6.3.15 says that "some slices may have the same slice_vertical_position,
since slices may start and finish anywhere". So, we can't submit the current
picture to the HW right away since subsequent slices would be missing.
vaRenderPicture() implicitly disposes VA buffers. Some VA drivers would
push the VA buffer object into a list of free buffers to be re-used. However,
reference pictures (and data) that was kept would explicitly release the VA
buffer object later on, thus possibly destroying a valid (re-used) object.
Besides, some other VA drivers don't support correctly the vaRenderPicture()
semantics for VA buffers disposal and would leak memory if there is no explicit
vaDestroyBuffer(). The temporary workaround is to explcitily destroy VA buffers
right after vaRenderPicture(). All VA drivers need to be aligned.
This ensures the VA context is clear when the encoded resolution
changes. i.e. make sure older picture is decoded with the older
VA context before it changes.
On sequence end, if the last decoded picture is not output for rendering,
then the proxy surface is not created. In this case, the original surface
must be released explicitly to the context.
VA drivers may have a faster means to transfer user buffers to GPU
buffers than using memcpy(). In particular, on Intel Gen graphics, we
can use pwrite(). This provides for faster upload of bitstream and can
help higher bitrates.
vaapi_create_buffer() helper function was also updated to allow for
un-mapped buffers and pre-initialized data for buffers.
Only the explicit pred_weight_table(), possibly with the inferred default
values, shall be required. e.g. don't fill in the table if weighted_pred_flag
is not set for P/SP slices.
Keep a valid reference to the proxy in GstVaapiPicture so that frames
marked as "used for reference" could be kept during the lifetime of the
picture. i.e. don't release them too soon as they could be re-used right
away.
Drop obsolete gst_vaapi_decoder_push_surface() that was no longer used.
Change gst_vaapi_decoder_push_surface_proxy() semantics to assume PTS
is already set correctly and reference count increased, if necessary.
The new API simplifies a lot reference counting and makes it more
flexible for future additions/changes. The GstVaapiCodecInfo is
also gone. Rather, new helper macros are provided to allocate
picture, slice and quantization matrix parameter buffers.
HACK: qtdemux does not report profiles for H.263. So, assume plain
"video/x-h263" is H.263 Baseline profile.
Signed-off-by: Gwenole Beauchesne <gwenole.beauchesne@intel.com>
