Hi Nicolas,
On 7/7/20 11:53 PM, Nicolas Dufresne wrote:
> Le dimanche 05 juillet 2020 à 15:11 +0300, Stanimir Varbanov a écrit :
>> Adds encoders standard v4l2 control for frame-skip. The control
>> is a copy of a custom encoder control so that other v4l2 encoder
>> drivers can use it.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Stanimir Varbanov <stanimir.varba...@linaro.org>
>> ---
>> .../media/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst | 32 +++++++++++++++++++
>> drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c | 10 ++++++
>> include/uapi/linux/v4l2-controls.h | 6 ++++
>> 3 files changed, 48 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst
>> b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst
>> index d0d506a444b1..a8b4c0b40747 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst
>> +++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst
>> @@ -592,6 +592,38 @@ enum v4l2_mpeg_video_bitrate_mode -
>> the average video bitrate. It is ignored if the video bitrate mode
>> is set to constant bitrate.
>>
>> +``V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_FRAME_SKIP_MODE (enum)``
>> +
>> +enum v4l2_mpeg_video_frame_skip_mode -
>> + Indicates in what conditions the encoder should skip frames. If
>> + encoding a frame would cause the encoded stream to be larger then a
>> + chosen data limit then the frame will be skipped. Possible values
>> + are:
>
> I have nothing against this API, in fact it's really nice to generalize
> as this is very common. Though, I think we are missing two things. This
> documentation refer to the "chosen data limit". Is there controls to
> configure these *chosen* limit ? The other issue is the vagueness of
> the documented mode, see lower...
>
>> +
>> +
>> +.. tabularcolumns:: |p{9.2cm}|p{8.3cm}|
>> +
>> +.. raw:: latex
>> +
>> + \small
>> +
>> +.. flat-table::
>> + :header-rows: 0
>> + :stub-columns: 0
>> +
>> + * - ``V4L2_MPEG_FRAME_SKIP_MODE_DISABLED``
>> + - Frame skip mode is disabled.
>> + * - ``V4L2_MPEG_FRAME_SKIP_MODE_LEVEL_LIMIT``
>> + - Frame skip mode enabled and buffer limit is set by the chosen
>> + level and is defined by the standard.
>
> At least for H.264, a level is compose of 3 limits. One is the maximum
> number of macroblocks, this is is evidently not use for frame skipping
> and already constrained in V4L2 (assuming the driver does not ignore
> the level control of course). The two other limits are decoded
> macroblocks/s and encoded kbits/s. Both are measure over time, which
> means the M2M encoder needs to be timing aware. I think the time source
> should be documented. Perhaps it is mandatory to set a frame interval
> for this to work ? Or we need some timestamp to allow variable frame
> interval ? (I don't think the second is really an option without
> extending the API again, and confusingly, since I think we have used
> the timestamp for other purpose already)
Do you want to say that the encoder input timestamp, bitrate control
(V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_BITRATE) and S_PARM is not enough to describe
FRAME_SKIP_MODE_LEVEL_LIMIT mode?
>
>> + * - ``V4L2_MPEG_FRAME_SKIP_MODE_BUF_LIMIT``
>> + - Frame skip mode enabled and buffer limit is set by the VBV
>> + (MPEG1/2/4) or CPB (H264) buffer size control.
>
> The notion of VBV an CPB is unlikely well known. If my memory is right,
> these are constrained in buffering: in bytes (VBV) or bits per frame
> over a window of n-frames (or the gop size for some less flexible
> encoder) (CPB). I think these should be somehow chosen by application
> (with controls), directly or indirectly, and documented here to ensure
> we get consistent implementation across drivers.
I guess you want me to add here references to the following controls:
V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_VBV_SIZE
V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_VBV_DELAY
V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_CPB_SIZE
?
>
>> +
>> +.. raw:: latex
>> +
>> + \normalsize
>> +
>> ``V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_TEMPORAL_DECIMATION (integer)``
>> For every captured frame, skip this many subsequent frames (default
>> 0).
>> diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c
>> b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c
>> index 3f3fbcd60cc6..d088acfa6dd8 100644
>> --- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c
>> +++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c
>> @@ -590,6 +590,12 @@ const char * const *v4l2_ctrl_get_menu(u32 id)
>> "External",
>> NULL,
>> };
>> + static const char * const mpeg_video_frame_skip[] = {
>> + "Disabled",
>> + "Level Limit",
>> + "VBV/CPB Limit",
>> + NULL,
>> + };
>>
>> switch (id) {
>> case V4L2_CID_MPEG_AUDIO_SAMPLING_FREQ:
>> @@ -651,6 +657,8 @@ const char * const *v4l2_ctrl_get_menu(u32 id)
>> return flash_strobe_source;
>> case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_HEADER_MODE:
>> return header_mode;
>> + case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_FRAME_SKIP_MODE:
>> + return mpeg_video_frame_skip;
>> case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_MULTI_SLICE_MODE:
>> return multi_slice;
>> case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_ENTROPY_MODE:
>> @@ -844,6 +852,7 @@ const char *v4l2_ctrl_get_name(u32 id)
>> case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_MB_RC_ENABLE: return "H264 MB
>> Level Rate Control";
>> case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_HEADER_MODE: return
>> "Sequence Header Mode";
>> case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_MAX_REF_PIC: return "Max
>> Number of Reference Pics";
>> + case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_FRAME_SKIP_MODE: return "Frame
>> Skip Mode";
>> case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_H263_I_FRAME_QP: return "H263
>> I-Frame QP Value";
>> case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_H263_P_FRAME_QP: return "H263
>> P-Frame QP Value";
>> case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_H263_B_FRAME_QP: return "H263
>> B-Frame QP Value";
>> @@ -1265,6 +1274,7 @@ void v4l2_ctrl_fill(u32 id, const char **name, enum
>> v4l2_ctrl_type *type,
>> case V4L2_CID_FLASH_LED_MODE:
>> case V4L2_CID_FLASH_STROBE_SOURCE:
>> case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_HEADER_MODE:
>> + case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_FRAME_SKIP_MODE:
>> case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_MULTI_SLICE_MODE:
>> case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_ENTROPY_MODE:
>> case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_LEVEL:
>> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/v4l2-controls.h
>> b/include/uapi/linux/v4l2-controls.h
>> index 62271418c1be..4e1526175a4c 100644
>> --- a/include/uapi/linux/v4l2-controls.h
>> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/v4l2-controls.h
>> @@ -742,6 +742,12 @@ enum v4l2_cid_mpeg_video_hevc_size_of_length_field {
>> #define V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_HEVC_HIER_CODING_L6_BR (V4L2_CID_MPEG_BASE +
>> 642)
>> #define V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_REF_NUMBER_FOR_PFRAMES (V4L2_CID_MPEG_BASE +
>> 643)
>> #define V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_PREPEND_SPSPPS_TO_IDR (V4L2_CID_MPEG_BASE +
>> 644)
>> +#define V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_FRAME_SKIP_MODE (V4L2_CID_MPEG_BASE +
>> 645)
>> +enum v4l2_mpeg_video_frame_skip_mode {
>> + V4L2_MPEG_VIDEO_FRAME_SKIP_MODE_DISABLED = 0,
>> + V4L2_MPEG_VIDEO_FRAME_SKIP_MODE_LEVEL_LIMIT = 1,
>> + V4L2_MPEG_VIDEO_FRAME_SKIP_MODE_BUF_LIMIT = 2,
>> +};
>>
>> /* MPEG-class control IDs specific to the CX2341x driver as defined by
>> V4L2 */
>> #define V4L2_CID_MPEG_CX2341X_BASE
>> (V4L2_CTRL_CLASS_MPEG | 0x1000)
>
--
regards,
Stan
