[x265] [PATCH] Add Segment based Ratecontrol(SBRC) feature

Mahesh Pittala mahesh at multicorewareinc.com
Fri Oct 21 09:28:55 UTC 2022


Pushed to master branch

On Wed, Oct 19, 2022 at 12:31 PM Niranjan Bala <
niranjan at multicorewareinc.com> wrote:

> From d61dd735c43d122d8d4f86ebf249971ab1391b40 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Niranjan Kumar <niranjan at multicorewareinc.com>
> Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2022 16:05:22 +0530
> Subject: [PATCH] Add Segment based Ratecontrol(SBRC) feature
>
> ---
>  doc/reST/cli.rst             |  5 +++
>  source/CMakeLists.txt        |  2 +-
>  source/common/common.h       |  4 ++
>  source/common/frame.cpp      |  3 +-
>  source/common/frame.h        |  4 ++
>  source/common/lowres.cpp     |  4 ++
>  source/common/lowres.h       |  3 ++
>  source/common/param.cpp      |  8 +++-
>  source/encoder/slicetype.cpp | 87 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
>  source/x265.h                |  4 ++
>  source/x265cli.cpp           |  1 +
>  source/x265cli.h             |  2 +
>  12 files changed, 115 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/doc/reST/cli.rst b/doc/reST/cli.rst
> index 1640c1f8e..be32fc6cc 100755
> --- a/doc/reST/cli.rst
> +++ b/doc/reST/cli.rst
> @@ -1768,6 +1768,11 @@ Quality, rate control and rate distortion options
>   Default 1.0.
>   **Range of values:** 0.0 to 3.0
>
> +.. option:: --sbrc --no-sbrc
> +
> + To enable and disable segment based rate control.
> + Default: disabled.
> +
>  .. option:: --hevc-aq
>
>   Enable adaptive quantization
> diff --git a/source/CMakeLists.txt b/source/CMakeLists.txt
> index 13e4750de..8a93a8bc4 100755
> --- a/source/CMakeLists.txt
> +++ b/source/CMakeLists.txt
> @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ option(NATIVE_BUILD "Target the build CPU" OFF)
>  option(STATIC_LINK_CRT "Statically link C runtime for release builds" OFF)
>  mark_as_advanced(FPROFILE_USE FPROFILE_GENERATE NATIVE_BUILD)
>  # X265_BUILD must be incremented each time the public API is changed
> -set(X265_BUILD 204)
> +set(X265_BUILD 205)
>  configure_file("${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/x265.def.in"
>                 "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/x265.def")
>  configure_file("${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/x265_config.h.in"
> diff --git a/source/common/common.h b/source/common/common.h
> index a245c7dae..9a578590a 100644
> --- a/source/common/common.h
> +++ b/source/common/common.h
> @@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ typedef uint64_t pixel4;
>  typedef int64_t  ssum2_t;
>  #define SHIFT_TO_BITPLANE 9
>  #define HISTOGRAM_BINS 1024
> +#define BRIGHTNESS_THRESHOLD 120 // The threshold above which a pixel is
> bright
>  #else
>  typedef uint8_t  pixel;
>  typedef uint16_t sum_t;
> @@ -139,6 +140,7 @@ typedef uint32_t pixel4;
>  typedef int32_t  ssum2_t; // Signed sum
>  #define SHIFT_TO_BITPLANE 7
>  #define HISTOGRAM_BINS 256
> +#define BRIGHTNESS_THRESHOLD 30 // The threshold above which a pixel is
> bright
>  #endif // if HIGH_BIT_DEPTH
>
>  #if X265_DEPTH < 10
> @@ -162,6 +164,8 @@ typedef uint64_t sse_t;
>
>  #define MIN_QPSCALE     0.21249999999999999
>  #define MAX_MAX_QPSCALE 615.46574234477100
