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11
12#ifndef AOM_AV1_ENCODER_SPEED_FEATURES_H_
13#define AOM_AV1_ENCODER_SPEED_FEATURES_H_
14
15#include "av1/common/enums.h"
16#include "av1/encoder/enc_enums.h"
17#include "av1/encoder/mcomp.h"
18#include "av1/encoder/encodemb.h"
19
20#ifdef __cplusplus
21extern "C" {
22#endif
23
25
27#define MAX_MESH_STEP 4
28
29typedef struct MESH_PATTERN {
30 int range;
31 int interval;
32} MESH_PATTERN;
33
34enum {
35 GM_FULL_SEARCH,
36 GM_REDUCED_REF_SEARCH_SKIP_L2_L3,
37 GM_REDUCED_REF_SEARCH_SKIP_L2_L3_ARF2,
38
39 // Same as GM_REDUCED_REF_SEARCH_SKIP_L2_L3_ARF2 but with extra filtering
40 // to keep at most two ref frames
41 GM_SEARCH_CLOSEST_REFS_ONLY,
42
43 GM_DISABLE_SEARCH
44} UENUM1BYTE(GM_SEARCH_TYPE);
45
46enum {
47 DIST_WTD_COMP_ENABLED,
48 DIST_WTD_COMP_SKIP_MV_SEARCH,
49 DIST_WTD_COMP_DISABLED,
50} UENUM1BYTE(DIST_WTD_COMP_FLAG);
51
52enum {
53 INTRA_ALL = (1 << DC_PRED) | (1 << V_PRED) | (1 << H_PRED) | (1 << D45_PRED) |
54 (1 << D135_PRED) | (1 << D113_PRED) | (1 << D157_PRED) |
55 (1 << D203_PRED) | (1 << D67_PRED) | (1 << SMOOTH_PRED) |
56 (1 << SMOOTH_V_PRED) | (1 << SMOOTH_H_PRED) | (1 << PAETH_PRED),
57 UV_INTRA_ALL =
58 (1 << UV_DC_PRED) | (1 << UV_V_PRED) | (1 << UV_H_PRED) |
59 (1 << UV_D45_PRED) | (1 << UV_D135_PRED) | (1 << UV_D113_PRED) |
60 (1 << UV_D157_PRED) | (1 << UV_D203_PRED) | (1 << UV_D67_PRED) |
61 (1 << UV_SMOOTH_PRED) | (1 << UV_SMOOTH_V_PRED) |
62 (1 << UV_SMOOTH_H_PRED) | (1 << UV_PAETH_PRED) | (1 << UV_CFL_PRED),
63 UV_INTRA_DC = (1 << UV_DC_PRED),
64 UV_INTRA_DC_CFL = (1 << UV_DC_PRED) | (1 << UV_CFL_PRED),
65 UV_INTRA_DC_TM = (1 << UV_DC_PRED) | (1 << UV_PAETH_PRED),
66 UV_INTRA_DC_PAETH_CFL =
67 (1 << UV_DC_PRED) | (1 << UV_PAETH_PRED) | (1 << UV_CFL_PRED),
68 UV_INTRA_DC_H_V = (1 << UV_DC_PRED) | (1 << UV_V_PRED) | (1 << UV_H_PRED),
69 UV_INTRA_DC_H_V_CFL = (1 << UV_DC_PRED) | (1 << UV_V_PRED) |
70 (1 << UV_H_PRED) | (1 << UV_CFL_PRED),
71 UV_INTRA_DC_PAETH_H_V = (1 << UV_DC_PRED) | (1 << UV_PAETH_PRED) |
72 (1 << UV_V_PRED) | (1 << UV_H_PRED),
73 UV_INTRA_DC_PAETH_H_V_CFL = (1 << UV_DC_PRED) | (1 << UV_PAETH_PRED) |
74 (1 << UV_V_PRED) | (1 << UV_H_PRED) |
75 (1 << UV_CFL_PRED),
76 INTRA_DC = (1 << DC_PRED),
77 INTRA_DC_TM = (1 << DC_PRED) | (1 << PAETH_PRED),
78 INTRA_DC_H_V = (1 << DC_PRED) | (1 << V_PRED) | (1 << H_PRED),
79 INTRA_DC_H_V_SMOOTH =
80 (1 << DC_PRED) | (1 << V_PRED) | (1 << H_PRED) | (1 << SMOOTH_PRED),
81 INTRA_DC_PAETH_H_V =
82 (1 << DC_PRED) | (1 << PAETH_PRED) | (1 << V_PRED) | (1 << H_PRED)
83};
84
85enum {
86 INTER_ALL = (1 << NEARESTMV) | (1 << NEARMV) | (1 << GLOBALMV) |
87 (1 << NEWMV) | (1 << NEAREST_NEARESTMV) | (1 << NEAR_NEARMV) |
88 (1 << NEW_NEWMV) | (1 << NEAREST_NEWMV) | (1 << NEAR_NEWMV) |
89 (1 << NEW_NEARMV) | (1 << NEW_NEARESTMV) | (1 << GLOBAL_GLOBALMV),
90 INTER_NEAREST_NEAR_ZERO = (1 << NEARESTMV) | (1 << NEARMV) | (1 << GLOBALMV) |
91 (1 << NEAREST_NEARESTMV) | (1 << GLOBAL_GLOBALMV) |
92 (1 << NEAREST_NEWMV) | (1 << NEW_NEARESTMV) |
93 (1 << NEW_NEARMV) | (1 << NEAR_NEWMV) |
94 (1 << NEAR_NEARMV),
95 INTER_SINGLE_ALL =
96 (1 << NEARESTMV) | (1 << NEARMV) | (1 << GLOBALMV) | (1 << NEWMV),
97};
98
99enum {
100 DISABLE_ALL_INTER_SPLIT = (1 << THR_COMP_GA) | (1 << THR_COMP_LA) |
101 (1 << THR_ALTR) | (1 << THR_GOLD) | (1 << THR_LAST),
102
103 DISABLE_ALL_SPLIT = (1 << THR_INTRA) | DISABLE_ALL_INTER_SPLIT,
104
105 DISABLE_COMPOUND_SPLIT = (1 << THR_COMP_GA) | (1 << THR_COMP_LA),
106
107 LAST_AND_INTRA_SPLIT_ONLY = (1 << THR_COMP_GA) | (1 << THR_COMP_LA) |
108 (1 << THR_ALTR) | (1 << THR_GOLD)
109};
110
111enum {
112 TXFM_CODING_SF = 1,
113 INTER_PRED_SF = 2,
114 INTRA_PRED_SF = 4,
115 PARTITION_SF = 8,
116 LOOP_FILTER_SF = 16,
117 RD_SKIP_SF = 32,
118 RESERVE_2_SF = 64,
119 RESERVE_3_SF = 128,
120} UENUM1BYTE(DEV_SPEED_FEATURES);
121
122/* This enumeration defines when the rate control recode loop will be
123 * enabled.
124 */
125enum {
126 /*
127 * No recodes allowed
128 */
129 DISALLOW_RECODE = 0,
130 /*
131 * Allow recode only for KF/ARF/GF frames
132 */
133 ALLOW_RECODE_KFARFGF = 1,
134 /*
135 * Allow recode for all frame types based on bitrate constraints.
136 */
137 ALLOW_RECODE = 2,
138} UENUM1BYTE(RECODE_LOOP_TYPE);
139
140enum {
141 SUBPEL_TREE = 0,
142 SUBPEL_TREE_PRUNED = 1, // Prunes 1/2-pel searches
143 SUBPEL_TREE_PRUNED_MORE = 2, // Prunes 1/2-pel searches more aggressively
144 SUBPEL_SEARCH_METHODS
145} UENUM1BYTE(SUBPEL_SEARCH_METHOD);
146
147enum {
148 // Try the full image with different values.
149 LPF_PICK_FROM_FULL_IMAGE,
150 // Try the full image filter search with non-dual filter only.
151 LPF_PICK_FROM_FULL_IMAGE_NON_DUAL,
152 // Try a small portion of the image with different values.
153 LPF_PICK_FROM_SUBIMAGE,
154 // Estimate the level based on quantizer and frame type
155 LPF_PICK_FROM_Q,
156 // Pick 0 to disable LPF if LPF was enabled last frame
157 LPF_PICK_MINIMAL_LPF
158} UENUM1BYTE(LPF_PICK_METHOD);
160
175
177enum {
178 // Terminate search early based on distortion so far compared to
179 // qp step, distortion in the neighborhood of the frame, etc.
180 FLAG_EARLY_TERMINATE = 1 << 0,
181
182 // Skips comp inter modes if the best so far is an intra mode.
183 FLAG_SKIP_COMP_BESTINTRA = 1 << 1,
184
185 // Skips oblique intra modes if the best so far is an inter mode.
186 FLAG_SKIP_INTRA_BESTINTER = 1 << 3,
187
188 // Skips oblique intra modes at angles 27, 63, 117, 153 if the best
189 // intra so far is not one of the neighboring directions.
190 FLAG_SKIP_INTRA_DIRMISMATCH = 1 << 4,
191
192 // Skips intra modes other than DC_PRED if the source variance is small
193 FLAG_SKIP_INTRA_LOWVAR = 1 << 5,
194} UENUM1BYTE(MODE_SEARCH_SKIP_LOGIC);
195
196enum {
197 // No tx type pruning
198 TX_TYPE_PRUNE_0 = 0,
199 // adaptively prunes the least perspective tx types out of all 16
200 // (tuned to provide negligible quality loss)
201 TX_TYPE_PRUNE_1 = 1,
202 // similar, but applies much more aggressive pruning to get better speed-up
203 TX_TYPE_PRUNE_2 = 2,
204 TX_TYPE_PRUNE_3 = 3,
205 // More aggressive pruning based on tx type score and allowed tx count
206 TX_TYPE_PRUNE_4 = 4,
207 TX_TYPE_PRUNE_5 = 5,
208} UENUM1BYTE(TX_TYPE_PRUNE_MODE);
209
210enum {
211 // No reaction to rate control on a detected slide/scene change.
212 NO_DETECTION = 0,
213
214 // Set to larger Q based only on the detected slide/scene change and
215 // current/past Q.
216 FAST_DETECTION_MAXQ = 1,
217} UENUM1BYTE(OVERSHOOT_DETECTION_CBR);
218
219enum {
220 // Turns off multi-winner mode. So we will do txfm search on either all modes
221 // if winner mode is off, or we will only on txfm search on a single winner
222 // mode.
223 MULTI_WINNER_MODE_OFF = 0,
224
225 // Limits the number of winner modes to at most 2
226 MULTI_WINNER_MODE_FAST = 1,
227
228 // Uses the default number of winner modes, which is 3 for intra mode, and 1
229 // for inter mode.
230 MULTI_WINNER_MODE_DEFAULT = 2,
231
232 // Maximum number of winner modes allowed.
233 MULTI_WINNER_MODE_LEVELS,
234} UENUM1BYTE(MULTI_WINNER_MODE_TYPE);
235
236enum {
237 PRUNE_NEARMV_OFF = 0, // Turn off nearmv pruning
238 PRUNE_NEARMV_LEVEL1 = 1, // Prune nearmv for qindex (0-85)
239 PRUNE_NEARMV_LEVEL2 = 2, // Prune nearmv for qindex (0-170)
240 PRUNE_NEARMV_LEVEL3 = 3, // Prune nearmv more aggressively for qindex (0-170)
241 PRUNE_NEARMV_MAX = PRUNE_NEARMV_LEVEL3,
242} UENUM1BYTE(PRUNE_NEARMV_LEVEL);
243
244enum {
245 // Default transform search used in evaluation of best inter candidates
246 // (MODE_EVAL stage) and motion mode winner processing (WINNER_MODE_EVAL
247 // stage).
