1 /*****************************************************************************
2 * x264.c: h264 video encoder
3 *****************************************************************************
4 * Copyright (C) 2004 VideoLAN
7 * Authors: Laurent Aimar <fenrir@via.ecp.fr>
9 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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21 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111, USA.
22 *****************************************************************************/
24 /*****************************************************************************
26 *****************************************************************************/
30 #include <vlc/decoder.h>
34 #define SOUT_CFG_PREFIX "sout-x264-"
36 /*****************************************************************************
38 *****************************************************************************/
39 static int Open ( vlc_object_t * );
40 static void Close( vlc_object_t * );
42 #define QP_TEXT N_("Quantizer parameter")
43 #define QP_LONGTEXT N_( \
44 "This selects the quantizer to use (1 to 51). Lower values result in " \
45 "better fidelity, but higher bitrates. 26 is a good default value." )
47 #define QPMIN_TEXT N_("Minimum quantizer parameter")
48 #define QPMIN_LONGTEXT N_( "Minimum quantizer, 15/35 seems to be a useful " \
51 #define QPMAX_TEXT N_("Maximum quantizer parameter")
52 #define QPMAX_LONGTEXT N_( "Maximum quantizer parameter." )
54 #define CABAC_TEXT N_("Enable CABAC")
55 #define CABAC_LONGTEXT N_( "Enable CABAC (Context-Adaptive Binary Arithmetic "\
56 "Coding). Slightly slows down encoding and decoding, but should save " \
59 #define LOOPF_TEXT N_("Enable loop filter")
60 #define LOOPF_LONGTEXT N_( "Use deblocking loop filter (increases quality).")
62 #define ANALYSE_TEXT N_("Analyse mode")
63 #define ANALYSE_LONGTEXT N_( "This selects the analysing mode.")
65 #define KEYINT_TEXT N_("Sets maximum interval between IDR-frames")
66 #define KEYINT_LONGTEXT N_( "Larger values save bits, thus improve quality "\
67 "for a given bitrate, at the cost of seeking precision." )
69 #define KEYINT_MIN_TEXT N_("Sets minimum interval between IDR-frames")
70 #define KEYINT_MIN_LONGTEXT N_("In H.264, I-Frames do not necessarily bound " \
71 "a closed GOP because it is allowable for a P-frame to be predicted from "\
72 "more frames than just the one frame before it (also see frameref). " \
73 "Therefore, I-frames are not necessarily seekable. " \
74 "IDR-Frames restrict subsequent P-frames from referring to any frame " \
75 "prior to the IDR-Frame. \n" \
76 "If scenecuts appear within this interval, they are still encoded as " \
77 "I-frames, but do not start a new GOP. Default value is keyint * 0.4." )
79 #define BFRAMES_TEXT N_("B frames")
80 #define BFRAMES_LONGTEXT N_( "Number of consecutive B-Frames between I and " \
83 #define BPYRAMID_TEXT N_("B pyramid")
84 #define BPYRAMID_LONGTEXT N_( "Allows B-frames to be used as references for " \
85 "predicting other frames." )
87 #define FRAMEREF_TEXT N_("Number of previous frames used as predictors.")
88 #define FRAMEREF_LONGTEXT N_( "This is effective in Anime, but seems to " \
89 "make little difference in live-action source material. Some decoders " \
90 "are unable to deal with large frameref values." )
92 #define SCENE_TEXT N_("Scene-cut detection.")
93 #define SCENE_LONGTEXT N_( "Controls how aggressively to insert extra " \
94 "I-frames. With small values of scenecut, the codec often has to force " \
95 "an I-frame when it would exceed keyint. " \
96 "Good values of scenecut may find a better location for the I-frame. " \
97 "Large values use more I-frames than necessary, thus wasting bits. " \
98 "-1 disables scene-cut detection, so I-frames are be inserted only every "\
99 "other keyint frames, which probably leads to ugly encoding artifacts." )
101 #define SUBPEL_TEXT N_("Sub-pixel refinement quality.")