> +#define FRAME_BRIGHTNESS_THRESHOLD  50.0 // Min % of pixels in a frame,
> that are above BRIGHTNESS_THRESHOLD for it to be considered a bright frame
> +#define FRAME_EDGE_THRESHOLD  10.0 // Min % of edge pixels in a frame,
> for it to be considered to have high edge density
>
>
>  template<typename T>
> diff --git a/source/common/frame.cpp b/source/common/frame.cpp
> index 255882a9d..d8b982df2 100644
> --- a/source/common/frame.cpp
> +++ b/source/common/frame.cpp
> @@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ Frame::Frame()
>      m_thetaPic = NULL;
>      m_edgeBitPlane = NULL;
>      m_edgeBitPic = NULL;
> +    m_frameSegment = X265_AQ_NONE;
>      m_isInsideWindow = 0;
>  }
>
> @@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ bool Frame::create(x265_param *param, float*
> quantOffsets)
>          CHECKED_MALLOC_ZERO(m_classifyCount, uint32_t, size);
>      }
>
> -    if (param->rc.aqMode == X265_AQ_EDGE || (param->rc.zonefileCount &&
> param->rc.aqMode != 0))
> +    if (param->rc.aqMode == X265_AQ_EDGE || param->rc.frameSegment ||
> (param->rc.zonefileCount && param->rc.aqMode != 0))
>      {
>          uint32_t numCuInWidth = (param->sourceWidth + param->maxCUSize -
> 1) / param->maxCUSize;
>          uint32_t numCuInHeight = (param->sourceHeight + param->maxCUSize
> - 1) / param->maxCUSize;
> diff --git a/source/common/frame.h b/source/common/frame.h
> index ac1185e81..485b0883d 100644
> --- a/source/common/frame.h
> +++ b/source/common/frame.h
> @@ -142,6 +142,10 @@ public:
>      pixel*                 m_edgeBitPlane;
>      pixel*                 m_edgeBitPic;
>
> +    /* segment for each frame */
> +    int                    m_frameSegment;
> +
> +
>      int                    m_isInsideWindow;
>
>      Frame();
> diff --git a/source/common/lowres.cpp b/source/common/lowres.cpp
> index 578981d64..5e7718e7e 100644
> --- a/source/common/lowres.cpp
> +++ b/source/common/lowres.cpp
> @@ -190,6 +190,9 @@ bool Lowres::create(x265_param* param, PicYuv
> *origPic, uint32_t qgSize)
>          }
>      }
>
> +    if (param->rc.frameSegment)
> +        lowresEdgePlane = X265_MALLOC(pixel, lumaStride * (lines +
> (origPic->m_lumaMarginY * 2)));
> +
>      return true;
>
>  fail:
> @@ -235,6 +238,7 @@ void Lowres::destroy()
>      X265_FREE(edgeInclined);
>      X265_FREE(qpAqMotionOffset);
>      X265_FREE(blockVariance);
> +    X265_FREE(lowresEdgePlane);
>      if (maxAQDepth > 0)
>      {
>          for (uint32_t d = 0; d < 4; d++)
> diff --git a/source/common/lowres.h b/source/common/lowres.h
> index 2a7497258..03d713edb 100644
> --- a/source/common/lowres.h
> +++ b/source/common/lowres.h
> @@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ struct ReferencePlanes
>      pixel*   fpelLowerResPlane[3];
>      pixel*   lowerResPlane[4];
>
> +    /* Edge Plane in Lowres */
> +    pixel*   lowresEdgePlane;
> +
>      bool     isWeighted;
>      bool     isLowres;
>      bool     isHMELowres;
> diff --git a/source/common/param.cpp b/source/common/param.cpp
> index ed6973d9c..fa16a364c 100755
> --- a/source/common/param.cpp
> +++ b/source/common/param.cpp
> @@ -298,6 +298,7 @@ void x265_param_default(x265_param* param)
>      param->rc.bEnableConstVbv = 0;
>      param->bResetZoneConfig = 1;
>      param->reconfigWindowSize = 0;
> +    param->rc.frameSegment = 0;
