When enable parallel encoding, it is possible that the unshown frame
is not output but it is already be marked as a repeated frame header.
So we need to use a dedicated buffer to hold the repeat frame header,
don't mix it with the orignal frame data.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/6867>
The encoder can specify the a preferred_output_delay value to get better throughput
performance. The higher delay may get better HW performance, but it may increases
the encoder and pipeline latency.
When the output queue length is smaller than preferred_output_delay, the encoder
will not block to waiting for the encoding output. It will continue to prepare and
send more commands to GPU, which may improve the encoder throughput performance.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/4359>
The FORCE_KEYFRAME frame which has GST_VIDEO_CODEC_FRAME_FLAG_FORCE_KEYFRAME
bit set should be the sync point. So we should let it be an IDR frame to begin
a new GOP, rather than just promote it to an I frame.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/6619>
The FORCE_KEYFRAME frame which has GST_VIDEO_CODEC_FRAME_FLAG_FORCE_KEYFRAME
bit set should be the sync point. So we should let it be an IDR frame to begin
a new GOP, rather than just promote it to an I frame.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/6619>
Set the P and B frame qp to I frame value to avoid generating delta
QP between different frame types. For ICQ and QVBR modes, we can
only set the qpi value, so the qpp and qpb values should be set to
the same value as the qpi.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/6841>
1. The PTS of all frames should not be changed.
2. Just update the DTS based on the PTS. For the frame which is not
reordered, the DTS is equal to PTS. For frame which is reordered,
the DTS is equal to previous DTS. For example:
Input: F0[D0, P0] -- F1[D1, P1] -- F2[D2, P2] -- F3[D3, P3]
Output: F0[I, D0, P0] -- F3[P, D0, P3] -- F1[B, D1, P1] -- F2[B, D2, P2]
Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/6703>
1. The PTS of all frames should not be changed.
2. Just update the DTS based on the PTS. For the frame which is not
reordered, the DTS is equal to PTS. For frame which is reordered,
the DTS is equal to previous DTS. For example:
Input: F0[D0, P0] -- F1[D1, P1] -- F2[D2, P2] -- F3[D3, P3]
Output: F0[I, D0, P0] -- F3[P, D0, P3] -- F1[B, D1, P1] -- F2[B, D2, P2]
Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/6703>
If parameters remain similar enough to avoid either encoder reopening
or downstream renegotiation, avoid it.
This is going to be useful for dynamic parameters setting.
To check if the stream parameters changed, so the internal encoder has
to be closed and opened again, are required two steps:
1. If input caps, format, profile, chroma or rate control mode have changed.
2. If any of the calculated variables and element properties have changed.
Later on, only if the output caps also changed, the pipeline
is renegotiated.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/6441>
If parameters remain similar enough to avoid either encoder reopening
or downstream renegotiation, avoid it.
This is going to be useful for dynamic parameters setting.
To check if the stream parameters changed, so the internal encoder has
to be closed and opened again, are required two steps:
1. If input caps, format, profile, chroma or rate control mode have changed.
2. If any of the calculated variables and element properties have changed.
Later on, only if the output caps also changed, the pipeline
is renegotiated.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/6441>
The last frame which has the smallest diff should be consider as
the first choice rather than the golden frame. Especially when only
one reference available, this way can improve the BD rate about 5
percentage.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/6379>
Some extreme case such as "videotestsrc pattern=1" can generate pure
white noise videoes, for which encoder may generate too big output
for current coded buffer size. We now consider the qindex and bitrate
to avoid that.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/6483>