[FFmpeg-cvslog] avfilter/vf_mpdecimate: Add option to keep the first N similar frames before dropping

Thilo Borgmann git at videolan.org
Mon May 8 22:56:18 EEST 2023


ffmpeg | branch: master | Thilo Borgmann <thilo.borgmann at mail.de> | Mon May  8 14:37:26 2023 +0200| [21a0b6bca80192a641b09774c603bd1acbda316e] | committer: Thilo Borgmann

avfilter/vf_mpdecimate: Add option to keep the first N similar frames before dropping

This allows for decimating large similar portions of a video while preserving small ones.

> http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi/ffmpeg.git/?a=commit;h=21a0b6bca80192a641b09774c603bd1acbda316e
---

 doc/filters.texi            |  7 +++++++
 libavfilter/version.h       |  2 +-
 libavfilter/vf_mpdecimate.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++--
 3 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/filters.texi b/doc/filters.texi
index 89dd59587b..284b6d798a 100644
--- a/doc/filters.texi
+++ b/doc/filters.texi
@@ -17656,6 +17656,13 @@ number of previous sequentially dropped frames.
 
 Default value is 0.
 
+ at item keep
+Set the maximum number of consecutive similar frames to ignore before to start dropping them.
+If the value is 0, the frame is dropped disregarding the
+number of previous sequentially similar frames.
+
+Default value is 0.
+
 @item hi
 @item lo
 @item frac
diff --git a/libavfilter/version.h b/libavfilter/version.h
index 4dc176dc55..c303f96b15 100644
--- a/libavfilter/version.h
+++ b/libavfilter/version.h
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 #include "version_major.h"
 
 #define LIBAVFILTER_VERSION_MINOR   7
-#define LIBAVFILTER_VERSION_MICRO 101
+#define LIBAVFILTER_VERSION_MICRO 102
 
 
 #define LIBAVFILTER_VERSION_INT AV_VERSION_INT(LIBAVFILTER_VERSION_MAJOR, \
diff --git a/libavfilter/vf_mpdecimate.c b/libavfilter/vf_mpdecimate.c
index 71f673cb64..a7b50d3973 100644
--- a/libavfilter/vf_mpdecimate.c
+++ b/libavfilter/vf_mpdecimate.c
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ typedef struct DecimateContext {
     int drop_count;                ///< if positive: number of frames sequentially dropped
                                    ///< if negative: number of sequential frames which were not dropped
 
+    int max_keep_count;            ///< number of similar frames to ignore before to start dropping them
+    int keep_count;                ///< number of similar frames already ignored
+
     int hsub, vsub;                ///< chroma subsampling values
     AVFrame *ref;                  ///< reference picture
     av_pixelutils_sad_fn sad;      ///< sum of absolute difference function
@@ -57,6 +60,8 @@ typedef struct DecimateContext {
 static const AVOption mpdecimate_options[] = {
     { "max",  "set the maximum number of consecutive dropped frames (positive), or the minimum interval between dropped frames (negative)",
       OFFSET(max_drop_count), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64=0}, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, FLAGS },
+    { "keep", "set the number of similar consecutive frames to be kept before starting to drop similar frames",
+      OFFSET(max_keep_count), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64=0}, 0, INT_MAX, FLAGS },
     { "hi",   "set high dropping threshold", OFFSET(hi), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64=64*12}, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, FLAGS },
     { "lo",   "set low dropping threshold", OFFSET(lo), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64=64*5}, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, FLAGS },
     { "frac", "set fraction dropping threshold",  OFFSET(frac), AV_OPT_TYPE_FLOAT, {.dbl=0.33}, 0, 1, FLAGS },
@@ -112,6 +117,12 @@ static int decimate_frame(AVFilterContext *ctx,
     DecimateContext *decimate = ctx->priv;
     int plane;
 
+    if (decimate->max_keep_count > 0 &&
+        decimate->keep_count > -1 &&
+        decimate->keep_count < decimate->max_keep_count) {
+        decimate->keep_count++;
+        return 0;
+    }
     if (decimate->max_drop_count > 0 &&
         decimate->drop_count >= decimate->max_drop_count)
         return 0;
@@ -196,20 +207,24 @@ static int filter_frame(AVFilterLink *inlink, AVFrame *cur)
 
     if (decimate->ref && decimate_frame(inlink->dst, cur, decimate->ref)) {
         decimate->drop_count = FFMAX(1, decimate->drop_count+1);
+        decimate->keep_count = -1; // do not keep any more frames until non-similar frames are detected
     } else {
         av_frame_free(&decimate->ref);
         decimate->ref = cur;
         decimate->drop_count = FFMIN(-1, decimate->drop_count-1);
+        if (decimate->keep_count < 0) // re-enable counting similiar frames to ignore before dropping
+            decimate->keep_count = 0;
 
         if ((ret = ff_filter_frame(outlink, av_frame_clone(cur))) < 0)
             return ret;
     }
 
     av_log(inlink->dst, AV_LOG_DEBUG,
-           "%s pts:%s pts_time:%s drop_count:%d\n",
+           "%s pts:%s pts_time:%s drop_count:%d keep_count:%d\n",
            decimate->drop_count > 0 ? "drop" : "keep",
            av_ts2str(cur->pts), av_ts2timestr(cur->pts, &inlink->time_base),
-           decimate->drop_count);
+           decimate->drop_count,
+           decimate->keep_count);
 
     if (decimate->drop_count > 0)
         av_frame_free(&cur);



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