>      param->decoderVbvMaxRate = 0;
>      param->bliveVBV2pass = 0;
>
> @@ -1250,6 +1251,7 @@ int x265_param_parse(x265_param* p, const char*
> name, const char* value)
>          OPT("multi-pass-opt-analysis") p->analysisMultiPassRefine =
> atobool(value);
>          OPT("multi-pass-opt-distortion") p->analysisMultiPassDistortion =
> atobool(value);
>          OPT("aq-motion") p->bAQMotion = atobool(value);
> +        OPT("sbrc") p->rc.frameSegment = atobool(value);
>          OPT("dynamic-rd") p->dynamicRd = atof(value);
>          OPT("analysis-reuse-level")
>          {
> @@ -2007,9 +2009,11 @@ void x265_print_params(x265_param* param)
>               param->maxNumReferences, (param->limitReferences &
> X265_REF_LIMIT_CU) ? "on" : "off",
>               (param->limitReferences & X265_REF_LIMIT_DEPTH) ? "on" :
> "off");
>
> -    if (param->rc.aqMode)
> +    if (param->rc.aqMode && !param->rc.frameSegment)
>          x265_log(param, X265_LOG_INFO, "AQ: mode / str / qg-size /
> cu-tree  : %d / %0.1f / %d / %d\n", param->rc.aqMode,
>                   param->rc.aqStrength, param->rc.qgSize,
> param->rc.cuTree);
> + else if (param->rc.frameSegment)
> +        x265_log(param, X265_LOG_INFO, "AQ: mode / str / qg-size /
> cu-tree  : auto / %0.1f / %d / %d\n", param->rc.aqStrength,
> param->rc.qgSize, param->rc.cuTree);
>
>      if (param->bLossless)
>          x265_log(param, X265_LOG_INFO, "Rate Control
>    : Lossless\n");
> @@ -2323,6 +2327,7 @@ char *x265_param2string(x265_param* p, int padx, int
> pady)
>      s += sprintf(s, " hist-threshold=%.2f", p->edgeTransitionThreshold);
>      BOOL(p->bOptCUDeltaQP, "opt-cu-delta-qp");
>      BOOL(p->bAQMotion, "aq-motion");
> +    BOOL(p->rc.frameSegment, "sbrc");
>      BOOL(p->bEmitHDR10SEI, "hdr10");
>      BOOL(p->bHDR10Opt, "hdr10-opt");
>      BOOL(p->bDhdr10opt, "dhdr10-opt");
> @@ -2617,6 +2622,7 @@ void x265_copy_params(x265_param* dst, x265_param*
> src)
>      dst->rc.bEnableConstVbv = src->rc.bEnableConstVbv;
>      dst->rc.hevcAq = src->rc.hevcAq;
>      dst->rc.qpAdaptationRange = src->rc.qpAdaptationRange;
> +    dst->rc.frameSegment = src->rc.frameSegment;
>
>      dst->vui.aspectRatioIdc = src->vui.aspectRatioIdc;
>      dst->vui.sarWidth = src->vui.sarWidth;
> diff --git a/source/encoder/slicetype.cpp b/source/encoder/slicetype.cpp
> index 1222a8511..5de1ad956 100644
> --- a/source/encoder/slicetype.cpp
> +++ b/source/encoder/slicetype.cpp
> @@ -473,9 +473,9 @@ void LookaheadTLD::calcAdaptiveQuantFrame(Frame
> *curFrame, x265_param* param)
>      if (!(param->rc.bStatRead && param->rc.cuTree &&
> IS_REFERENCED(curFrame)))
>      {
>          /* Calculate Qp offset for each 16x16 or 8x8 block in the frame */
> -        if (param->rc.aqMode == X265_AQ_NONE || param->rc.aqStrength == 0)
> +        if (curFrame->m_frameSegment == X265_AQ_NONE ||
> param->rc.aqStrength == 0)
>          {
> -            if (param->rc.aqMode && param->rc.aqStrength == 0)
> +            if (curFrame->m_frameSegment && param->rc.aqStrength == 0)
>              {
>                  if (quantOffsets)
>                  {
> @@ -516,17 +516,17 @@ void LookaheadTLD::calcAdaptiveQuantFrame(Frame
> *curFrame, x265_param* param)
>                  double bias_strength = 0.f;
>                  double strength = 0.f;
>
