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Gwenole Beauchesne
00e0af9a7c encoder: h264: refine size of coded buffer.
Refine the heuristic to determine the maximum size of a coded buffer
to account for the exact number of slices. set_context_info() is the
last step during codec reconfiguration, no additional change is done
afterwards, so re-using the num_slices field here is fine.

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=719953
2014-01-13 17:31:55 +01:00
Wind Yuan
8df97cf9ec encoder: h264: expose more coding tools.
Add new H.264 coding tools to improve compression:
- "cabac": enable CABAC entropy coding (default: FALSE);
- "dct8x8": enable spatial transform 8x8 (default: FALSE).

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=719693

Signed-off-by: Gwenole Beauchesne <gwenole.beauchesne@intel.com>
2014-01-13 17:31:55 +01:00
Gwenole Beauchesne
b59a5572af encoder: h264: derive profile and level from active coding tools.
Automatically derive the minimum profile and level to be used for
encoding, based on the activated coding tools. The encoder will
be trying to generate a bitstream that has the best chances to be
decoded on most platforms by default.

Also change the default profile to "constrained-baseline" so that
to ensure maximum compatibility when the stream is decoded.

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=719691
2014-01-13 17:31:55 +01:00
Gwenole Beauchesne
2b482e8e4b encoder: h264: fix hardware profile lookup.
Fix lookup for a suitable HW profile, as to be used by the underlying
hardware, based on heuristics that lead to characterize the SW profile,
i.e. the one used by the SW level encoding logic.

Also fix constraint_set0_flag (A.2.1) and constraint_set1_flag (A.2.2)
as they should respectively match the baseline and main profile.

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=719827
2014-01-13 17:31:55 +01:00
Gwenole Beauchesne
e2f8c059a5 encoder: h264: support only the byte-stream format.
The libgstvaapi core encoders are meant to support raw bitstreams only.
Henceforth, we are always producing a stream in "byte-stream" format.

However, the "codec-data" buffer which holds SPS and PPS headers is
always available. The "lengthSizeMinusOne" field is always set to 3
so that in-place "byte-stream" format to "avc" format conversion could
be performed.
2014-01-13 17:31:55 +01:00
Gwenole Beauchesne
45732dcc83 encoder: h264: clean-ups.
Various clean-ups to improve consistency and readability: rename some
variables, drop unused macro definitions, drop initialization of vars
that are zero-initialized from the base class, drop un-necessary casts.
2014-01-13 17:31:55 +01:00
Gwenole Beauchesne
21c95dbc42 encoder: add tuning options API.
Add encoder "tune" option to override the default behaviour that is to
favor maximum decoder compatibility at the expense of lower compression
ratios.

Expected tuning options to be developed are:
- "high-compression": improve compression, target best-in-class decoders;
- "low-latency": tune for low-latency decoding;
- "low-power": tune for encoding in low power / resources conditions.
2014-01-13 17:31:55 +01:00
Gwenole Beauchesne
368caf22da encoder: fix bitrate units to match kbps.
Bitrate is expressed in kilobits per second (kbps). So, this exactly
means in multiple of 1000 bits, not 1024 bits.

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=722086
2014-01-13 17:31:55 +01:00
Gwenole Beauchesne
59229b20a5 encoder: add keyframe period API.
Add gst_vaapi_encoder_set_keyframe_period() interface to allow the
user control the maximum distance between two keyframes. This new
property can only be set prior to gst_vaapi_encoder_set_codec_state().

A value of zero for "keyframe-period" gets it re-evaluated to the
actual framerate during encoder reconfiguration.
2014-01-13 17:31:55 +01:00
Gwenole Beauchesne
8788ea99a8 encoder: improve codec reconfiguration.
Improve codec reconfiguration to be performed only through a single
function. That is, remove the _set_context_info() hook as subclass
should not alter the parent GstVaapiContextInfo itself. Besides, the
VA context is constructed only at the final stages of reconfigure().
2014-01-13 17:31:55 +01:00
Gwenole Beauchesne
5394c75461 encoder: add video codec-state API.
Add interface to communicate the encoder resolution and related info
like framerate, interlaced vs. progressive, etc. This new interface
supersedes gst_vaapi_encoder_set_format() and doesn't use any GstCaps
but rather use GstVideoCodecState.

Note that gst_vaapi_encoder_set_codec_state() is also a synchronization
point for codec config. This means that the encoder is reconfigured
there to match the latest properties.
2014-01-13 17:31:55 +01:00
Gwenole Beauchesne
dcc7a94408 encoder: add properties API.
Add interface to communicate configurable properties to the encoder.
This covers both the common ones (rate-control, bitrate), and the
codec specific properties.