248 TX_SEARCH_DEFAULT = 0,
249 // Transform search in motion mode rd during MODE_EVAL stage.
250 TX_SEARCH_MOTION_MODE,
251 // Transform search in compound type mode rd during MODE_EVAL stage.
252 TX_SEARCH_COMP_TYPE_MODE,
253 // All transform search cases
254 TX_SEARCH_CASES
255} UENUM1BYTE(TX_SEARCH_CASE);
256
257typedef struct {
258 TX_TYPE_PRUNE_MODE prune_2d_txfm_mode;
259
260 // Limit the intra transform search type.
261 // 1 : Limit the intra transform search type to the ones in the table
262 // av1_derived_intra_tx_used_flag[INTRA_MODES].
263 // 2 : Limit the intra transform search type to the default transform.
264 int fast_intra_tx_type_search;
265
266 // INT_MAX: Disable fast search.
267 // 1 - 1024: Probability threshold used for conditionally forcing tx type,
268 // during mode search.
269 // 0: Force tx type to be DCT_DCT unconditionally, during
270 // mode search.
271 int fast_inter_tx_type_prob_thresh;
272
273 // Prune less likely chosen transforms for each intra mode. The speed
274 // feature ranges from 0 to 2, for different speed / compression trade offs.
275 int use_reduced_intra_txset;
276
277 // Use a skip flag prediction model to detect blocks with skip = 1 early
278 // and avoid doing full TX type search for such blocks.
279 int use_skip_flag_prediction;
280
281 // Threshold used by the ML based method to predict TX block split decisions.
282 int ml_tx_split_thresh;
283
284 // skip remaining transform type search when we found the rdcost of skip is
285 // better than applying transform
286 int skip_tx_search;
287
288 // Prune tx type search using previous frame stats.
289 int prune_tx_type_using_stats;
290 // Prune tx type search using estimated RDcost
291 int prune_tx_type_est_rd;
292
293 // Flag used to control the winner mode processing for tx type pruning for
294 // inter blocks. It enables further tx type mode pruning based on ML model for
295 // mode evaluation and disables tx type mode pruning for winner mode
296 // processing.
297 int winner_mode_tx_type_pruning;
298} TX_TYPE_SEARCH;
299
300enum {
301 // Search partitions using RD criterion
302 SEARCH_PARTITION,
303
304 // Always use a fixed size partition
305 FIXED_PARTITION,
306
307 // Partition using source variance
308 VAR_BASED_PARTITION,
309
310#if CONFIG_RT_ML_PARTITIONING
311 // Partition using ML model
312 ML_BASED_PARTITION
313#endif
314} UENUM1BYTE(PARTITION_SEARCH_TYPE);
315
316enum {
317 NOT_IN_USE,
318 DIRECT_PRED,
319 RELAXED_PRED,
320 ADAPT_PRED
321} UENUM1BYTE(MAX_PART_PRED_MODE);
322
323enum {
324 LAST_MV_DATA,
325 CURRENT_Q,
326 QTR_ONLY,
327} UENUM1BYTE(MV_PREC_LOGIC);
328
329enum {
330 SUPERRES_AUTO_ALL, // Tries all possible superres ratios
331 SUPERRES_AUTO_DUAL, // Tries no superres and q-based superres ratios
332 SUPERRES_AUTO_SOLO, // Only apply the q-based superres ratio
333} UENUM1BYTE(SUPERRES_AUTO_SEARCH_TYPE);
335
358
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536
538typedef struct TPL_SPEED_FEATURES {
539 // GOP length adaptive decision.
540 // If set to 0, tpl model decides whether a shorter gf interval is better.
541 // If set to 1, tpl stats of ARFs from base layer, (base+1) layer and
542 // (base+2) layer decide whether a shorter gf interval is better.
543 // If set to 2, tpl stats of ARFs from base layer, (base+1) layer and GF boost
544 // decide whether a shorter gf interval is better.
545 // If set to 3, gop length adaptive decision is disabled.
546 int gop_length_decision_method;
547 // Prune the intra modes search by tpl.
548 // If set to 0, we will search all intra modes from DC_PRED to PAETH_PRED.
549 // If set to 1, we only search DC_PRED, V_PRED, and H_PRED.
550 int prune_intra_modes;
551 // This parameter controls which step in the n-step process we start at.
552 int reduce_first_step_size;
553 // Skip motion estimation based on the precision of center MVs and the
554 // difference between center MVs.
555 // If set to 0, motion estimation is skipped for duplicate center MVs
556 // (default). If set to 1, motion estimation is skipped for duplicate
557 // full-pixel center MVs. If set to 2, motion estimation is skipped if the
558 // difference between center MVs is less than the threshold.
559 int skip_alike_starting_mv;
560
561 // When to stop subpel search.
562 SUBPEL_FORCE_STOP subpel_force_stop;
563
564 // Which search method to use.
565 SEARCH_METHODS search_method;
566
567 // Prune starting mvs in TPL based on sad scores.
568 int prune_starting_mv;
569
570 // Prune reference frames in TPL.
571 int prune_ref_frames_in_tpl;
572
573 // Support compound predictions.
574 int allow_compound_pred;
575
576 // Calculate rate and distortion based on Y plane only.
577 int use_y_only_rate_distortion;
578
579 // Use SAD instead of SATD during intra/inter mode search.
580 // If set to 0, use SATD always.
581 // If set to 1, use SAD during intra/inter mode search for frames in the
582 // higher temporal layers of the hierarchical prediction structure.
583 // If set to 2, use SAD during intra/inter mode search for all frames.
584 // This sf is disabled for the first GF group of the key-frame interval,
585 // i.e., SATD is used during intra/inter mode search of the first GF group.
586 int use_sad_for_mode_decision;
587
588 // Skip tpl processing for frames of type LF_UPDATE.
589 // This sf is disabled for the first GF group of the key-frame interval.
590 int reduce_num_frames;
591} TPL_SPEED_FEATURES;
592
593typedef struct GLOBAL_MOTION_SPEED_FEATURES {
594 GM_SEARCH_TYPE gm_search_type;
595
596 // During global motion estimation, prune remaining reference frames in a
597 // given direction(past/future), if the evaluated ref_frame in that direction
598 // yields gm_type as INVALID/TRANSLATION/IDENTITY
599 int prune_ref_frame_for_gm_search;
600
601 // When the current GM type is set to ZEROMV, prune ZEROMV if its performance
602 // is worse than NEWMV under SSE metric.
603 // 0 : no pruning
604 // 1 : conservative pruning
605 // 2 : aggressive pruning
607
608 // Disable global motion estimation based on stats of previous frames in the
609 // GF group
610 int disable_gm_search_based_on_stats;
611
612 // Downsampling pyramid level to use for global motion estimation
613 int downsample_level;
614
615 // Number of refinement steps to apply after initial model generation
616 int num_refinement_steps;
617
618 // Error advantage threshold level used to determine whether global motion
619 // compensation should be enabled
620 int gm_erroradv_tr_level;
621} GLOBAL_MOTION_SPEED_FEATURES;
622
623typedef struct PARTITION_SPEED_FEATURES {
624 PARTITION_SEARCH_TYPE partition_search_type;
625
626 // Used if partition_search_type = FIXED_PARTITION
627 BLOCK_SIZE fixed_partition_size;
628
629 // Prune extended partition types search based on the current best partition
630 // and the combined rdcost of the subblocks estimated from previous
631 // partitions. Can take values 0 - 2, 0 referring to no pruning, and 1 - 2
632 // increasing aggressiveness of pruning in order.
633 int prune_ext_partition_types_search_level;
634
635 // Prune part4 based on block size
636 int prune_part4_search;
637
638 // Use a ML model to prune rectangular, ab and 4-way horz
639 // and vert partitions
640 int ml_prune_partition;
641
642 // Use a ML model to adaptively terminate partition search after trying
643 // PARTITION_SPLIT. Can take values 0 - 2, 0 meaning not being enabled, and
644 // 1 - 2 increasing aggressiveness in order.
645 int ml_early_term_after_part_split_level;
646
647 // Skip rectangular partition test when partition type none gives better
648 // rd than partition type split. Can take values 0 - 2, 0 referring to no
649 // skipping, and 1 - 2 increasing aggressiveness of skipping in order.
650 int less_rectangular_check_level;
651
652 // Use square partition only beyond this block size.
653 BLOCK_SIZE use_square_partition_only_threshold;
654
655 // Sets max square partition levels for this superblock based on
656 // motion vector and prediction error distribution produced from 16x16
657 // simple motion search
658 MAX_PART_PRED_MODE auto_max_partition_based_on_simple_motion;
659
660 // Min and max square partition size we enable (block_size) as per auto
661 // min max, but also used by adjust partitioning, and pick_partitioning.
662 BLOCK_SIZE default_min_partition_size;
663 BLOCK_SIZE default_max_partition_size;
664
665 // Sets level of adjustment of variance-based partitioning during
666 // rd_use_partition 0 - no partition adjustment, 1 - try to merge partitions
667 // for small blocks and high QP, 2 - try to merge partitions, 3 - try to merge
668 // and split leaf partitions and 0 - 3 decreasing aggressiveness in order.
669 int adjust_var_based_rd_partitioning;
670
671 // Partition search early breakout thresholds.
672 int64_t partition_search_breakout_dist_thr;
673 int partition_search_breakout_rate_thr;
674
675 // Thresholds for ML based partition search breakout.
676 float ml_partition_search_breakout_thresh[PARTITION_BLOCK_SIZES];
677
678 // ML based partition search breakout model index
679 int ml_partition_search_breakout_model_index;
680
681 // ML based partition search breakout model index
682 int ml_4_partition_search_level_index;
683
684 // Aggressiveness levels for pruning split and rectangular partitions based on
685 // simple_motion_search. SIMPLE_AGG_LVL0 to SIMPLE_AGG_LVL5 correspond to
686 // simple motion search based pruning. QIDX_BASED_AGG_LVL1 corresponds to
687 // qindex based and simple motion search based pruning.
688 int simple_motion_search_prune_agg;
689
690 // Perform simple_motion_search on each possible subblock and use it to prune
691 // PARTITION_HORZ and PARTITION_VERT.
692 int simple_motion_search_prune_rect;
693
694 // Perform simple motion search before none_partition to decide if we
695 // want to remove all partitions other than PARTITION_SPLIT. If set to 0, this
696 // model is disabled. If set to 1, the model attempts to perform
697 // PARTITION_SPLIT only. If set to 2, the model also attempts to prune
698 // PARTITION_SPLIT.
699 int simple_motion_search_split;
700
701 // Use features from simple_motion_search to terminate prediction block
702 // partition after PARTITION_NONE
703 int simple_motion_search_early_term_none;
704
705 // Controls whether to reduce the number of motion search steps. If this is 0,
706 // then simple_motion_search has the same number of steps as
707 // single_motion_search (assuming no other speed features). Otherwise, reduce
708 // the number of steps by the value contained in this variable.