> -                if (param->rc.aqMode == X265_AQ_EDGE)
> +                if (curFrame->m_frameSegment == X265_AQ_EDGE )
>                      edgeFilter(curFrame, param);
>
> -                if (param->rc.aqMode == X265_AQ_EDGE &&
> !param->bHistBasedSceneCut && param->recursionSkipMode == EDGE_BASED_RSKIP)
> +                if (curFrame->m_frameSegment == X265_AQ_EDGE  &&
> !param->bHistBasedSceneCut && param->recursionSkipMode == EDGE_BASED_RSKIP)
>                  {
>                      pixel* src = curFrame->m_edgePic +
> curFrame->m_fencPic->m_lumaMarginY * curFrame->m_fencPic->m_stride +
> curFrame->m_fencPic->m_lumaMarginX;
>                      primitives.planecopy_pp_shr(src,
> curFrame->m_fencPic->m_stride, curFrame->m_edgeBitPic,
>                          curFrame->m_fencPic->m_stride,
> curFrame->m_fencPic->m_picWidth, curFrame->m_fencPic->m_picHeight,
> SHIFT_TO_BITPLANE);
>                  }
>
> -                if (param->rc.aqMode == X265_AQ_AUTO_VARIANCE ||
> param->rc.aqMode == X265_AQ_AUTO_VARIANCE_BIASED || param->rc.aqMode ==
> X265_AQ_EDGE)
> +                if (curFrame->m_frameSegment == X265_AQ_AUTO_VARIANCE ||
> curFrame->m_frameSegment == X265_AQ_AUTO_VARIANCE_BIASED ||
> curFrame->m_frameSegment == X265_AQ_EDGE)
>                  {
>                      double bit_depth_correction = 1.f / (1 << (2 *
> (X265_DEPTH - 8)));
>                      for (int blockY = 0; blockY < maxRow; blockY +=
> loopIncr)
> @@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ void LookaheadTLD::calcAdaptiveQuantFrame(Frame
> *curFrame, x265_param* param)
>                          {
>                              uint32_t energy, edgeDensity, avgAngle;
>                              energy = acEnergyCu(curFrame, blockX, blockY,
> param->internalCsp, param->rc.qgSize);
> -                            if (param->rc.aqMode == X265_AQ_EDGE)
> +                            if (curFrame->m_frameSegment == X265_AQ_EDGE)
>                              {
>                                  edgeDensity = edgeDensityCu(curFrame,
> avgAngle, blockX, blockY, param->rc.qgSize);
>                                  if (edgeDensity)
> @@ -575,17 +575,17 @@ void LookaheadTLD::calcAdaptiveQuantFrame(Frame
> *curFrame, x265_param* param)
>                  {
>                      for (int blockX = 0; blockX < maxCol; blockX +=
> loopIncr)
>                      {
> -                        if (param->rc.aqMode ==
> X265_AQ_AUTO_VARIANCE_BIASED)
> +                        if (curFrame->m_frameSegment ==
> X265_AQ_AUTO_VARIANCE_BIASED)
>                          {
>                              qp_adj =
> curFrame->m_lowres.qpCuTreeOffset[blockXY];
>                              qp_adj = strength * (qp_adj - avg_adj) +
> bias_strength * (1.f - modeTwoConst / (qp_adj * qp_adj));
>                          }
> -                        else if (param->rc.aqMode ==
> X265_AQ_AUTO_VARIANCE)
> +                        else if (curFrame->m_frameSegment ==
> X265_AQ_AUTO_VARIANCE)
>                          {
>                              qp_adj =
> curFrame->m_lowres.qpCuTreeOffset[blockXY];
>                              qp_adj = strength * (qp_adj - avg_adj);
>                          }
> -                        else if (param->rc.aqMode == X265_AQ_EDGE)