102 #define SUBPEL_LONGTEXT N_( "This parameter controls quality versus speed " \
103 "tradeoffs involved in the motion estimation decision process " \
104 "(lower = quicker and higher = better quality)." )
106 static char *enc_analyse_list[] =
107 { "", "all", "normal", "fast", "none" };
108 static char *enc_analyse_list_text[] =
109 { N_("default"), N_("all"), N_("normal"), N_("fast"), N_("none") };
112 set_description( _("h264 video encoder using x264 library"));
113 set_capability( "encoder", 200 );
114 set_callbacks( Open, Close );
115 set_category( CAT_INPUT );
116 set_subcategory( SUBCAT_INPUT_VCODEC );
118 add_integer( SOUT_CFG_PREFIX "qp", 0, NULL, QP_TEXT, QP_LONGTEXT,
120 change_integer_range( 0, 51 );
121 add_integer( SOUT_CFG_PREFIX "qp-min", 10, NULL, QPMIN_TEXT,
122 QPMIN_LONGTEXT, VLC_FALSE );
123 change_integer_range( 0, 51 );
124 add_integer( SOUT_CFG_PREFIX "qp-max", 51, NULL, QPMAX_TEXT,
125 QPMAX_LONGTEXT, VLC_FALSE );
126 change_integer_range( 0, 51 );
128 add_bool( SOUT_CFG_PREFIX "cabac", 1, NULL, CABAC_TEXT, CABAC_LONGTEXT,
131 add_bool( SOUT_CFG_PREFIX "loopfilter", 1, NULL, LOOPF_TEXT,
132 LOOPF_LONGTEXT, VLC_FALSE );
134 add_string( SOUT_CFG_PREFIX "analyse", "", NULL, ANALYSE_TEXT,
135 ANALYSE_LONGTEXT, VLC_FALSE );
136 change_string_list( enc_analyse_list, enc_analyse_list_text, 0 );
138 add_integer( SOUT_CFG_PREFIX "keyint", 250, NULL, KEYINT_TEXT,
139 KEYINT_LONGTEXT, VLC_FALSE );
141 add_integer( SOUT_CFG_PREFIX "keyint-min", 0, NULL, KEYINT_MIN_TEXT,
142 KEYINT_MIN_LONGTEXT, VLC_FALSE );
144 add_integer( SOUT_CFG_PREFIX "bframes", 0, NULL, BFRAMES_TEXT,
145 BFRAMES_LONGTEXT, VLC_FALSE );
146 change_integer_range( 0, 16 );
148 add_bool( SOUT_CFG_PREFIX "bpyramid", 0, NULL, BPYRAMID_TEXT,
149 BPYRAMID_LONGTEXT, VLC_FALSE );
151 add_integer( SOUT_CFG_PREFIX "frameref", 1, NULL, FRAMEREF_TEXT,
152 FRAMEREF_LONGTEXT, VLC_FALSE );
153 change_integer_range( 1, 15 );
155 add_integer( SOUT_CFG_PREFIX "scenecut", 40, NULL, SCENE_TEXT,
156 SCENE_LONGTEXT, VLC_FALSE );
157 change_integer_range( -1, 100 );
159 add_integer( SOUT_CFG_PREFIX "subpel", 40, NULL, SUBPEL_TEXT,
160 SUBPEL_LONGTEXT, VLC_FALSE );
161 change_integer_range( 1, 5 );
165 /*****************************************************************************
167 *****************************************************************************/
168 static const char *ppsz_sout_options[] = {
169 "qp", "qp-min", "qp-max", "cabac", "loopfilter", "analyse",
170 "keyint", "keyint-min", "bframes", "bpyramid", "frameref", "scenecut",
174 static block_t *Encode( encoder_t *, picture_t * );
185 /*****************************************************************************
186 * Open: probe the encoder
187 *****************************************************************************/
188 static int Open ( vlc_object_t *p_this )
190 encoder_t *p_enc = (encoder_t *)p_this;
191 encoder_sys_t *p_sys;
193 int i_qmin = 0, i_qmax = 0;
195 if( p_enc->fmt_out.i_codec != VLC_FOURCC( 'h', '2', '6', '4' ) &&
201 if( p_enc->fmt_in.video.i_width % 16 != 0 ||
202 p_enc->fmt_in.video.i_height % 16!= 0 )
204 msg_Warn( p_enc, "invalid size %ix%i",
205 p_enc->fmt_in.video.i_width,
206 p_enc->fmt_in.video.i_height );
210 sout_CfgParse( p_enc, SOUT_CFG_PREFIX, ppsz_sout_options, p_enc->p_cfg );
212 p_enc->fmt_out.i_codec = VLC_FOURCC( 'h', '2', '6', '4' );