709 int simple_motion_search_reduce_search_steps;
710
711 // This variable controls the maximum block size where intra blocks can be
712 // used in inter frames.
713 // TODO(aconverse): Fold this into one of the other many mode skips
714 BLOCK_SIZE max_intra_bsize;
715
716 // Use CNN with luma pixels on source frame on each of the 64x64 subblock to
717 // perform partition pruning in intra frames.
718 // 0: No Pruning
719 // 1: Prune split and rectangular partitions only
720 // 2: Prune none, split and rectangular partitions
721 int intra_cnn_based_part_prune_level;
722
723 // Disable extended partition search if the current bsize is greater than the
724 // threshold. Must be a square block size BLOCK_8X8 or higher.
725 BLOCK_SIZE ext_partition_eval_thresh;
726
727 // Use best partition decision so far to tune 'ext_partition_eval_thresh'
728 int ext_part_eval_based_on_cur_best;
729
730 // Disable rectangular partitions for larger block sizes.
731 int rect_partition_eval_thresh;
732
733 // Prune extended partition search based on whether the split/rect partitions
734 // provided an improvement in the previous search.
735 // 0 : no pruning
736 // 1 : prune 1:4 partition search using winner info from split partitions
737 // 2 : prune 1:4 and AB partition search using split and HORZ/VERT info
738 int prune_ext_part_using_split_info;
739
740 // Prunt rectangular, AB and 4-way partition based on q index and block size
741 // 0 : no pruning
742 // 1 : prune sub_8x8 at very low quantizers
743 // 2 : prune all block size based on qindex
744 int prune_rectangular_split_based_on_qidx;
745
746 // Prune rectangular partitions based on 4x4 sub-block variance
747 // false : no pruning
748 // true : prune rectangular partitions based on 4x4 sub-block variance
749 // deviation
750 //
751 // For allintra encode, this speed feature reduces instruction count by 6.4%
752 // for speed=6 with coding performance change less than 0.24%. For AVIF image
753 // encode, this speed feature reduces encode time by 8.14% for speed 6 on a
754 // typical image dataset with coding performance change less than 0.16%. This
755 // speed feature is not applicable to speed >= 7.
756 bool prune_rect_part_using_4x4_var_deviation;
757
758 // Prune rectangular partitions based on prediction mode chosen by NONE
759 // partition.
760 // false : no pruning
761 // true : prunes rectangular partition as described below
762 // If prediction mode chosen by NONE partition is
763 // DC_PRED or SMOOTH_PRED: Prunes both horizontal and vertical partitions if
764 // at least one of the left and top neighbor blocks is larger than the
765 // current block.
766 // Directional Mode: Prunes either of the horizontal and vertical partition
767 // based on center angle of the prediction mode chosen by NONE partition. For
768 // example, vertical partition is pruned if center angle of the prediction
769 // mode chosen by NONE partition is close to 180 degrees (i.e. horizontal
770 // direction) and vice versa.
771 // For allintra encode, this speed feature reduces instruction count by 5.1%
772 // for speed=6 with coding performance change less than 0.22%. For AVIF image
773 // encode, this speed feature reduces encode time by 4.44% for speed 6 on a
774 // typical image dataset with coding performance change less than 0.15%.
775 // For speed >= 7, variance-based logic is used to determine the partition
776 // structure instead of recursive partition search. Therefore, this speed
777 // feature is not applicable in such cases.
778 bool prune_rect_part_using_none_pred_mode;
779
780 // Terminate partition search for child partition,
781 // when NONE and SPLIT partition rd_costs are INT64_MAX.
782 int early_term_after_none_split;
783
784 // Level used to adjust threshold for av1_ml_predict_breakout(). At lower
785 // levels, more conservative threshold is used, and value of 0 indicates
786 // av1_ml_predict_breakout() is disabled. Value of 3 corresponds to default
787 // case with no adjustment to lbd thresholds.
788 int ml_predict_breakout_level;
789
790 // Prune sub_8x8 (BLOCK_4X4, BLOCK_4X8 and BLOCK_8X4) partitions.
791 // 0 : no pruning
792 // 1 : pruning based on neighbour block information
793 // 2 : prune always
794 int prune_sub_8x8_partition_level;
795
796 // Prune rectangular split based on simple motion search split/no_split score.
797 // 0: disable pruning, 1: enable pruning
798 int simple_motion_search_rect_split;
799
800 // The current encoder adopts a DFS search for block partitions.
801 // Therefore the mode selection and associated rdcost is ready for smaller
802 // blocks before the mode selection for some partition types.
803 // AB partition could use previous rd information and skip mode search.
804 // An example is:
805 //
806 // current block
807 // +---+---+
808 // | |
809 // + +
810 // | |
811 // +-------+
812 //
813 // SPLIT partition has been searched first before trying HORZ_A
814 // +---+---+
815 // | R | R |
816 // +---+---+
817 // | R | R |
818 // +---+---+
819 //
820 // HORZ_A
821 // +---+---+
822 // | | |
823 // +---+---+
824 // | |
825 // +-------+
826 //
827 // With this speed feature, the top two sub blocks can directly use rdcost
828 // searched in split partition, and the mode info is also copied from
829 // saved info. Similarly, the bottom rectangular block can also use
830 // the available information from previous rectangular search.
831 int reuse_prev_rd_results_for_part_ab;
832
833 // Reuse the best prediction modes found in PARTITION_SPLIT and PARTITION_RECT
834 // when encoding PARTITION_AB.
835 int reuse_best_prediction_for_part_ab;
836
837 // The current partition search records the best rdcost so far and uses it
838 // in mode search and transform search to early skip when some criteria is
839 // met. For example, when the current rdcost is larger than the best rdcost,
840 // or the model rdcost is larger than the best rdcost times some thresholds.
841 // By default, this feature is turned on to speed up the encoder partition
842 // search.
843 // If disabling it, at speed 0, 30 frames, we could get
844 // about -0.25% quality gain (psnr, ssim, vmaf), with about 13% slowdown.
845 int use_best_rd_for_pruning;
846
847 // Skip evaluation of non-square partitions based on the corresponding NONE
848 // partition.
849 // 0: no pruning
850 // 1: prune extended partitions if NONE is skippable
851 // 2: on top of 1, prune rectangular partitions if NONE is inter, not a newmv
852 // mode and skippable
853 int skip_non_sq_part_based_on_none;
854
855 // Disables 8x8 and below partitions for low quantizers.
856 int disable_8x8_part_based_on_qidx;
857
858 // Disables either of PARTITION_HORZ_4 or PARTITION_VERT_4 using SSE from
859 // simple motion search.
860 bool prune_h_or_v_4part_using_sms_info;
861
862 // Decoder side speed feature to add penalty for use of smaller partitions.
863 // Takes values 0 - 2, 0 indicating no penalty and higher level indicating
864 // increased penalty.
865 int split_partition_penalty_level;
866} PARTITION_SPEED_FEATURES;
867
868typedef struct MV_SPEED_FEATURES {
869 // Motion search method (Diamond, NSTEP, Hex, Big Diamond, Square, etc).
870 SEARCH_METHODS search_method;
871
872 // Enable the use of faster, less accurate mv search method
873 // 0: Disable
874 // 1 - 3: Disable for larger bsize
875 // 4: Based on bsize, SAD and qp
876 // TODO(chiyotsai@google.com): Take the clip's resolution and mv activity into
877 // account.
878 int use_bsize_dependent_search_method;
879
880 // If this is set to 1, we limit the motion search range to 2 times the
881 // largest motion vector found in the last frame.
882 int auto_mv_step_size;
883
884 // Subpel_search_method can only be subpel_tree which does a subpixel
885 // logarithmic search that keeps stepping at 1/2 pixel units until
886 // you stop getting a gain, and then goes on to 1/4 and repeats
887 // the same process. Along the way it skips many diagonals.
888 SUBPEL_SEARCH_METHOD subpel_search_method;
889
890 // Maximum number of steps in logarithmic subpel search before giving up.
891 int subpel_iters_per_step;
892
893 // When to stop subpel search.
894 SUBPEL_FORCE_STOP subpel_force_stop;
895
896 // When to stop subpel search in simple motion search.
897 SUBPEL_FORCE_STOP simple_motion_subpel_force_stop;
898
899 // If true, sub-pixel search uses the exact convolve function used for final
900 // encoding and decoding; otherwise, it uses bilinear interpolation.
901 SUBPEL_SEARCH_TYPE use_accurate_subpel_search;
902
903 // Threshold for allowing exhaustive motion search.
904 int exhaustive_searches_thresh;
905
906 // Pattern to be used for any exhaustive mesh searches (except intraBC ME).
907 MESH_PATTERN mesh_patterns[MAX_MESH_STEP];
908
909 // Pattern to be used for exhaustive mesh searches of intraBC ME.
910 MESH_PATTERN intrabc_mesh_patterns[MAX_MESH_STEP];
911
912 // Reduce single motion search range based on MV result of prior ref_mv_idx.
913 int reduce_search_range;
914
915 // Prune mesh search.
916 PRUNE_MESH_SEARCH_LEVEL prune_mesh_search;
917
918 // Use the rd cost around the best FULLPEL_MV to speed up subpel search
919 int use_fullpel_costlist;
920
921 // Set the full pixel search level of obmc
922 // 0: obmc_full_pixel_diamond
923 // 1: obmc_refining_search_sad (faster)
924 int obmc_full_pixel_search_level;
925
926 // Accurate full pixel motion search based on TPL stats.
927 int full_pixel_search_level;
928
929 // Allow intrabc motion search
930 int use_intrabc;
931
932 // Prune intrabc candidate block hash search
933 // 0: check every block hash candidate
934 // 1: check the first 64 block hash candidates only
935 int prune_intrabc_candidate_block_hash_search;
936
937 // Intrabc search level
938 // 0: top + left search, all block sizes, always hash plus pixel search
939 // 1: top search only, 4x4, 8x8 and 16x16 block sizes only, perform pixel
940 // search if and only if hash search failed to find a candidate
941 int intrabc_search_level;
942
943 // Whether the maximum intrabc block size to hash is 8x8
944 // 0: Hash from 4x4 up to superblock size
945 // 1: Hash 4x4 and 8x8 only
946 int hash_max_8x8_intrabc_blocks;
947
948 // Whether to downsample the rows in sad calculation during motion search.
949 // This is only active when there are at least 16 rows. When this sf is
950 // active, if there is a large discrepancy in the SAD values for the final
951 // motion vector between skipping vs not skipping, motion search is redone
952 // with skip row features off.
953 // 0: Disabled (do not downsample rows)
954 // 1: Skip SAD calculation of odd rows if the SAD deviation of the even and
955 // odd rows for the starting MV is small. Redo motion search with sf off
956 // when SAD deviation is high for the final motion vector.
957 // 2: Skip SAD calculation of odd rows. SAD deviation is not tested for the
958 // start MV and tested only for the final MV.
959 int use_downsampled_sad;
960
961 // Enable/disable extensive joint motion search.
962 int disable_extensive_joint_motion_search;
963
964 // Enable second best mv check in joint mv search.
965 // 0: allow second MV (use rd cost as the metric)
966 // 1: use var as the metric
967 // 2: disable second MV
968 int disable_second_mv;
969
970 // Skips full pixel search based on closeness of start mv and ref mv
971 // of previous search.
972 // 0: Disabled
973 // 1: Skips the full pixel search upto 4 neighbor full-pel start MV and ref MV
974 // positions.