> +                        else if (curFrame->m_frameSegment == X265_AQ_EDGE)
>                          {
>                              inclinedEdge =
> curFrame->m_lowres.edgeInclined[blockXY];
>                              qp_adj =
> curFrame->m_lowres.qpCuTreeOffset[blockXY];
> @@ -1377,6 +1377,45 @@ void Lookahead::getEstimatedPictureCost(Frame
> *curFrame)
>      }
>  }
>
> +double computeBrightnessIntensity(pixel *inPlane, int width, int height,
> intptr_t stride)
> +{
> +    pixel* rowStart = inPlane;
> +    double count = 0;
> +
> +    for (int i = 0; i < height; i++)
> +    {
> +        for (int j = 0; j < width; j++)
> +        {
> +            if (rowStart[j] > BRIGHTNESS_THRESHOLD)
> +                count++;
> +        }
> +        rowStart += stride;
> +    }
> +
> +    /* Returns the brightness percentage of the input plane */
> +    return (count / (width * height)) * 100;
> +}
> +
> +double computeEdgeIntensity(pixel *inPlane, int width, int height,
> intptr_t stride)
> +{
> +    pixel* rowStart = inPlane;
> +    double count = 0;
> +
> +    for (int i = 0; i < height; i++)
> +    {
> +        for (int j = 0; j < width; j++)
> +        {
> +            if (rowStart[j] > 0)
> +                count++;
> +        }
> +        rowStart += stride;
> +    }
> +
> +    /* Returns the edge percentage of the input plane */
> +    return (count / (width * height)) * 100;
> +}
> +
> +
>  void PreLookaheadGroup::processTasks(int workerThreadID)
>  {
>      if (workerThreadID < 0)
> @@ -1391,6 +1430,36 @@ void PreLookaheadGroup::processTasks(int
> workerThreadID)
>          ProfileScopeEvent(prelookahead);
>          m_lock.release();
>          preFrame->m_lowres.init(preFrame->m_fencPic, preFrame->m_poc);
> +
> +        /* SBRC */
> +        if (preFrame->m_param->rc.frameSegment)
> +        {
> +            int heightL = preFrame->m_lowres.lines;
> +            int widthL = preFrame->m_lowres.width;
> +            pixel *lumaPlane = preFrame->m_lowres.fpelPlane[0];
> +            intptr_t stride = preFrame->m_lowres.lumaStride;
> +            double brightnessIntensity = 0, edgeIntensity = 0;
> +
> +            /* Edge plane computation */
> +            memset(preFrame->m_lowres.lowresEdgePlane, 0, stride *
> (heightL + (preFrame->m_fencPic->m_lumaMarginY * 2)) * sizeof(pixel));
> +            pixel* lowresEdgePic = preFrame->m_lowres.lowresEdgePlane +
> preFrame->m_fencPic->m_lumaMarginY * stride +
> preFrame->m_fencPic->m_lumaMarginX;
> +            computeEdge(lowresEdgePic, lumaPlane, NULL, stride, heightL,
> widthL, false);
> +
> +            /*Frame edge percentage computation */
> +            edgeIntensity = computeEdgeIntensity(lowresEdgePic, widthL,
> heightL, stride);
> +
> +            /* Frame Brightness percentage computation */
> +            brightnessIntensity = computeBrightnessIntensity(lumaPlane,
> widthL, heightL, stride);
> +
> +            /* AQ mode switch */
> +            if (edgeIntensity < FRAME_EDGE_THRESHOLD)
> +                preFrame->m_frameSegment = brightnessIntensity >
> FRAME_BRIGHTNESS_THRESHOLD? X265_AQ_AUTO_VARIANCE :
> X265_AQ_AUTO_VARIANCE_BIASED;
> +            else
> +                preFrame->m_frameSegment = brightnessIntensity >
> FRAME_BRIGHTNESS_THRESHOLD? X265_AQ_EDGE : X265_AQ_EDGE_BIASED;
> +        }
> +        else