213 p_enc->fmt_in.i_codec = VLC_FOURCC('I','4','2','0');
215 p_enc->pf_encode_video = Encode;
216 p_enc->pf_encode_audio = NULL;
217 p_enc->p_sys = p_sys = malloc( sizeof( encoder_sys_t ) );
219 x264_param_default( &p_sys->param );
220 p_sys->param.i_width = p_enc->fmt_in.video.i_width;
221 p_sys->param.i_height = p_enc->fmt_in.video.i_height;
223 var_Get( p_enc, SOUT_CFG_PREFIX "qp-min", &val );
224 if( val.i_int >= 1 && val.i_int <= 51 ) i_qmin = val.i_int;
225 var_Get( p_enc, SOUT_CFG_PREFIX "qp-max", &val );
226 if( val.i_int >= 1 && val.i_int <= 51 ) i_qmax = val.i_int;
228 var_Get( p_enc, SOUT_CFG_PREFIX "qp", &val );
229 if( val.i_int >= 1 && val.i_int <= 51 )
231 if( i_qmin > val.i_int ) i_qmin = val.i_int;
232 if( i_qmax < val.i_int ) i_qmax = val.i_int;
234 #if X264_BUILD >= 0x000a
235 p_sys->param.rc.i_qp_constant = val.i_int;
236 p_sys->param.rc.i_qp_min = i_qmin;
237 p_sys->param.rc.i_qp_max = i_qmax;
239 p_sys->param.i_qp_constant = val.i_int;
244 /* No QP -> constant bitrate */
245 #if X264_BUILD >= 0x000a
246 p_sys->param.rc.b_cbr = 1;
247 p_sys->param.rc.i_bitrate = p_enc->fmt_out.i_bitrate / 1000;
248 p_sys->param.rc.i_rc_buffer_size = p_sys->param.rc.i_bitrate;
249 p_sys->param.rc.i_rc_init_buffer = p_sys->param.rc.i_bitrate / 4;
253 var_Get( p_enc, SOUT_CFG_PREFIX "cabac", &val );
254 p_sys->param.b_cabac = val.b_bool;
256 var_Get( p_enc, SOUT_CFG_PREFIX "loopfilter", &val );
257 p_sys->param.b_deblocking_filter = val.b_bool;
259 var_Get( p_enc, SOUT_CFG_PREFIX "keyint", &val );
260 #if X264_BUILD >= 0x000e
261 if( val.i_int > 0 ) p_sys->param.i_keyint_max = val.i_int;
262 if( val.i_int > 0 ) p_sys->param.i_keyint_min = val.i_int * 0.4;
264 if( val.i_int > 0 ) p_sys->param.i_iframe = val.i_int;
267 var_Get( p_enc, SOUT_CFG_PREFIX "keyint-min", &val );
268 #if X264_BUILD >= 0x000e
269 if( val.i_int > 0 ) p_sys->param.i_keyint_min = val.i_int;
271 if( val.i_int > 0 ) p_sys->param.i_idrframe = val.i_int;
274 var_Get( p_enc, SOUT_CFG_PREFIX "bframes", &val );
275 if( val.i_int >= 0 && val.i_int <= 16 ) p_sys->param.i_bframe = val.i_int;
278 var_Get( p_enc, SOUT_CFG_PREFIX "bpyramid", &val );
279 p_sys->param.b_bframe_pyramid = val.b_bool;
282 var_Get( p_enc, SOUT_CFG_PREFIX "frameref", &val );
283 if( val.i_int > 0 && val.i_int <= 15 )
284 p_sys->param.i_frame_reference = val.i_int;
286 var_Get( p_enc, SOUT_CFG_PREFIX "scenecut", &val );
287 #if X264_BUILD >= 0x000b
288 if( val.i_int >= -1 && val.i_int <= 100 )
289 p_sys->param.i_scenecut_threshold = val.i_int;
293 var_Get( p_enc, SOUT_CFG_PREFIX "subpel", &val );
294 if( val.i_int >= 1 && val.i_int <= 5 )
295 p_sys->param.analyse.i_subpel_refine = val.i_int;
298 var_Get( p_enc, SOUT_CFG_PREFIX "analyse", &val );
299 if( !strcmp( val.psz_string, "none" ) )
301 p_sys->param.analyse.inter = 0;
303 else if( !strcmp( val.psz_string, "fast" ) )
305 p_sys->param.analyse.inter = X264_ANALYSE_I4x4;
307 else if( !strcmp( val.psz_string, "normal" ) )
309 p_sys->param.analyse.inter =
310 X264_ANALYSE_I4x4 | X264_ANALYSE_PSUB16x16;
312 else if( !strcmp( val.psz_string, "all" ) )
314 #ifndef X264_ANALYSE_BSUB16x16
315 # define X264_ANALYSE_BSUB16x16 0
317 p_sys->param.analyse.inter =
318 X264_ANALYSE_I4x4 | X264_ANALYSE_PSUB16x16 | X264_ANALYSE_PSUB8x8 |
319 X264_ANALYSE_BSUB16x16;
321 if( val.psz_string ) free( val.psz_string );
323 if( p_enc->fmt_in.video.i_aspect > 0 )