975 // 2: Skips the full pixel search upto 8 neighbor full-pel start MV and ref MV
976 // positions.
977 int skip_fullpel_search_using_startmv_refmv;
978
979 // Method to use for refining WARPED_CAUSAL motion vectors
980 // TODO(rachelbarker): Can this be unified with OBMC in some way?
981 WARP_SEARCH_METHOD warp_search_method;
982
983 // Maximum number of iterations in WARPED_CAUSAL refinement search
984 int warp_search_iters;
985} MV_SPEED_FEATURES;
986
987typedef struct INTER_MODE_SPEED_FEATURES {
988 // 2-pass inter mode model estimation where the preliminary pass skips
989 // transform search and uses a model to estimate rd, while the final pass
990 // computes the full transform search. Two types of models are supported:
991 // 0: not used
992 // 1: used with online dynamic rd model
993 // 2: used with static rd model
994 int inter_mode_rd_model_estimation;
995
996 // Bypass transform search based on skip rd at following stages
997 // i. Compound type mode search
998 // ii. Motion mode search (mode evaluation and winner motion mode stage)
999 // iii. Transform search for best inter candidates
1000 int txfm_rd_gate_level[TX_SEARCH_CASES];
1001
1002 // Limit the inter mode tested in the RD loop
1003 int reduce_inter_modes;
1004
1005 // This variable is used to cap the maximum number of times we skip testing a
1006 // mode to be evaluated. A high value means we will be faster.
1007 int adaptive_rd_thresh;
1008
1009 // Aggressively prune inter modes when best mode is skippable.
1010 int prune_inter_modes_if_skippable;
1011
1012 // Drop less likely to be picked reference frames in the RD search.
1013 // Has seven levels for now: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 where higher levels prune
1014 // more aggressively than lower ones. (0 means no pruning).
1015 int selective_ref_frame;
1016
1017 // Prune reference frames for rectangular partitions.
1018 // 0 implies no pruning
1019 // 1 implies prune for extended partition
1020 // 2 implies prune horiz, vert and extended partition
1021 int prune_ref_frame_for_rect_partitions;
1022
1023 // Prune inter modes w.r.t past reference frames
1024 // 0 no pruning
1025 // 1 prune inter modes w.r.t ALTREF2 and ALTREF reference frames
1026 // 2 prune inter modes w.r.t BWDREF, ALTREF2 and ALTREF reference frames
1027 int alt_ref_search_fp;
1028
1029 // Prune reference frames for single prediction modes based on temporal
1030 // distance and pred MV SAD. Feasible values are 0-4. The feature is
1031 // disabled for 0. An increasing value indicates more aggressive pruning
1032 // threshold.
1033 int prune_single_ref;
1034
1035 // Prune compound reference frames
1036 // 0 no pruning
1037 // 1 prune based on temporal distance and pred_mv_sad. However, disallow
1038 // pruning of important reference frame pairs decided based on temporal
1039 // distance and quality.
1040 // 2 prune compound references which do not satisfy the two conditions:
1041 // a) The references are at a nearest distance from the current frame in
1042 // both past and future direction.
1043 // b) The references have minimum pred_mv_sad in both past and future
1044 // direction.
1045 // 3 prune compound references except the one with nearest distance from the
1046 // current frame in both past and future direction.
1047 int prune_comp_ref_frames;
1048
1049 // Skip the current ref_mv in NEW_MV mode based on mv, rate cost, etc.
1050 // This speed feature equaling 0 means no skipping.
1051 // If the speed feature equals 1 or 2, skip the current ref_mv in NEW_MV mode
1052 // if we have already encountered ref_mv in the drl such that:
1053 // 1. The other drl has the same mv during the SIMPLE_TRANSLATION search
1054 // process as the current mv.
1055 // 2. The rate needed to encode the current mv is larger than that for the
1056 // other ref_mv.
1057 // The speed feature equaling 1 means using subpel mv in the comparison.
1058 // The speed feature equaling 2 means using fullpel mv in the comparison.
1059 // If the speed feature >= 3, skip the current ref_mv in NEW_MV mode based on
1060 // known full_mv bestsme and drl cost.
1061 int skip_newmv_in_drl;
1062
1063 // This speed feature checks duplicate ref MVs among NEARESTMV, NEARMV,
1064 // GLOBALMV and skips NEARMV or GLOBALMV (in order) if a duplicate is found
1065 // TODO(any): Instead of skipping repeated ref mv, use the recalculated
1066 // rd-cost based on mode rate and skip the mode evaluation
1067 int skip_repeated_ref_mv;
1068
1069 // Flag used to control the ref_best_rd based gating for chroma
1070 int perform_best_rd_based_gating_for_chroma;
1071
1072 // Reuse the inter_intra_mode search result from NEARESTMV mode to other
1073 // single ref modes
1074 int reuse_inter_intra_mode;
1075
1076 // prune wedge and compound segment approximate rd evaluation based on
1077 // compound average modeled rd
1078 int prune_comp_type_by_model_rd;
1079
1080 // prune wedge and compound segment approximate rd evaluation based on
1081 // compound average rd/ref_best_rd
1082 int prune_comp_type_by_comp_avg;
1083
1084 // Skip some ref frames in compound motion search by single motion search
1085 // result. Has three levels for now: 0 referring to no skipping, and 1 - 3
1086 // increasing aggressiveness of skipping in order.
1087 // Note: The search order might affect the result. It assumes that the single
1088 // reference modes are searched before compound modes. It is better to search
1089 // same single inter mode as a group.
1090 int prune_comp_search_by_single_result;
1091
1092 // Instead of performing a full MV search, do a simple translation first
1093 // and only perform a full MV search on the motion vectors that performed
1094 // well.
1095 int prune_mode_search_simple_translation;
1096
1097 // Only search compound modes with at least one "good" reference frame.
1098 // A reference frame is good if, after looking at its performance among
1099 // the single reference modes, it is one of the two best performers.
1100 int prune_compound_using_single_ref;
1101
1102 // Skip extended compound mode (NEAREST_NEWMV, NEW_NEARESTMV, NEAR_NEWMV,
1103 // NEW_NEARMV) using ref frames of above and left neighbor
1104 // blocks.
1105 // 0 : no pruning
1106 // 1 : prune ext compound modes using neighbor blocks (less aggressiveness)
1107 // 2 : prune ext compound modes using neighbor blocks (high aggressiveness)
1108 // 3 : prune ext compound modes unconditionally (highest aggressiveness)
1109 int prune_ext_comp_using_neighbors;
1110
1111 // Skip NEW_NEARMV and NEAR_NEWMV extended compound modes
1112 int skip_ext_comp_nearmv_mode;
1113
1114 // Skip extended compound mode when ref frame corresponding to NEWMV does not
1115 // have NEWMV as single mode winner.
1116 // 0 : no pruning
1117 // 1 : prune extended compound mode (less aggressiveness)
1118 // 2 : prune extended compound mode (high aggressiveness)
1119 int prune_comp_using_best_single_mode_ref;
1120
1121 // Skip NEARESTMV and NEARMV using weight computed in ref mv list population
1122 //
1123 // Pruning is enabled only when both the top and left neighbor blocks are
1124 // available and when the current block already has a valid inter prediction.
1125 int prune_nearest_near_mv_using_refmv_weight;
1126
1127 // Based on previous ref_mv_idx search result, prune the following search.
1128 int prune_ref_mv_idx_search;
1129
1130 // Disable one sided compound modes.
1131 int disable_onesided_comp;
1132
1133 // Prune obmc search using previous frame stats.
1134 // INT_MAX : disable obmc search
1135 int prune_obmc_prob_thresh;
1136
1137 // Prune warped motion search using previous frame stats.
1138 int prune_warped_prob_thresh;
1139
1140 // Variance threshold to enable/disable Interintra wedge search
1141 unsigned int disable_interintra_wedge_var_thresh;
1142
1143 // Variance threshold to enable/disable Interinter wedge search
1144 unsigned int disable_interinter_wedge_var_thresh;
1145
1146 // De-couple wedge and mode search during interintra RDO.
1147 int fast_interintra_wedge_search;
1148
1149 // Whether fast wedge sign estimate is used
1150 int fast_wedge_sign_estimate;
1151
1152 // Enable/disable ME for interinter wedge search.
1153 int disable_interinter_wedge_newmv_search;
1154
1155 // Decide when and how to use joint_comp.
1156 DIST_WTD_COMP_FLAG use_dist_wtd_comp_flag;
1157
1158 // Clip the frequency of updating the mv cost.
1159 INTERNAL_COST_UPDATE_TYPE mv_cost_upd_level;
1160
1161 // Clip the frequency of updating the coeff cost.
1162 INTERNAL_COST_UPDATE_TYPE coeff_cost_upd_level;
1163
1164 // Clip the frequency of updating the mode cost.
1165 INTERNAL_COST_UPDATE_TYPE mode_cost_upd_level;
1166
1167 // Prune inter modes based on tpl stats
1168 // 0 : no pruning
1169 // 1 : Allow pruning of LAST2 frame
1170 // 2 - 4: Allow pruning of all reference frames with increased aggressiveness
1171 // of pruning in order
1172 int prune_inter_modes_based_on_tpl;
1173
1174 // Skip NEARMV and NEAR_NEARMV modes using ref frames of above and left
1175 // neighbor blocks and qindex.
1176 PRUNE_NEARMV_LEVEL prune_nearmv_using_neighbors;
1177
1178 // Model based breakout after interpolation filter search
1179 // 0: no breakout
1180 // 1: use model based rd breakout
1181 int model_based_post_interp_filter_breakout;
1182
1183 // Reuse compound type rd decision when exact match is found
1184 // 0: No reuse
1185 // 1: Reuse the compound type decision
1186 int reuse_compound_type_decision;
1187
1188 // Enable/disable masked compound.
1189 int disable_masked_comp;
1190
1191 // Enable/disable MV refinement for compound modes corresponds to compound
1192 // types COMPOUND_AVERAGE, COMPOUND_DISTWTD (currently, this compound type
1193 // is disabled for speeds >= 2 using the sf 'use_dist_wtd_comp_flag') and
1194 // COMPOUND_DIFFWTD based on the availability. Levels 0 to 3 indicate
1195 // increasing order of aggressiveness to disable MV refinement.
1196 // 0: MV Refinement is enabled and for NEW_NEWMV mode used two iterations of
1197 // refinement in av1_joint_motion_search().
1198 // 1: MV Refinement is disabled for COMPOUND_DIFFWTD and enabled for
1199 // COMPOUND_AVERAGE & COMPOUND_DISTWTD.
1200 // 2: MV Refinement is enabled for COMPOUND_AVERAGE & COMPOUND_DISTWTD for
1201 // NEW_NEWMV mode with one iteration of refinement in
1202 // av1_joint_motion_search() and MV Refinement is disabled for other compound
1203 // type modes.
1204 // 3: MV Refinement is disabled.
1205 int enable_fast_compound_mode_search;
1206
1207 // Reuse masked compound type search results
1208 int reuse_mask_search_results;
1209
1210 // Enable/disable fast search for wedge masks
1211 int enable_fast_wedge_mask_search;
1212
1213 // Early breakout from transform search of inter modes
1214 int inter_mode_txfm_breakout;
1215
1216 // Limit number of inter modes for txfm search if a newmv mode gets
1217 // evaluated among the top modes.
