Move parsing back to decoding step, but keep functions separate for now.
This is needed for future optimizations that may introduce some meta data
for parsed info attached to codec frames.
Optimize pre-allocation of decoder units, thus avoiding un-necessary
memory reallocations. The heuristic used is that we could have around
one slice unit per macroblock line.
Use a GArray to hold decoder units in a frame, instead of a single-linked
list. This makes 'append' calls faster, but not that much. At least, this
makes things clearer.
Allocate decoder unit earlier in the main parse() function and don't
delegate this task to derived classes. The ultimate purpose is to get
rid of dynamic allocation of decoder units.
The SPS, PPS and slice headers are not fully zero-initialized in the
codecparsers/ library. Rather, the standard upstream behaviour is to
initialize only certain syntax elements with some inferred values if
they are not present in the bitstream.
At the gstreamer-vaapi decoder level, we need to further initialize
certain syntax elements with some sensible default values so that to
not complicate VA drivers that just pass those verbatim to the HW,
and also avoid an memset() of the whole decoder unit.
Signed-off-by: Sreerenj Balachandran <sreerenj.balachandran@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Gwenole Beauchesne <gwenole.beauchesne@intel.com>
Update plugin elements with the new GstVaapiVideoMeta API.
This also fixes support for subpictures/overlay because GstVideoDecoder
generates a sub-buffer from the GstVaapiVideoBuffer. So, that sub-buffer
is marked as read-only. However, when comes in the textoverlay element
for example, it checks whether the input buffer is writable. Since that
buffer read-only, then a new GstBuffer is created. Since gst_buffer_copy()
does not preserve the parent field, the generated buffer in textoverlay
is not exploitable because we lost all VA specific information.
Now, with GstVaapiVideoMeta information attached to a standard GstBuffer,
all information are preserved through gst_buffer_copy() since the latter
does copy metadata (qdata in this case).
Make GstVaapiVideoBuffer a simple wrapper for video meta. This buffer is
no longer necessary but for compatibility with GStreamer 0.10 APIs or users
expecting a GstSurfaceBuffer like Clutter.
Fix calculation of the time-out value for cases where no VA surface is
available for decoding. In this case, we need to wait until downstream
sink consumed at least one surface. The time-out was miscalculated as
it was always set to <current-time> + one second, which is not suitable
for streams with larger gaps.
Use PTS value computed by the decoder, which could also be derived from
the GstVideoCodecFrame PTS. This makes it possible to fix up the PTS if
the original one was miscomputed or only represented a DTS instead.
Create a new VA context if the encoded surface size changes because we
need to keep the underlying surface pool until the last one was released.
Otherwise, either of the following cases could have happened: (i) release
a VA surface to an inexistent pool, or (ii) release VA surface to an
existing surface pool, but with different size.
Avoid creating a GstBuffer for slice data. Rather, directly use the codec
frame input buffer data. This is possible because the codec frame is valid
until end_frame() where we submit the VA buffers for decoding. Anyway, the
slice data buffer is copied into the VA buffer when it is created.
Implement GstVaapiDecoder.start_frame() and end_frame() semantics so
that to create new VA context earlier and submit VA pictures to the
HW for decoding as soon as possible. i.e. don't wait for the next
frame to start decoding the previous one.
Parse slice() header and first macroblock position earlier in _parse()
function instead of waiting for the _decode() stage. This doesn't change
anything but readability.
Introduce new GstVaapiDecoderUnitMpeg2 object, which holds the standard
GstMpegVideoPacket and additional parsed header info. Besides, we now
parse as early as in the _parse() function so that to avoid un-necessary
creation of sub-buffers in _decode() for video packets that are not slices.
Theory of operations: all units marked as "slice" are moved to the "units"
list. Since this list only contains slice data units, the prev_slice pointer
was removed. Besides, we now maintain two extra lists of units to be decoded
before or after slice data units.
In particular, all units in the "pre_units" list will be decoded before
GstVaapiDecoder::start_frame() is called and units in the "post_units"
list will be decoded after GstVaapiDecoder::end_frame() is called.
Don't call gst_video_decoder_drop_frame() if gst_video_decoder_finish_frame()
was already called before and it returned an error. In that case, we were
releasing the frame again, thus leading to a "double-free" condition.
GstVideoDecoder API is part of an unreleased GStreamer 0.10 stack. In particular,
this is only available in git 0.10 branch or GStreamer >= 1.0 stack. Interested
parties may either use upstream git 0.10 branch or backport the necessary support
for GstVideoDecoder API, thus including helper tools like GstVideoCodecFrame et al.
Make GstVaapiSurfaceProxy only a thin wrapper around a VA context and a
VA surface. i.e. drop any other attribute like timestamp, duration,
interlaced or top-field-first.
Maintain decoded surfaces as GstVideoCodecFrame objects instead of
GstVaapiSurfaceProxy objects. The latter will tend to be reduced to
the strict minimum: a context and a surface.
Make sure to push all decoded frames downstream as soon as possible.
This makes sure we don't need to wait for a new frame to be ready to
be decoded before receiving new decoded frames.
This also separates the decode process and the output process. The latter
could be moved to a specific GstTask later on.
Add new gst_vaapi_decoder_get_frame() function meant to be used with
gst_vaapi_decoder_decode(). The purpose is to return the next decoded
frame as a GstVideoCodecFrame and the associated GstVaapiSurfaceProxy
as the user-data object.
Determine whether the buffer represents the top-field only by checking for
the GST_VIDEO_BUFFER_TFF flag instead of relying on the GstVaapiSurfaceProxy
flag. Also trust "interlaced" caps to determine whether the input frame
is interleaved or not.
Intermediate elements may produce a sub-buffer from a valid GstVaapiVideoBuffer
for non raw YUV cases. Make sure vaapipostproc now understands those buffers.
Decoder units were zero-initialized, including the SPS/PPS/slice headers.
The latter don't require zero-initialization since the codecparsers/ lib
will do so for key variables already. This is not a great value per se but
at least it makes it possible to check whether the default initialization
decisions made in the codecparsers/ lib were right or not.
This can be reverted if this exposes too many issues.
Drop explicit initialization of most fields that are implicitly set to
zero. Drop helper macros for casting to GstVaapiPictureH264 or
GstVaapiFrameStore. Also remove some useless checks for NULL pointers.
Implement GstVaapiDecoder.start_frame() and end_frame() semantics so
that to create new VA context earlier and submit VA pictures to the
HW for decoding as soon as possible. i.e. don't wait for the next
frame to start decoding the previous one.
Introduce new GstVaapiDecoderUnitH264 object, which holds the standard
NAL unit header (GstH264NalUnit) and additional parsed header info.
Besides, we now parse headers as early as in the _parse() function so
that to avoid un-necessary creation of sub-buffers in _decode() for
NAL units that are not slices.
This is a performance win by ~+1.1% only.
Intermediate elements may produce a sub-buffer from a valid GstVaapiVideoBuffer
for non raw YUV cases. Make sure vaapisink now understands those buffers.
Directly use the GstVideoCodecState associated with the VA decoder
instead of parsing caps again.
Signed-off-by: Sreerenj Balachandran <sreerenj.balachandran@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Gwenole Beauchesne <gwenole.beauchesne@intel.com>
