[x264-devel] Re: QP related variables

Måns Rullgård mru at mru.ath.cx
Wed Jul 21 22:44:10 CEST 2004


Laurent Aimar <fenrir at via.ecp.fr> writes:

> On Thu, Jul 15, 2004, Måns Rullgård wrote:
>> I've been trying to figure out the meaning of the various QP related
>> variables used during encoding.  From what I can see the global QP
>> value is used for all MBs.  Is this the case, or have I overlooked
>> something?
>  Yes it's that case, a global qp per frame.
>
>>  I also noticed a TODO comment in encoder/analyse.c, line
>> 850.  What is this referring to?
>   Implementing a RC that change QP per MB ;)
>> 
>> QP adjustments should be done by the rate control, so I need to know
>> how to properly change the QP used for each MB.  Any hints there?
>  Yes, the best is just to pass it to x264_macroblock_analyse and to replace
>   h->mb.qp[h->mb.i_mb_xy] = x264_clip3( h->pps->i_pic_init_qp + h->sh.i_qp_delta + 0, 0, 51 );
> by
>   h->mb.qp[h->mb.i_mb_xy] = i_my_qp_for_this_mb;
>
> It should work but I never tested if the bitstream is correct.

What about all the other uses of h->sh.i_qp_delta,
h->pps->i_pic_init_qp, h->mb.i_last_qp, h->mb.i_last_dqp and any
others I've overlooked?  What is the meaning of these?

-- 
Måns Rullgård
mru at mru.ath.cx

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