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=719529
2014-01-13 17:31:54 +01:00
Gwenole Beauchesne
70b3600f11 encoder: add bitrate API.
Add gst_vaapi_encoder_set_bitrate() interface to allow the user control
the bitrate for encoding. Currently, changing this parameter is only
valid before the first frame is encoded. Should the value be modified
afterwards, then GST_VAAPI_ENCODER_STATUS_ERROR_OPERATION_FAILED is
returned.

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=719529
2014-01-13 17:31:54 +01:00
Gwenole Beauchesne
a24c52e4d0 encoder: add rate control API.
Add gst_vaapi_encoder_set_rate_control() interface to request a new
rate control mode for encoding. Changing the rate control mode is
only valid prior to encoding the very first frame. Afterwards, an
error ("operation-failed") is issued.

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=719529
2014-01-13 17:31:54 +01:00
Gwenole Beauchesne
01af353116 encoder: fix indentation. 2014-01-13 17:31:54 +01:00
Gwenole Beauchesne
2940a74ea4 encoder: fix computation of max coded buffer size (again).
The previous fix was only valid to express the maximum size of the
macroblock layer, i.e. without any headers. Now, also account for
the slice headers and top picture header, but also any other header
we might stuff into the VA coded buffer, e.g. sequence headers.
2013-12-05 18:13:54 +01:00
Gwenole Beauchesne
b864d1f71a encoder: fix computation of max coded buffer size.
Fix coded buffer size for each codec. A generic issue was that the
number of macroblocks was incorrectly computed. The second issue was
specific to MPEG-2 were the max number of bits per macroblock, and
as defined by the standard, was incorrectly mapped to the (lower)
H.264 requirement. i.e. 4608 bits vs. 3200 bits limit.
2013-12-04 19:14:38 +01:00
Gwenole Beauchesne
fd9c855f14 encoder: simplify VA context initialization process.
Change get_context_info() into a set_context_info() function that
initializes common defaults into the base class, thus allowing the
subclasses to specialize the context info further on.

The set_context_info() hook is also the location where additional
context specific data could be initialized. At this point, we are
guaranteed to have valid video resolution size and framerate. i.e.
gst_vaapi_encoder_set_format() was called beforehand.
2013-12-04 19:14:38 +01:00
Gwenole Beauchesne
2f5e5f0784 encoder: clean-ups and document public APIs.
Clean public APIs up so that to better align with the decoder APIs.
Most importantly, gst_vaapi_encoder_get_buffer() is changed to only
return the VA coded buffer proxy. Also provide useful documentation
for the public APIs.
2013-12-04 19:14:38 +01:00
Gwenole Beauchesne
038149b69b encoder: refactor status codes.
Drop obsolete or unused status codes. Align some status codes with the
decoder counterparts.
2013-12-04 19:14:38 +01:00
Gwenole Beauchesne
8ecc35ecf2 encoder: fix subclassing process.
Fix the GstVaapiEncoderClass parent class type. Make sure to validate
subclass hooks as early as possible, i.e. in gst_vaapi_encoder_init(),
thus avoiding useless run-time checks. Also simplify the subclass
initialization process to be less error prone.
2013-12-04 19:14:38 +01:00
Gwenole Beauchesne
0fb7c60508 encoder: rework GstVaapiCodedBuffer and related proxy.
Refactor the GstVaapiCodedBuffer APIs so that to more clearly separate
public and private interfaces. Besides, the map/unmap APIs should not
be exposed as is but appropriate accessors should be provided instead.

* GstVaapiCodedBuffer: VA coded buffer abstraction
- gst_vaapi_coded_buffer_get_size(): get coded buffer size.
- gst_vaapi_coded_buffer_copy_into(): copy coded buffer into GstBuffer

* GstVaapiCodedBufferPool: pool of VA coded buffer objects
- gst_vaapi_coded_buffer_pool_new(): create a pool of coded buffers of
  the specified max size, and bound to the supplied encoder

* GstVaapiCodedBufferProxy: pool-allocated VA coded buffer object proxy
- gst_vaapi_coded_buffer_proxy_new_from_pool(): create coded buf from pool
- gst_vaapi_coded_buffer_proxy_get_buffer(): get underlying coded buffer
- gst_vaapi_coded_buffer_proxy_get_buffer_size(): get coded buffer size

Rationale: more optimized transfer functions might be provided in the
future, thus rendering the map/unmap mechanism obsolete or sub-optimal.

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=719775
2013-12-04 19:14:38 +01:00
Gwenole Beauchesne
bc020c05f9 vaapiencode: add initial support for GStreamer 0.10. 2013-11-27 17:23:56 +01:00
Wind Yuan
652245fb87 encoder: add h264 encoder.
Signed-off-by: Gwenole Beauchesne <gwenole.beauchesne@intel.com>
2013-11-24 16:52:05 +01:00