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
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
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.
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.
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.
Automatically derive the minimum profile and level to be used for
encoding, based on the activated coding tools. Improve lookup for
the best suitable level with the new MPEG-2 helper functions.
Also change the default profile to "simple" so that to ensure maximum
compatibility when the stream is decoded.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=719703
Various clean-ups to improve consistency and readability: drop unused
macro definitions, drop initialization of vars that are zero-initialized
from the base class, drop un-necessary casts.
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.
Only expose the exact static set of supported rate-control properties
to the upper layer. For instance, if the GstVaapiEncoderXXX class does
only support CQP rate control, then only add it the the exposed enum
type.
Add helper macros and functions to build a GType for an enum subset.
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.
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().
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.
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
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
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
Instal <gst/vaapi/gstvaapiutils_h264.h> header but only expose the
H.264 levels in there. The additional helper functions are meant
to be private for now.
Fix formts for various GST_DEBUG et al. invocations. More precisely,
make size_t arguments use the %zu format specifier accordingly; force
XID formats to be a 32-bit unsigned integer; and fix the format used
for gst_vaapi_create_surface_with_format() error cases since we have
been using strings nowadays.
The following helper functions are no longer used, thus are removed:
- gst_vaapi_video_format_from_structure()
- gst_vaapi_video_format_from_caps()
- gst_vaapi_video_format_to_caps()
Replace gst_vaapi_display_get_{decode,encode}_caps() APIs with more
more convenient APIs that return an array of GstVaapiProfile instead
of GstCaps: gst_vaapi_display_get_{decode,encode}_profiles().
Replace gst_vaapi_display_get_{image,subpicture}_caps() APIs, that
returned GstCaps, with more convenient APIs that return an array of
GstVideoFormat: gst_vaapi_display_get_{image,subpicture}_formats().
Fix display creation code to check that any display obtained from a
neighbour actually has the type we expect. Note: if display type is
set to "any", we can then accept any VA display type.
The GLTextureUploadMeta implementation assumed that for each upload()
sequence, the supplied texture id is always the same as the one that
was previously cached into the underlying GstVaapiTexture. Cope with
any texture id change the expense to recreate the underlying VA/GLX
resources.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=719643
Improve robustness when some expected packets where not received yet
or that were not correctly decoded. For example, don't try to decode
a picture if there was no valid frame headers parsed so far.
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57902
Conformance test Base_Ext_Main_profiles/BA3_SVA_C.264 complys with
extended profile specifications. However, the SPS header has the
constraint_set1_flag syntax element set to 1. This means that, if
a Main profile compliant decoder is available, then it should be
able to decode this stream.
This changes makes it possible to fall-back from Extended profile
to Main profile if constraint_set1_flag is set to 1.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=720190
Recognize streams marked as conforming to the "Constrained Baseline
Profile". If VA driver supports that as is, fine. Otherwise, fallback
to baseline, main or high profile.
Constrained Baseline Profile conveys coding tools that are common
to baseline profile and main profile.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=719947
[Added fallbacks to main and high profiles]
Signed-off-by: Gwenole Beauchesne <gwenole.beauchesne@intel.com>
The GStreamer codecparser layer now parses the scaling lists in zigzag
scan order, as expected, so that to match the original bitstream layout
and specification. However, further convert the scaling lists into
raster scan order to fit the existing practice in most VA drivers.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=706406
- gst_vaapi_utils_h264_get_level():
Returns GstVaapiLevelH264 from H.264 level_idc value
- gst_vaapi_utils_h264_get_level_idc():
Returns H.264 level_idc value from GstVaapiLevelH264
- gst_vaapi_utils_h264_get_level_limits():
Returns level limits as specified in Table A-1 of the H.264 standard
- gst_vaapi_utils_h264_get_level_limits_table():
Returns the Table A-1 specification
* Profiles:
- gst_vaapi_utils_h264_get_profile():
Returns GstVaapiProfile from H.264 profile_idc value
- gst_vaapi_utils_h264_get_profile_idc():
Returns H.264 profile_idc value from GstVaapiProfile
* Chroma formats:
- gst_vaapi_utils_h264_get_chroma_type():
Returns GstVaapiChromaType from H.264 chroma_format_idc value
- gst_vaapi_utils_h264_get_chroma_format_idc():
Returns H.264 chroma_format_idc value from GstVaapiChromaType
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.
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.