325 int64_t i_num, i_den;
326 int i_dst_num, i_dst_den;
328 i_num = p_enc->fmt_in.video.i_aspect *
329 (int64_t)p_enc->fmt_in.video.i_height;
330 i_den = VOUT_ASPECT_FACTOR * p_enc->fmt_in.video.i_width;
331 vlc_reduce( &i_dst_num, &i_dst_den, i_num, i_den, 0 );
333 p_sys->param.vui.i_sar_width = i_dst_num;
334 p_sys->param.vui.i_sar_height = i_dst_den;
336 if( p_enc->fmt_in.video.i_frame_rate_base > 0 )
338 p_sys->param.i_fps_num = p_enc->fmt_in.video.i_frame_rate;
339 p_sys->param.i_fps_den = p_enc->fmt_in.video.i_frame_rate_base;
341 if( !(p_enc->p_libvlc->i_cpu & CPU_CAPABILITY_MMX) )
343 p_sys->param.cpu &= ~X264_CPU_MMX;
345 if( !(p_enc->p_libvlc->i_cpu & CPU_CAPABILITY_MMXEXT) )
347 p_sys->param.cpu &= ~X264_CPU_MMXEXT;
349 if( !(p_enc->p_libvlc->i_cpu & CPU_CAPABILITY_SSE) )
351 p_sys->param.cpu &= ~X264_CPU_SSE;
353 if( !(p_enc->p_libvlc->i_cpu & CPU_CAPABILITY_SSE2) )
355 p_sys->param.cpu &= ~X264_CPU_SSE2;
358 /* Open the encoder */
359 p_sys->h = x264_encoder_open( &p_sys->param );
362 p_sys->i_buffer = 4 * p_enc->fmt_in.video.i_width *
363 p_enc->fmt_in.video.i_height + 1000;
364 p_sys->p_buffer = malloc( p_sys->i_buffer );
366 /* get the globals headers */
367 p_enc->fmt_out.i_extra = 0;
368 p_enc->fmt_out.p_extra = NULL;
371 x264_encoder_headers( p_sys->h, &nal, &i_nal );
372 for( i = 0; i < i_nal; i++ )
374 int i_size = p_sys->i_buffer;
376 x264_nal_encode( p_sys->p_buffer, &i_size, 1, &nal[i] );
378 p_enc->fmt_out.p_extra = realloc( p_enc->fmt_out.p_extra, p_enc->fmt_out.i_extra + i_size );
380 memcpy( p_enc->fmt_out.p_extra + p_enc->fmt_out.i_extra,
381 p_sys->p_buffer, i_size );
383 p_enc->fmt_out.i_extra += i_size;
390 /****************************************************************************
392 ****************************************************************************/
393 static block_t *Encode( encoder_t *p_enc, picture_t *p_pict )
395 encoder_sys_t *p_sys = p_enc->p_sys;
402 memset( &pic, 0, sizeof( x264_picture_t ) );
403 pic.img.i_csp = X264_CSP_I420;
404 pic.img.i_plane = p_pict->i_planes;
405 for( i = 0; i < p_pict->i_planes; i++ )
407 pic.img.plane[i] = p_pict->p[i].p_pixels;
408 pic.img.i_stride[i] = p_pict->p[i].i_pitch;
411 #if X264_BUILD >= 0x0013
412 x264_encoder_encode( p_sys->h, &nal, &i_nal, &pic, &pic );
414 x264_encoder_encode( p_sys->h, &nal, &i_nal, &pic );
416 for( i = 0, i_out = 0; i < i_nal; i++ )
418 int i_size = p_sys->i_buffer - i_out;
419 x264_nal_encode( p_sys->p_buffer + i_out, &i_size, 1, &nal[i] );
424 p_block = block_New( p_enc, i_out );
425 p_block->i_dts = p_pict->date;
426 p_block->i_pts = p_pict->date;
427 memcpy( p_block->p_buffer, p_sys->p_buffer, i_out );
429 if( pic.i_type == X264_TYPE_IDR || pic.i_type == X264_TYPE_I )
430 p_block->i_flags |= BLOCK_FLAG_TYPE_I;
431 else if( pic.i_type == X264_TYPE_P )
432 p_block->i_flags |= BLOCK_FLAG_TYPE_P;
433 else if( pic.i_type == X264_TYPE_B )
434 p_block->i_flags |= BLOCK_FLAG_TYPE_B;
439 /*****************************************************************************
440 * CloseEncoder: ffmpeg encoder destruction
441 *****************************************************************************/
442 static void Close( vlc_object_t *p_this )
444 encoder_t *p_enc = (encoder_t *)p_this;
445 encoder_sys_t *p_sys = p_enc->p_sys;
447 x264_encoder_close( p_sys->h );
448 free( p_sys->p_buffer );