> +            preFrame->m_frameSegment = preFrame->m_param->rc.aqMode;
> +
>          if (m_lookahead.m_bAdaptiveQuant)
>              tld.calcAdaptiveQuantFrame(preFrame, m_lookahead.m_param);
>          tld.lowresIntraEstimate(preFrame->m_lowres,
> m_lookahead.m_param->rc.qgSize);
> diff --git a/source/x265.h b/source/x265.h
> index 5d242d653..787aa12fa 100644
> --- a/source/x265.h
> +++ b/source/x265.h
> @@ -581,6 +581,7 @@ typedef enum
>  #define X265_AQ_AUTO_VARIANCE        2
>  #define X265_AQ_AUTO_VARIANCE_BIASED 3
>  #define X265_AQ_EDGE                 4
> +#define X265_AQ_EDGE_BIASED          1
>  #define x265_ADAPT_RD_STRENGTH   4
>  #define X265_REFINE_INTER_LEVELS 3
>  /* NOTE! For this release only X265_CSP_I420 and X265_CSP_I444 are
> supported */
> @@ -1496,6 +1497,9 @@ typedef struct x265_param
>          /* internally enable if tune grain is set */
>          int      bEnableConstVbv;
>
> +        /* enable SBRC mode for each sequence */
> +        int      frameSegment;
> +
>          /* if only the focused frames would be re-encode or not */
>          int       bEncFocusedFramesOnly;
>
> diff --git a/source/x265cli.cpp b/source/x265cli.cpp
> index f6ba0ab30..c004b7915 100755
> --- a/source/x265cli.cpp
> +++ b/source/x265cli.cpp
> @@ -262,6 +262,7 @@ namespace X265_NS {
>          H0("   --aq-strength <float>         Reduces blocking and
> blurring in flat and textured areas (0 to 3.0). Default %.2f\n",
> param->rc.aqStrength);
>          H0("   --qp-adaptation-range <float> Delta QP range by QP
> adaptation based on a psycho-visual model (1.0 to 6.0). Default %.2f\n",
> param->rc.qpAdaptationRange);
>          H0("   --[no-]aq-motion              Block level QP adaptation
> based on the relative motion between the block and the frame. Default
> %s\n", OPT(param->bAQMotion));
> +        H1("   --[no-]sbrc                   Enables the segment based
> rate control, using its scene statistics. Default %s\n",
> OPT(param->rc.frameSegment));
>          H0("   --qg-size <int>               Specifies the size of the
> quantization group (64, 32, 16, 8). Default %d\n", param->rc.qgSize);
>          H0("   --[no-]cutree                 Enable cutree for Adaptive
> Quantization. Default %s\n", OPT(param->rc.cuTree));
>          H0("   --[no-]rc-grain               Enable ratecontrol mode to
> handle grains specifically. turned on with tune grain. Default %s\n",
> OPT(param->rc.bEnableGrain));
> diff --git a/source/x265cli.h b/source/x265cli.h
> index 7072f7616..8640a5bbb 100644
> --- a/source/x265cli.h
> +++ b/source/x265cli.h
> @@ -184,6 +184,8 @@ static const struct option long_options[] =
>      { "qp",             required_argument, NULL, 'q' },
>      { "aq-mode",        required_argument, NULL, 0 },
>      { "aq-strength",    required_argument, NULL, 0 },
> +    { "sbrc",                 no_argument, NULL, 0 },
> +    { "no-sbrc",              no_argument, NULL, 0 },
>      { "rc-grain",             no_argument, NULL, 0 },
>      { "no-rc-grain",          no_argument, NULL, 0 },
>      { "ipratio",        required_argument, NULL, 0 },
> --
> 2.37.2.windows.2
>
>
> --
>
> Thanks & Regards
> *Niranjan Kumar B*
> Video Codec Engineer
> Media & AI Analytics
> +91 958 511 1449
> <https://multicorewareinc.com/>
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