1218 // 0: no pruning
1219 // 1 to 3 indicate increasing order of aggressiveness
1220 int limit_inter_mode_cands;
1221
1222 // Cap the no. of txfm searches for a given prediction mode.
1223 // 0: no cap, 1: cap beyond first 4 searches, 2: cap beyond first 3 searches.
1224 int limit_txfm_eval_per_mode;
1225
1226 // Prune warped motion search based on block size.
1227 int extra_prune_warped;
1228
1229 // Do not search compound modes for ARF.
1230 // The intuition is that ARF is predicted by frames far away from it,
1231 // whose temporal correlations with the ARF are likely low.
1232 // It is therefore likely that compound modes do not work as well for ARF
1233 // as other inter frames.
1234 // Speed/quality impact:
1235 // Speed 1: 12% faster, 0.1% psnr loss.
1236 // Speed 2: 2% faster, 0.05% psnr loss.
1237 // No change for speed 3 and up, because |disable_onesided_comp| is true.
1238 int skip_arf_compound;
1239
1240 // Percentage of scaling used to increase the rd cost of warp mode so that
1241 // encoder decisions are biased against local warp, favoring low complexity
1242 // modes.
1243 int bias_warp_mode_rd_scale_pct;
1244
1245 // Percentage of scaling used to increase the rd cost of obmc motion mode so
1246 // that encoder decisions are biased against local obmc, favoring low
1247 // complexity modes.
1248 float bias_obmc_mode_rd_scale_pct;
1249
1250 // Avoid further evaluation of compound modes using top estimate RD Costs of
1251 // compound average.
1252 // Values are 0 (not used),1 - 3 with progressively increasing
1253 // aggressiveness, i.e., decreasing number of top candidates.
1254 int skip_cmp_using_top_cmp_avg_est_rd_lvl;
1255
1256 // Skip interinter wedge search based on MSE between the two predictors.
1257 int skip_interinter_wedge_search_based_on_mse;
1258} INTER_MODE_SPEED_FEATURES;
1259
1260typedef struct INTERP_FILTER_SPEED_FEATURES {
1261 // Do limited interpolation filter search for dual filters, since best choice
1262 // usually includes EIGHTTAP_REGULAR.
1263 int use_fast_interpolation_filter_search;
1264
1265 // Disable dual filter
1266 int disable_dual_filter;
1267
1268 // Save results of av1_interpolation_filter_search for a block
1269 // Check mv and ref_frames before search, if they are very close with previous
1270 // saved results, filter search can be skipped.
1271 int use_interp_filter;
1272
1273 // skip sharp_filter evaluation based on regular and smooth filter rd for
1274 // dual_filter=0 case
1275 int skip_sharp_interp_filter_search;
1276
1277 // skip interpolation filter search for a block in chessboard pattern
1278 int cb_pred_filter_search;
1279
1280 // adaptive interp_filter search to allow skip of certain filter types.
1281 int adaptive_interp_filter_search;
1282
1283 // Forces interpolation filter to EIGHTTAP_REGULAR and skips interpolation
1284 // filter search.
1285 int skip_interp_filter_search;
1286
1287 // Bias towards sharp filter
1288 int use_more_sharp_interp;
1289
1290 // Skip model RD evaluation of chroma planes during interpolation filter
1291 // search.
1292 int skip_model_rd_uv;
1293} INTERP_FILTER_SPEED_FEATURES;
1294
1295typedef struct INTRA_MODE_SPEED_FEATURES {
1296 // These bit masks allow you to enable or disable intra modes for each
1297 // transform size separately.
1298 int intra_y_mode_mask[TX_SIZES];
1299 int intra_uv_mode_mask[TX_SIZES];
1300
1301 // flag to allow skipping intra mode for inter frame prediction
1302 int skip_intra_in_interframe;
1303
1304 // Prune intra mode candidates based on source block histogram of gradient.
1305 // Applies to luma plane only.
1306 // Feasible values are 0..4. The feature is disabled for 0. An increasing
1307 // value indicates more aggressive pruning threshold.
1308 int intra_pruning_with_hog;
1309
1310 // Prune intra mode candidates based on source block histogram of gradient.
1311 // Applies to chroma plane only.
1312 // Feasible values are 0..4. The feature is disabled for 0. An increasing
1313 // value indicates more aggressive pruning threshold.
1314 int chroma_intra_pruning_with_hog;
1315
1316 // Enable/disable smooth intra modes.
1317 int disable_smooth_intra;
1318
1319 // Prune UV_SMOOTH_PRED mode for chroma based on chroma source variance.
1320 // false : No pruning
1321 // true : Prune UV_SMOOTH_PRED mode based on chroma source variance
1322 //
1323 // For allintra encode, this speed feature reduces instruction count
1324 // by 1.90%, 2.21% and 1.97% for speed 6, 7 and 8 with coding performance
1325 // change less than 0.04%. For AVIF image encode, this speed feature reduces
1326 // encode time by 1.56%, 2.14% and 0.90% for speed 6, 7 and 8 on a typical
1327 // image dataset with coding performance change less than 0.05%.
1328 bool prune_smooth_intra_mode_for_chroma;
1329
1330 // Prune filter intra modes in intra frames.
1331 // 0 : No pruning
1332 // 1 : Evaluate applicable filter intra modes based on best intra mode so far
1333 // 2 : Do not evaluate filter intra modes
1334 int prune_filter_intra_level;
1335
1336 // prune palette search
1337 // 0: No pruning
1338 // 1: Perform coarse search to prune the palette colors. For winner colors,
1339 // neighbors are also evaluated using a finer search.
1340 // 2: Perform 2 way palette search from max colors to min colors (and min
1341 // colors to remaining colors) and terminate the search if current number of
1342 // palette colors is not the winner.
1343 int prune_palette_search_level;
1344
1345 // Terminate early in luma palette_size search. Speed feature values indicate
1346 // increasing level of pruning.
1347 // 0: No early termination
1348 // 1: Terminate early for higher luma palette_size, if header rd cost of lower
1349 // palette_size is more than 2 * best_rd. This level of pruning is more
1350 // conservative when compared to sf level 2 as the cases which will get pruned
1351 // with sf level 1 is a subset of the cases which will get pruned with sf
1352 // level 2.
1353 // 2: Terminate early for higher luma palette_size, if header rd cost of lower
1354 // palette_size is more than best_rd.
1355 // For allintra encode, this sf reduces instruction count by 2.49%, 1.07%,
1356 // 2.76%, 2.30%, 1.84%, 2.69%, 2.04%, 2.05% and 1.44% for speed 0, 1, 2, 3, 4,
1357 // 5, 6, 7 and 8 on screen content set with coding performance change less
1358 // than 0.01% for speed <= 2 and less than 0.03% for speed >= 3. For AVIF
1359 // image encode, this sf reduces instruction count by 1.94%, 1.13%, 1.29%,
1360 // 0.93%, 0.89%, 1.03%, 1.07%, 1.20% and 0.18% for speed 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
1361 // 7 and 8 on a typical image dataset with coding performance change less than
1362 // 0.01%.
1363 int prune_luma_palette_size_search_level;
1364
1365 // Prune chroma intra modes based on luma intra mode winner.
1366 // 0: No pruning
1367 // 1: Prune chroma intra modes other than UV_DC_PRED, UV_SMOOTH_PRED,
1368 // UV_CFL_PRED and the mode that corresponds to luma intra mode winner.
1369 int prune_chroma_modes_using_luma_winner;
1370
1371 // Clip the frequency of updating the mv cost for intrabc.
1372 INTERNAL_COST_UPDATE_TYPE dv_cost_upd_level;
1373
1374 // We use DCT_DCT transform followed by computing SATD (Sum of Absolute
1375 // Transformed Differences) as an estimation of RD score to quickly find the
1376 // best possible Chroma from Luma (CFL) parameter. Then we do a full RD search
1377 // near the best possible parameter. The search range is set here.
1378 // The range of cfl_searh_range should be [1, 33], and the following are the
1379 // recommended values.
1380 // 1: Fastest mode.
1381 // 3: Default mode that provides good speedup without losing compression
1382 // performance at speed 0.
1383 // 33: Exhaustive rd search (33 == CFL_MAGS_SIZE). This mode should only
1384 // be used for debugging purpose.
1385 int cfl_search_range;
1386
1387 // TOP_INTRA_MODEL_COUNT is 4 that is the number of top model rd to store in
1388 // intra mode decision. Here, add a speed feature to reduce this number for
1389 // higher speeds.
1390 int top_intra_model_count_allowed;
1391
1392 // Adapt top_intra_model_count_allowed locally to prune luma intra modes using
1393 // neighbor block and quantizer information.
1394 int adapt_top_model_rd_count_using_neighbors;
1395
1396 // Prune the evaluation of odd delta angles of directional luma intra modes by
1397 // using the rdcosts of neighbouring delta angles.
1398 // For allintra encode, this speed feature reduces instruction count
1399 // by 4.461%, 3.699% and 3.536% for speed 6, 7 and 8 on a typical video
1400 // dataset with coding performance change less than 0.26%. For AVIF image
1401 // encode, this speed feature reduces encode time by 2.849%, 2.471%,
1402 // and 2.051% for speed 6, 7 and 8 on a typical image dataset with coding
1403 // performance change less than 0.27%.
1404 int prune_luma_odd_delta_angles_in_intra;
1405
1406 // Terminate early in chroma palette_size search.
1407 // 0: No early termination
1408 // 1: Terminate early for higher palette_size, if header rd cost of lower
1409 // palette_size is more than best_rd.
1410 // For allintra encode, this sf reduces instruction count by 0.45%,
1411 // 0.62%, 1.73%, 2.50%, 2.89%, 3.09% and 3.86% for speed 0 to 6 on screen
1412 // content set with coding performance change less than 0.01%.
1413 // For AVIF image encode, this sf reduces instruction count by 0.45%, 0.81%,
1414 // 0.85%, 1.05%, 1.45%, 1.66% and 1.95% for speed 0 to 6 on a typical image
1415 // dataset with no quality drop.
1416 int early_term_chroma_palette_size_search;
1417
1418 // Skips the evaluation of filter intra modes in inter frames if rd evaluation
1419 // of luma intra dc mode results in invalid rd stats.
1420 int skip_filter_intra_in_inter_frames;
1421} INTRA_MODE_SPEED_FEATURES;
1422
1423typedef struct TX_SPEED_FEATURES {
1424 // Init search depth for square and rectangular transform partitions.
1425 // Values:
1426 // 0 - search full tree, 1: search 1 level, 2: search the highest level only
1427 int inter_tx_size_search_init_depth_sqr;
1428 int inter_tx_size_search_init_depth_rect;
1429 int intra_tx_size_search_init_depth_sqr;
1430 int intra_tx_size_search_init_depth_rect;
1431
1432 // If any dimension of a coding block size above 64, always search the
1433 // largest transform only, since the largest transform block size is 64x64.
1434 int tx_size_search_lgr_block;
1435
1436 TX_TYPE_SEARCH tx_type_search;
1437
1438 // Skip split transform block partition when the collocated bigger block
1439 // is selected as all zero coefficients.
1440 int txb_split_cap;
1441
1442 // Shortcut the transform block partition and type search when the target
1443 // rdcost is relatively lower.
