e1ee3c0cb03c8a5745493040e8d2
The rd_thresholds are adaptively changed based on best mode tested.
It was only changed for the same block size, this commit makes the
adaptation for similar block sizes too. The commit also made minor
adjustment and code cleanups.
The impact on encoding time for _ped:
118089 ms -> 111927 ms
The impact on compression:
derf: -0.339%
stdhd: -0.303%
Change-Id: I8817fed1102350497f2ec631849e43f753878e5d
mi_grid_* are arrays of pointer to pointer. They save the pointers that point
to the MIs in cm->mi. But they are unnecessary and complicated. The original
goal was to remove MODE_INFO_t copy. But with an extra MODE_INFO_t pointer
inside MODE_INFO_t, same goal could be achieved.
This commit totally removes the mi_grid_* structures. But there are still
many dummy MODE_INFO_t inside cm->mi which are a waste of memory. Next commit
will do on-demand MODE_INFO_t allocation in order to save these memories.
Change-Id: I3a05cf1610679fed26e0b2eadd315a9ae91afdd6
If the partition block is skippable, which means no coefficients
for Y, U, and V planes, its skip flag is set to 1. No quality
change (verified by borg tests), and no noticeable speed change.
Change-Id: I9231f720f8dd6364384cf05aa148ca24d75450f1
This commit enforces ARF validation check for compound inter modes.
It avoids potential access to ARF in the encoding process if it
is not allowed.
Change-Id: I055fec946b5d19d97937dc9001e1e564923e2439
The valid reference frame check in sub8x8 rate-distortion
optimization search has been included in the ref_frame_skip_mask
scheme. This commit removes the later further validation checks
that are not in effect.
Change-Id: I853b477c44037d3dc0afec6cbfce08a96c597a75
This commit replaces the best_ref_index table fetch with the use
of best_mbmode in vp9_rd_pick_inter_mode_sub8x8.
Change-Id: I882ee9ee6a8c0e61befcca1f4dba6d2ea8de8f13
This commit unifies the reference frame control in the rate-
distortion optimization search loop of sub8x8 block size to remove
the control dependency on mode search order.
Change-Id: I3a174099f71a7cc176ede9fd60e2374243ae9232
Adds various high bitdepth transform functions and tests.
Much of the changes are related to using typedefs tran_low_t
and tran_high_t for the final transform cofficients and intermediate
stages of the transform computation respectively rather than fixed
types int16_t/int. When vp9_highbitdepth configure flag is off,
these map tp int16_t/int32_t, but when the flag is on, they map
to int32_t/int64_t to make space for needed extra precision.
Change-Id: I3c56de79e15b904d6f655b62ffae170729befdd8
The variable best_inter_rd is effectively not in use in the rate-
distortion mode search loops of both regular block sizes and sub8x8
block sizes.
Change-Id: I178f909f8c9629772e13adc6257908653b2adf31
The speed feature that skips compound inter prediction modes was
subsumed by other speed features and effectively was not in use.
This commit removes it.
Change-Id: I22b0c71a8ddd15d93b25d86fa63a1dce2ba6a1a9
Integrate intra mode mask speed feature with the mode_skip_mask
scheme. Move it outside the mode search loop in the
vp9_rd_pick_inter_mode_sb function.
Change-Id: I7738fea749bfdc08ad05d7f2524feb8ff67568d9
This speed feature is used in real-time setting only. Remove the
related condition check in the rate-distortion optimization search
loop.
Change-Id: Iaacc1e268214634e6f95c5048c28a60cec6c42fc
Refactor overlay frame speed-up related function. Make it unified
with the ref_frame_skip_mask system and Move it out of the mode
search loop.
Change-Id: I0dde9baf44354f6ba00b4679cba02fa6a30c7316
This commit refactor the rate-distortion optimization search for
regular block sizes to remove the speed feature dependency on mode
search order.
Change-Id: Ied033ee484c2957e17baa7b6450b720fe7dd0e7d
This commit fixes a bug related to skipping intra mode checking, by
using a separate variable to store the best prediction error from
inter mode. It avoids unintentionally overwriting intra mode
rate-distortion cost, and hence affecting other speed features.
Change-Id: I99e12993339c84c8b4f597996b372012e5858fae
Assigning selected reference frame pointer is done in the
encode_superblock function. No need to do this at the end of
rate-distortion optimization search.
Change-Id: I33fcede0fd304b4a4c4deef2d126d79546a9c070
This commit refactors the vp9_rd_pick_inter_mode_sb function to
remove the intra mode early termination dependency on the mode
search order.
Change-Id: If6ac49aa7c530c7b9a5bd31b0ab84db83e192bec
This commit allows the encoder to find current best prediction mode
state using best_mbmode, instead of fetching from the static mode
search table via best_mode_index.
Change-Id: Ibefeab83aed33a49c2be03e83f09153856ca4271
The rate costs calculated for inter modes are not precise in some
cases, which causes NEWMV is chosen instead of NEARESTMV, NEARMV,
and ZEROMV. This patch added checks for these cases, and corrected
the mode decisions.
Borg tests at speed 3 showed:
1. stdhd set: 0.102% PSNR gain and 0.088% SSIM gain.
2. derf set: 0.147% PSNR gain and 0.132% SSIM gain.
No speed change.
Change-Id: I35d17684b89ad4734fb610942d707899146426db
This commit turns on adaptive motion search for ARF coding, in
addition to other normal inter frame coding. It improves the
average compression efficiency:
stdhd 0.1%
derf 0.04%
For the test sequences, the speed 3 runtime is reduced:
pedestrian 1080p 2000 kbps, 149932 ms -> 144580 ms, (3.3% speed-up)
bus CIF 1000 kbps, 8050 ms -> 7895 ms, (1.9%)
highway CIF 100 bkps, 45033 ms -> 44078 ms, (2.2%)
Change-Id: I5228565b609f99e8ae04f6140a2bf2b64a831d21
Jingning Han
Deb Mukherjee
Yaowu Xu
hkuang
Yunqing Wang