1444 // Values are 0 (not used) , or 1 - 2 with progressively increasing
1445 // aggressiveness
1446 int adaptive_txb_search_level;
1447
1448 // Prune level for tx_size_type search for inter based on rd model
1449 // 0: no pruning
1450 // 1-2: progressively increasing aggressiveness of pruning
1451 int model_based_prune_tx_search_level;
1452
1453 // Refine TX type after fast TX search.
1454 int refine_fast_tx_search_results;
1455
1456 // Prune transform split/no_split eval based on residual properties. A value
1457 // of 0 indicates no pruning, and the aggressiveness of pruning progressively
1458 // increases from levels 1 to 3.
1459 int prune_tx_size_level;
1460
1461 // Prune the evaluation of transform depths as decided by the NN model.
1462 // false: No pruning.
1463 // true : Avoid the evaluation of specific transform depths using NN model.
1464 //
1465 // For allintra encode, this speed feature reduces instruction count
1466 // by 4.76%, 8.92% and 11.28% for speed 6, 7 and 8 with coding performance
1467 // change less than 0.32%. For AVIF image encode, this speed feature reduces
1468 // encode time by 4.65%, 9.16% and 10.45% for speed 6, 7 and 8 on a typical
1469 // image dataset with coding performance change less than 0.19%.
1470 bool prune_intra_tx_depths_using_nn;
1471
1472 // Enable/disable early breakout during transform search of intra modes, by
1473 // using the minimum rd cost possible. By using this approach, the rd
1474 // evaluation of applicable transform blocks (in the current block) can be
1475 // avoided as
1476 // 1) best_rd evolves during the search in choose_tx_size_type_from_rd()
1477 // 2) appropriate ref_best_rd is passed in intra_block_yrd()
1478 //
1479 // For allintra encode, this speed feature reduces instruction count
1480 // by 1.11%, 1.08%, 1.02% and 0.93% for speed 3, 6, 7 and 8 with coding
1481 // performance change less than 0.02%. For AVIF image encode, this speed
1482 // feature reduces encode time by 0.93%, 1.46%, 1.07%, 0.84%, 0.99% and 0.73%
1483 // for speed 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 on a typical image dataset with coding
1484 // performance change less than 0.004%.
1485 bool use_rd_based_breakout_for_intra_tx_search;
1486
1487 // Prune RD evaluation of transform split using RD Costs of transform no-split
1488 // of inter modes that are evaluated so far.
1489 // Values are 0 (not used), 1 - 2 with progressively increasing
1490 // aggressiveness, i.e., decreasing number of top candidates
1491 int prune_inter_tx_split_rd_eval_lvl;
1492
1493 // If 1, use a trellis rd multiplier that favors chroma plane more.
1494 int use_chroma_trellis_rd_mult;
1495} TX_SPEED_FEATURES;
1496
1497typedef struct RD_CALC_SPEED_FEATURES {
1498 // Fast approximation of av1_model_rd_from_var_lapndz
1499 int simple_model_rd_from_var;
1500
1501 // Perform faster distortion computation during the R-D evaluation by trying
1502 // to approximate the prediction error with transform coefficients (faster but
1503 // less accurate) rather than computing distortion in the pixel domain (slower
1504 // but more accurate). The following methods are used for distortion
1505 // computation:
1506 // Method 0: Always compute distortion in the pixel domain
1507 // Method 1: Based on block error, try using transform domain distortion for
1508 // tx_type search and compute distortion in pixel domain for final RD_STATS
1509 // Method 2: Based on block error, try to compute distortion in transform
1510 // domain
1511 // Methods 1 and 2 may fallback to computing distortion in the pixel domain in
1512 // case the block error is less than the threshold, which is controlled by the
1513 // speed feature tx_domain_dist_thres_level.
1514 //
1515 // The speed feature tx_domain_dist_level decides which of the above methods
1516 // needs to be used across different mode evaluation stages as described
1517 // below:
1518 // Eval type: Default Mode Winner
1519 // Level 0 : Method 0 Method 2 Method 0
1520 // Level 1 : Method 1 Method 2 Method 0
1521 // Level 2 : Method 2 Method 2 Method 0
1522 // Level 3 : Method 2 Method 2 Method 2
1523 int tx_domain_dist_level;
1524
1525 // Transform domain distortion threshold level
1526 int tx_domain_dist_thres_level;
1527
1528 // Trellis (dynamic programming) optimization of quantized values
1529 TRELLIS_OPT_TYPE optimize_coefficients;
1530
1531 // Use hash table to store macroblock RD search results
1532 // to avoid repeated search on the same residue signal.
1533 int use_mb_rd_hash;
1534
1535 // Flag used to control the extent of coeff R-D optimization
1536 int perform_coeff_opt;
1537} RD_CALC_SPEED_FEATURES;
1538
1539typedef struct WINNER_MODE_SPEED_FEATURES {
1540 // Flag used to control the winner mode processing for better R-D optimization
1541 // of quantized coeffs
1542 int enable_winner_mode_for_coeff_opt;
1543
1544 // Flag used to control the winner mode processing for transform size
1545 // search method
1546 int enable_winner_mode_for_tx_size_srch;
1547
1548 // Control transform size search level
1549 // Eval type: Default Mode Winner
1550 // Level 0 : FULL RD LARGEST ALL FULL RD
1551 // Level 1 : FAST RD LARGEST ALL FULL RD
1552 // Level 2 : LARGEST ALL LARGEST ALL FULL RD
1553 // Level 3 : LARGEST ALL LARGEST ALL LARGEST ALL
1554 int tx_size_search_level;
1555
1556 // Flag used to control the winner mode processing for use transform
1557 // domain distortion
1558 int enable_winner_mode_for_use_tx_domain_dist;
1559
1560 // Flag used to enable processing of multiple winner modes
1561 MULTI_WINNER_MODE_TYPE multi_winner_mode_type;
1562
1563 // Motion mode for winner candidates:
1564 // 0: speed feature OFF
1565 // 1 / 2 : Use configured number of winner candidates
1566 int motion_mode_for_winner_cand;
1567
1568 // Controls the prediction of transform skip block or DC only block.
1569 //
1570 // Different speed feature values (0 to 3) decide the aggressiveness of
1571 // prediction (refer to predict_dc_levels[][] in speed_features.c) to be used
1572 // during different mode evaluation stages.
1573 int dc_blk_pred_level;
1574
1575 // If on, disables interpolation filter search in handle_inter_mode loop, and
1576 // performs it during winner mode processing by \ref
1577 // tx_search_best_inter_candidates.
1578 int winner_mode_ifs;
1579
1580 // Controls the disabling of winner mode processing. Speed feature levels
1581 // are ordered in increasing aggressiveness of pruning. The method considered
1582 // for disabling, depends on the sf level value and it is described as below.
1583 // 0: Do not disable
1584 // 1: Disable for blocks with low source variance.
1585 // 2: Disable for blocks which turn out to be transform skip (skipped based on
1586 // eob) during MODE_EVAL stage except NEWMV mode.
1587 // 3: Disable for blocks which turn out to be transform skip during MODE_EVAL
1588 // stage except NEWMV mode. For high quantizers, prune conservatively based on
1589 // transform skip (skipped based on eob) except for NEWMV mode.
1590 // 4: Disable for blocks which turn out to be transform skip during MODE_EVAL
1591 // stage.
1592 int prune_winner_mode_eval_level;
1593} WINNER_MODE_SPEED_FEATURES;
1594
1595typedef struct LOOP_FILTER_SPEED_FEATURES {
1596 // This feature controls how the loop filter level is determined.
1597 LPF_PICK_METHOD lpf_pick;
1598
1599 // Skip some final iterations in the determination of the best loop filter
1600 // level.
1601 int use_coarse_filter_level_search;
1602
1603 // Reset luma filter levels to zero based on minimum filter levels of
1604 // reference frames and current frame's pyramid level.
1605 int adaptive_luma_loop_filter_skip;
1606
1607 // Reset luma filter levels to zero when the percentage of SSE difference
1608 // between the unfiltered and filtered versions of the current frame is below
1609 // a threshold.
1610 int skip_loop_filter_using_filt_error;
1611
1612 // Control how the CDEF strength is determined.
1613 CDEF_PICK_METHOD cdef_pick_method;
1614
1615 // Decoder side speed feature for adaptive CDEF with strength reduction.
1616 // Zero out values with low CDEF strengths (luma and/or chroma). This is
1617 // done as CDEF is a relatively-expensive filter to compute during decode.
1618 // This speed feature is only enabled in all intra mode.
1619 bool zero_low_cdef_strengths;
1620
1621 // Decoder side speed feature for adaptive CDEF control based on MSE
1622 // 0 : Enable CDEF for all planes
1623 // 1 : Disable CDEF for chroma planes and disable for luma adaptively based on
1624 // current frame's pyramid level and improvement in MSE after CDEF
1625 // filtering.
1626 int adaptive_cdef_mode;
1627
1628 // Decoder side speed feature to add penalty for use of dual-sgr filters.
1629 // Takes values 0 - 10, 0 indicating no penalty and each additional level
1630 // adding a penalty of 1%
1631 int dual_sgr_penalty_level;
1632
1633 // Restricts loop restoration to RESTORE_SWITCHABLE by skipping RD cost
1634 // comparisons for RESTORE_WIENER and RESTORE_SGRPROJ. Also applies a bias
1635 // during switchable restoration search: each level adds a 0.5% penalty to
1636 // Wiener and SGR selection.
1637 // 0 : No restriction or bias (all restoration types allowed)
1638 // 1+: Skip WIENER/SGRPROJ and apply (level x 0.5%) penalty in
1639 // search_switchable()
1640 int switchable_lr_with_bias_level;
1641
1642 // Enable fast search in self guided restoration
1643 // 0 : Search over all 16 SGR projection parameters listed
1644 // in av1_sgr_params[SGRPROJ_PARAMS].
1645 // 1 : Approximate search using binary search like mechanism,
1646 // a total of 8 SGR projection parameters are searched.
1647 // 2 : Search only 'ep' values in
1648 // sgproj_ep_grp1_seed[SGRPROJ_EP_GRP1_SEARCH_COUNT],
1649 // a total of 4 SGR projection parameters are searched.
1650 int enable_sgr_ep_pruning;
1651
1652 // Disable loop restoration for Chroma plane
1653 int disable_loop_restoration_chroma;
1654
1655 // Disable loop restoration for luma plane
1656 int disable_loop_restoration_luma;
1657
1658 // Range of loop restoration unit sizes to search
1659 // The minimum size is clamped against the superblock size in
1660 // av1_pick_filter_restoration, so that the code which sets this value does
1661 // not need to know the superblock size ahead of time.
1662 int min_lr_unit_size;
1663 int max_lr_unit_size;
1664
1665 // Prune RESTORE_WIENER evaluation based on source variance
1666 // 0 : no pruning
1667 // 1 : conservative pruning
1668 // 2 : aggressive pruning
1669 int prune_wiener_based_on_src_var;
1670
1671 // Prune self-guided loop restoration based on wiener search results
1672 // 0 : no pruning
1673 // 1 : pruning based on rdcost ratio of RESTORE_WIENER and RESTORE_NONE
1674 // 2 : pruning based on winner restoration type among RESTORE_WIENER and
1675 // RESTORE_NONE
1676 int prune_sgr_based_on_wiener;
1677
1678 // Reduce the wiener filter win size for luma
1679 int reduce_wiener_window_size;
1680
1681 // Flag to disable Wiener Loop restoration filter.
1682 bool disable_wiener_filter;
1683
1684 // Flag to disable Self-guided Loop restoration filter.
1685 bool disable_sgr_filter;
1686
1687 // Disable the refinement search around the wiener filter coefficients.
1688 bool disable_wiener_coeff_refine_search;
1689
1690 // Whether to downsample the rows in computation of wiener stats.
1691 int use_downsampled_wiener_stats;
1692} LOOP_FILTER_SPEED_FEATURES;
1693
1694typedef struct REAL_TIME_SPEED_FEATURES {
1695 // check intra prediction for non-RD mode.
1696 int check_intra_pred_nonrd;
1697
1698 // Skip checking intra prediction.
1699 // 0 - don't skip
1700 // 1 - skip if TX is skipped and best mode is not NEWMV
1701 // 2 - skip if TX is skipped
1702 // Skipping aggressiveness increases from level 1 to 2.
1703 int skip_intra_pred;
1704
1705 // Estimate motion before calculating variance in variance-based partition
1706 // 0 - Only use zero MV
1707 // 1 - perform coarse ME
1708 // 2 - perform coarse ME, and also use neighbours' MVs
1709 // 3 - use neighbours' MVs without performing coarse ME
1710 int estimate_motion_for_var_based_partition;
1711
1712 // For nonrd_use_partition: mode of extra check of leaf partition
1713 // 0 - don't check merge
1714 // 1 - always check merge
1715 // 2 - check merge and prune checking final split
1716 // 3 - check merge and prune checking final split based on bsize and qindex
1717 int nonrd_check_partition_merge_mode;
1718
1719 // For nonrd_use_partition: check of leaf partition extra split
1720 int nonrd_check_partition_split;
1721
1722 // Implements various heuristics to skip searching modes
1723 // The heuristics selected are based on flags
1724 // defined in the MODE_SEARCH_SKIP_HEURISTICS enum
1725 unsigned int mode_search_skip_flags;
1726
1727 // For nonrd: Reduces ref frame search.
1728 // 0 - low level of search prune in non last frames
1729 // 1 - pruned search in non last frames
1730 // 2 - more pruned search in non last frames
1731 int nonrd_prune_ref_frame_search;
1732
1733 // This flag controls the use of non-RD mode decision.
1734 int use_nonrd_pick_mode;
1735
1736 // Flag that controls discounting for color map cost during palette search.
1737 // This saves about 5% of CPU and in non-RD speeds delivers better results
1738 // across rtc_screen set (on speed 10 overall BDRate growth is 13%)
1739 int discount_color_cost;
1740
1741 // Use ALTREF frame in non-RD mode decision.
1742 int use_nonrd_altref_frame;
1743
1744 // Use compound reference for non-RD mode.
1745 int use_comp_ref_nonrd;
1746
1747 // Reference frames for compound prediction for nonrd pickmode:
1748 // LAST_GOLDEN (0), LAST_LAST2 (1), or LAST_ALTREF (2).
1749 int ref_frame_comp_nonrd[3];
1750
1751 // use reduced ref set for real-time mode
1752 int use_real_time_ref_set;
1753
1754 // Skip a number of expensive mode evaluations for blocks with very low
1755 // temporal variance.
1756 int short_circuit_low_temp_var;
1757
1758 // Reuse inter prediction in fast non-rd mode.
1759 int reuse_inter_pred_nonrd;
1760
1761 // Number of best inter modes to search transform. INT_MAX - search all.
1762 int num_inter_modes_for_tx_search;
1763
1764 // Use interpolation filter search in non-RD mode decision.
1765 int use_nonrd_filter_search;
1766
1767 // Use simplified RD model for interpolation search and Intra
1768 int use_simple_rd_model;
1769
1770 // For nonrd mode: use hybrid intra mode search for intra only frames based on
1771 // block properties.
1772 // 0 : use nonrd pick intra for all blocks
1773 // 1 : use rd for bsize < 16x16, nonrd otherwise
1774 // 2 : use rd for bsize < 16x16 and src var >= 101, nonrd otherwise
1775 int hybrid_intra_pickmode;
1776
1777 // Filter blocks by certain criteria such as SAD, source variance, such that
1778 // fewer blocks will go through the palette search.
1779 // For nonrd encoding path, enable this feature reduces encoding time when
1780 // palette mode is used. Disabling it leads to better compression efficiency.
1781 // 0: off
1782 // 1: less aggressive pruning mode
1783 // 2, 3: more aggressive pruning mode
1784 int prune_palette_search_nonrd;
1785
1786 // Compute variance/sse on source difference, prior to encoding superblock.
1787 int source_metrics_sb_nonrd;
1788
1789 // Flag to indicate process for handling overshoot on slide/scene change,
1790 // for real-time CBR mode.
1791 OVERSHOOT_DETECTION_CBR overshoot_detection_cbr;
1792
1793 // Check for scene/content change detection on every frame before encoding.
1794 int check_scene_detection;
1795
1796 // For keyframes in rtc: adjust the rc_bits_per_mb, to reduce overshoot.
1797 int rc_adjust_keyframe;
1798
1799 // On scene change or keyframe: compute spatial variance.
1800 int rc_compute_spatial_var_sc_kf;
1801
1802 // For nonrd mode: Prefer larger partition blks in variance based partitioning
1803 // 0: disabled, 1-3: increasing aggressiveness
1804 int prefer_large_partition_blocks;
1805
1806 // uses results of temporal noise estimate
1807 int use_temporal_noise_estimate;
1808
1809 // Parameter indicating initial search window to be used in full-pixel search
1810 // for nonrd_pickmode. Range [0, MAX_MVSEARCH_STEPS - 1]. Lower value
1811 // indicates larger window. If set to 0, step_param is set based on internal
1812 // logic in set_mv_search_params().
1813 int fullpel_search_step_param;
1814
1815 // Bit mask to enable or disable intra modes for each prediction block size
1816 // separately, for nonrd_pickmode. Currently, the sf is not respected when
1817 // 'force_intra_check' is true in 'av1_estimate_intra_mode()' function. Also,
1818 // H and V pred modes allowed through this sf can be further pruned when
1819 //'prune_hv_pred_modes_using_src_sad' sf is true.
1820 int intra_y_mode_bsize_mask_nrd[BLOCK_SIZES];
1821
1822 // Prune H and V intra predition modes evalution in inter frame.
1823 // The sf does not have any impact.
1824 // i. when frame_source_sad is 1.1 times greater than avg_source_sad
1825 // ii. when cyclic_refresh_segment_id_boosted is enabled
1826 // iii. when SB level source sad is greater than kMedSad
1827 // iv. when color sensitivity is non zero for both the chroma channels
1828 bool prune_hv_pred_modes_using_src_sad;
1829
1830 // Skips mode checks more aggressively in nonRD mode
1831 int nonrd_aggressive_skip;
1832
1833 // Skip cdef on 64x64 blocks/
1834 // 0: disabled
1835 // 1: skip when NEWMV or INTRA is not picked or color sensitivity is off.
1836 // When color sensitivity is on for a superblock, all 64x64 blocks within
1837 // will not skip.
1838 // 2: more aggressive mode where skip is done for all frames where
1839 // rc->high_source_sad = 0 (non slide-changes), and color sensitivity off.
1840 int skip_cdef_sb;
1841
1842 // Force selective cdf update.
1843 int selective_cdf_update;
1844
1845 // Force only single reference (LAST) for prediction.
1846 int force_only_last_ref;
1847
1848 // Forces larger partition blocks in variance based partitioning for intra
1849 // frames
1850 int force_large_partition_blocks_intra;
1851
1852 // Use fixed partition for superblocks based on source_sad.
1853 // 0: disabled
1854 // 1: enabled
1855 int use_fast_fixed_part;
1856
1857 // Increase source_sad thresholds in nonrd pickmode.
1858 int increase_source_sad_thresh;
1859
1860 // Skip evaluation of no split in tx size selection for merge partition
1861 int skip_tx_no_split_var_based_partition;
1862
1863 // Intermediate termination of newMV mode evaluation based on so far best mode
1864 // sse
1865 int skip_newmv_mode_based_on_sse;
1866
1867 // Define gf length multiplier.
1868 // Level 0: use large multiplier, level 1: use medium multiplier.
1869 int gf_length_lvl;
1870
1871 // Prune inter modes with golden frame as reference for NEARMV and NEWMV modes
1872 int prune_inter_modes_with_golden_ref;
1873
1874 // Prune inter modes w.r.t golden or alt-ref frame based on sad
1875 int prune_inter_modes_wrt_gf_arf_based_on_sad;
1876
1877 // Prune inter mode search in rd path based on current block's temporal
1878 // variance wrt LAST reference.
1879 int prune_inter_modes_using_temp_var;
1880
1881 // Reduce MV precision to halfpel for higher int MV value & frame-level motion
1882 // 0: disabled
1883 // 1-2: Reduce precision to halfpel, fullpel based on conservative
1884 // thresholds, aggressiveness increases with increase in level
1885 // 3: Reduce precision to halfpel using more aggressive thresholds
1886 int reduce_mv_pel_precision_highmotion;
1887
1888 // Reduce MV precision for low complexity blocks
1889 // 0: disabled
1890 // 1: Reduce the mv resolution for zero mv if the variance is low
1891 // 2: Switch to halfpel, fullpel based on low block spatial-temporal
1892 // complexity.
1893 int reduce_mv_pel_precision_lowcomplex;
1894
1895 // Prune intra mode evaluation in inter frames based on mv range.
1896 BLOCK_SIZE prune_intra_mode_based_on_mv_range;
1897 // The number of times to left shift the splitting thresholds in variance
1898 // based partitioning. The minimum values should be 7 to avoid left shifting
1899 // by a negative number.
1900 int var_part_split_threshold_shift;
1901
1902 // Qindex based variance partition threshold index, which determines
1903 // the aggressiveness of partition pruning
1904 // 0: disabled for speeds 9,10
1905 // 1,2: (rd-path) lowers qindex thresholds conditionally (for low SAD sb)
1906 // 3,4: (non-rd path) uses pre-tuned qindex thresholds
1907 int var_part_based_on_qidx;
1908
1909 // Enable GF refresh based on Q value.
1910 int gf_refresh_based_on_qp;
1911
1912 // Temporal filtering
1913 // The value can be 1 or 2, which indicates the threshold to use.
1914 // Must be off for lossless mode.
1915 int use_rtc_tf;
1916
1917 // Use of the identity transform in nonrd_pickmode,
1918 int use_idtx_nonrd;
1919
1920 // Prune the use of the identity transform in nonrd_pickmode:
1921 // only for smaller blocks and higher spatial variance, and when skip_txfm
1922 // is not already set.
1923 int prune_idtx_nonrd;
1924
1925 // Force to only use dct for palette search in nonrd pickmode.
1926 int dct_only_palette_nonrd;
1927
1928 // Skip loopfilter, for static content after slide change
1929 // or key frame, once quality has ramped up.
1930 // 0: disabled
1931 // 1: skip only after quality is ramped up.
1932 // 2: aggrssive mode, where skip is done for all frames that
1933 // where rc->high_source_sad = 0 (no slide-changes).
1934 int skip_lf_screen;
1935
1936 // Threshold on the active/inactive region percent to disable
1937 // the loopfilter and cdef. Setting to 100 disables this feature.
1938 int thresh_active_maps_skip_lf_cdef;
1939
1940 // For nonrd: early exit out of variance partition that sets the
1941 // block size to superblock size, and sets mode to zeromv-last skip.
1942 // 0: disabled
1943 // 1: zeromv-skip is enabled at SB level only
1944 // 2: zeromv-skip is enabled at SB level and coding block level
1945 int part_early_exit_zeromv;
1946
1947 // Early terminate inter mode search based on sse in non-rd path.
1948 INTER_SEARCH_EARLY_TERM_IDX sse_early_term_inter_search;
1949
1950 // SAD based adaptive altref selection
1951 int sad_based_adp_altref_lag;
1952
1953 // Enable/disable partition direct merging.
1954 int partition_direct_merging;
1955
1956 // Level of aggressiveness for obtaining tx size based on qstep
1957 int tx_size_level_based_on_qstep;
1958
1959 // Avoid the partitioning of a 16x16 block in variance based partitioning
1960 // (VBP) by making use of minimum and maximum sub-block variances.
1961 // For allintra encode, this speed feature reduces instruction count by 5.39%
1962 // for speed 9 on a typical video dataset with coding performance gain
1963 // of 1.44%.
1964 // For AVIF image encode, this speed feature reduces encode time
1965 // by 8.44% for speed 9 on a typical image dataset with coding performance
1966 // gain of 0.78%.
1967 bool vbp_prune_16x16_split_using_min_max_sub_blk_var;
1968
1969 // A qindex threshold that determines whether to use qindex based CDEF filter
1970 // strength estimation for screen content types. The strength estimation model
1971 // used for screen contents prefers to allow cdef filtering for more frames.
1972 // This sf is used to limit the frames which go through cdef filtering and
1973 // following explains the setting of the same.
1974 // MAXQ (255): This disables the usage of this sf. Here, frame does not use a
1975 // screen content model thus reduces the number of frames that go through cdef
1976 // filtering.
1977 // MINQ (0): Frames always use screen content model thus increasing the number
1978 // of frames that go through cdef filtering.
1979 // This speed feature has a substantial gain on coding metrics, with moderate
1980 // increase encoding time. Select threshold based on speed vs quality
1981 // trade-off.
1982 int screen_content_cdef_filter_qindex_thresh;
1983
1984 // Prune compound mode if its variance is higher than the variance of single
1985 // modes.
1986 bool prune_compoundmode_with_singlecompound_var;
1987
1988 // Allow mode cost update at frame level every couple frames. This
1989 // overrides the command line setting --mode-cost-upd-freq=3 (never update
1990 // except on key frame and first delta).
1991 bool frame_level_mode_cost_update;
1992
1993 // Prune H_PRED during intra mode evaluation in the nonrd path based on best
1994 // mode so far.
1995 //
1996 // For allintra encode, this speed feature reduces instruction count by 1.10%
1997 // for speed 9 with coding performance change less than 0.04%.
1998 // For AVIF image encode, this speed feature reduces encode time by 1.03% for
1999 // speed 9 on a typical image dataset with coding performance change less than
2000 // 0.08%.
2001 bool prune_h_pred_using_best_mode_so_far;
2002
2003 // Enable pruning of intra mode evaluations in nonrd path based on source
2004 // variance and best mode so far. The pruning logic is enabled only if the
2005 // mode is not a winner mode of both the neighboring blocks (left/top).
2006 //
2007 // For allintra encode, this speed feature reduces instruction count by 3.96%
2008 // for speed 9 with coding performance change less than 0.38%.
2009 // For AVIF image encode, this speed feature reduces encode time by 3.46% for
2010 // speed 9 on a typical image dataset with coding performance change less than
2011 // -0.06%.
2012 bool enable_intra_mode_pruning_using_neighbors;
2013
2014 // Prune intra mode evaluations in nonrd path based on best sad so far.
2015 //
2016 // For allintra encode, this speed feature reduces instruction count by 3.05%
2017 // for speed 9 with coding performance change less than 0.24%.
2018 // For AVIF image encode, this speed feature reduces encode time by 1.87% for
2019 // speed 9 on a typical image dataset with coding performance change less than
2020 // 0.16%.
2021 bool prune_intra_mode_using_best_sad_so_far;
2022
2023 // If compound is enabled, and the current block size is \geq BLOCK_16X16,
2024 // limit the compound modes to GLOBAL_GLOBALMV. This does not apply to the
2025 // base layer of svc.
2026 bool check_only_zero_zeromv_on_large_blocks;
2027
2028 // Allow for disabling cdf update for non reference frames in svc mode.
2029 bool disable_cdf_update_non_reference_frame;
2030
2031 // Prune compound modes if the single modes variances do not perform well.
2032 bool prune_compoundmode_with_singlemode_var;
2033
2034 // Skip searching all compound mode if the variance of single_mode residue is
2035 // sufficiently low.
2036 bool skip_compound_based_on_var;
2037
2038 // Sets force_zeromv_skip based on the source sad available. Aggressiveness
2039 // increases with increase in the level set for speed feature.
2040 // 0: No setting
2041 // 1: If source sad is kZeroSad
2042 // 2: If source sad <= kVeryLowSad
2043 int set_zeromv_skip_based_on_source_sad;
2044
2045 // Downgrades the block-level subpel motion search to
2046 // av1_find_best_sub_pixel_tree_pruned_more for higher QP and when fullpel
2047 // search performed well, zeromv has low sad or low source_var
2048 bool use_adaptive_subpel_search;
2049
2050 // A flag used in RTC case to control frame_refs_short_signaling. Note that
2051 // the final decision is made in check_frame_refs_short_signaling(). The flag
2052 // can only be turned on when res < 360p and speed >= 9, in which case only
2053 // LAST and GOLDEN ref frames are used now.
2054 bool enable_ref_short_signaling;
2055
2056 // A flag that controls if we check or bypass GLOBALMV in rtc single ref frame
2057 // case.
2058 bool check_globalmv_on_single_ref;
2059
2060 // Allows for increasing the color_threshold for palette prediction.
2061 // This generally leads to better coding efficiency but with some speed loss.
2062 // Only used for screen content and for nonrd_pickmode.
2063 bool increase_color_thresh_palette;
2064
2065 // Flag to indicate selecting of higher threshold for scenee change detection.
2066 int higher_thresh_scene_detection;
2067
2068 // FLag to indicate skip testing of NEWMV for flat blocks.
2069 int skip_newmv_flat_blocks_screen;
2070
2071 // Flag to force skip encoding for non_reference_frame on slide/scene changes.
2072 int skip_encoding_non_reference_slide_change;
2073
2074 // Flag to indicate more aggressive QP downward adjustment for screen static
2075 // content, to make convergence to min_qp faster.
2076 int rc_faster_convergence_static;
2077
2078 // Skip NEWMV mode evaluation based on sad for screen content.
2079 int skip_newmv_mode_sad_screen;
2080} REAL_TIME_SPEED_FEATURES;
2081
2083
2087typedef struct SPEED_FEATURES {
2092
2097
2101 TPL_SPEED_FEATURES tpl_sf;
2102
2106 GLOBAL_MOTION_SPEED_FEATURES gm_sf;
2107
2111 PARTITION_SPEED_FEATURES part_sf;
2112
2116 MV_SPEED_FEATURES mv_sf;
2117
2121 INTER_MODE_SPEED_FEATURES inter_sf;
2122
2126 INTERP_FILTER_SPEED_FEATURES interp_sf;
2127
2131 INTRA_MODE_SPEED_FEATURES intra_sf;
2132
2136 TX_SPEED_FEATURES tx_sf;
2137
2141 RD_CALC_SPEED_FEATURES rd_sf;
2142
2146 WINNER_MODE_SPEED_FEATURES winner_mode_sf;
2147
2151 LOOP_FILTER_SPEED_FEATURES lpf_sf;
2152
2156 REAL_TIME_SPEED_FEATURES rt_sf;
2159
2160struct AV1_COMP;
2161
2175 int speed);
2176
2189 int speed);
2202
2203#ifdef __cplusplus
2204} // extern "C"
2205#endif
2206
2207#endif // AOM_AV1_ENCODER_SPEED_FEATURES_H_
static int prune_zero_mv_with_sse(const aom_variance_fn_ptr_t *fn_ptr, const MACROBLOCK *x, BLOCK_SIZE bsize, const HandleInterModeArgs *args, int prune_zero_mv_with_sse)
Prunes ZeroMV Search Using Best NEWMV's SSE.
Definition rdopt.c:2809
void av1_set_speed_features_framesize_independent(struct AV1_COMP *cpi, int speed)
Frame size independent speed vs quality trade off flags.
void av1_set_speed_features_qindex_dependent(struct AV1_COMP *cpi, int speed)
Q index dependent speed vs quality trade off flags.
void av1_set_speed_features_framesize_dependent(struct AV1_COMP *cpi, int speed)
Frame size dependent speed vs quality trade off flags.
INTERNAL_COST_UPDATE_TYPE
This enum decides internally how often to update the entropy costs.
Definition speed_features.h:351
@ INTERNAL_COST_UPD_OFF
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@ INTERNAL_COST_UPD_SBROW_SET
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@ INTERNAL_COST_UPD_SBROW
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@ INTERNAL_COST_UPD_SB
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@ INTERNAL_COST_UPD_TILE
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INTER_SEARCH_EARLY_TERM_IDX
This enumeration defines inter search early termination index in non-rd path based on sse value.
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@ EARLY_TERM_INDICES
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@ EARLY_TERM_IDX_1
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@ EARLY_TERM_IDX_4
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@ EARLY_TERM_IDX_2
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@ EARLY_TERM_DISABLED
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@ EARLY_TERM_IDX_3
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SIMPLE_MOTION_SEARCH_PRUNE_LEVEL
This enumeration defines a variety of simple motion search based partition prune levels.
Definition speed_features.h:363
@ QIDX_BASED_AGG_LVL1
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@ SIMPLE_AGG_LVL3
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@ SIMPLE_AGG_LVL5
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@ TOTAL_SIMPLE_AGG_LVLS
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@ SIMPLE_AGG_LVL1
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@ SIMPLE_AGG_LVL0
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@ TOTAL_AGG_LVLS
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@ SIMPLE_AGG_LVL4
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@ SIMPLE_AGG_LVL2
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PRUNE_MESH_SEARCH_LEVEL
This enumeration defines a variety of mesh search prune levels.
Definition speed_features.h:387
@ PRUNE_MESH_SEARCH_LVL_1
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@ PRUNE_MESH_SEARCH_LVL_2
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@ PRUNE_MESH_SEARCH_DISABLED
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CDEF_PICK_METHOD
This enumeration defines a variety of CDEF pick methods.
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@ CDEF_FAST_SEARCH_LVL2
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@ CDEF_FAST_SEARCH_LVL5
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@ CDEF_FAST_SEARCH_LVL1
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@ CDEF_FULL_SEARCH
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@ CDEF_PICK_FROM_Q
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@ CDEF_FAST_SEARCH_LVL4
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@ CDEF_FAST_SEARCH_LVL3
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int disable_recon
Skips reconstruction by using source buffers for prediction.
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int reduce_mv_step_param
Reduces the mv search window. By default, the initial search window is around MIN(MIN(dims),...
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int skip_zeromv_motion_search
Skips the motion search centered on 0,0 mv.
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int skip_motion_search_threshold
Skips the motion search when the zero mv has small sse.
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Sequence/frame level speed vs quality features.
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MV_SPEED_FEATURES mv_sf
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TX_SPEED_FEATURES tx_sf
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