[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] lavc/videotoolboxenc: support additional options

Rick Kern kernrj at gmail.com
Sun May 21 01:24:22 EEST 2023


Added support for more VideoToolbox encoder options:
- qmin and qmax options are now used
- max_slice_bytes: Max number of bytes per H.264 slice
- max_ref_frames: Limit the number of reference frames
- Disable open GOP when the cgop flag is set
- power_efficient: Enable power-efficient mode
---
 libavcodec/videotoolboxenc.c | 177 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 176 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/libavcodec/videotoolboxenc.c b/libavcodec/videotoolboxenc.c
index b017c90c36..be29d13629 100644
--- a/libavcodec/videotoolboxenc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/videotoolboxenc.c
@@ -120,6 +120,11 @@ static struct{
     CFStringRef kVTVideoEncoderSpecification_EnableHardwareAcceleratedVideoEncoder;
     CFStringRef kVTVideoEncoderSpecification_RequireHardwareAcceleratedVideoEncoder;
     CFStringRef kVTVideoEncoderSpecification_EnableLowLatencyRateControl;
+    CFStringRef kVTCompressionPropertyKey_AllowOpenGOP;
+    CFStringRef kVTCompressionPropertyKey_MaximizePowerEfficiency;
+    CFStringRef kVTCompressionPropertyKey_ReferenceBufferCount;
+    CFStringRef kVTCompressionPropertyKey_MaxAllowedFrameQP;
+    CFStringRef kVTCompressionPropertyKey_MinAllowedFrameQP;
 
     getParameterSetAtIndex CMVideoFormatDescriptionGetHEVCParameterSetAtIndex;
 } compat_keys;
@@ -188,6 +193,13 @@ static void loadVTEncSymbols(void){
             "RequireHardwareAcceleratedVideoEncoder");
     GET_SYM(kVTVideoEncoderSpecification_EnableLowLatencyRateControl,
                 "EnableLowLatencyRateControl");
+    GET_SYM(kVTCompressionPropertyKey_AllowOpenGOP, "AllowOpenGOP");
+    GET_SYM(kVTCompressionPropertyKey_MaximizePowerEfficiency,
+            "MaximizePowerEfficiency");
+    GET_SYM(kVTCompressionPropertyKey_ReferenceBufferCount,
+            "ReferenceBufferCount");
+    GET_SYM(kVTCompressionPropertyKey_MaxAllowedFrameQP, "MaxAllowedFrameQP");
+    GET_SYM(kVTCompressionPropertyKey_MinAllowedFrameQP, "MinAllowedFrameQP");
 }
 
 typedef enum VT_H264Profile {
@@ -268,6 +280,10 @@ typedef struct VTEncContext {
 
     /* can't be bool type since AVOption will access it as int */
     int a53_cc;
+
+    int max_slice_bytes;
+    int power_efficient;
+    int max_ref_frames;
 } VTEncContext;
 
 static int vtenc_populate_extradata(AVCodecContext   *avctx,
@@ -1106,6 +1122,78 @@ static bool vtenc_qscale_enabled(void)
     return !TARGET_OS_IPHONE && TARGET_CPU_ARM64;
 }
 
+static int set_encoder_int_property_or_log(
+    AVCodecContext* avctx,
+    CFStringRef key,
+    const char* print_option_name,
+    int value) {
+    int status;
+    VTEncContext *vtctx = avctx->priv_data;
+    CFNumberRef value_cfnum = CFNumberCreate(
+        kCFAllocatorDefault,
+        kCFNumberIntType,
+        &value);
+
+    if (value_cfnum == NULL) {
+        return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
+    }
+
+    status = VTSessionSetProperty(vtctx->session, key, value_cfnum);
+    if (status == kVTPropertyNotSupportedErr) {
+        av_log(
+            avctx,
+            AV_LOG_INFO,
+            "This device does not support the %s option. Value %d ignored.\n",
+            print_option_name,
+            value);
+    } else if (status != 0) {
+        av_log(
+            avctx,
+            AV_LOG_ERROR,
+            "Error setting %s=%d: Error %d\n",
+            print_option_name,
+            value,
+            status);
+    }
+
+    CFRelease (value_cfnum);
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int set_encoder_bool_property_or_log(
+    AVCodecContext* avctx,
+    CFStringRef key,
+    const char* print_option_name,
+    int value) {
+    int status;
+    VTEncContext *vtctx = avctx->priv_data;
+
+    status = VTSessionSetProperty(
+        vtctx->session,
+        key,
+        value ? kCFBooleanTrue : kCFBooleanFalse);
+
+    if (status == kVTPropertyNotSupportedErr) {
+        av_log(
+            avctx,
+            AV_LOG_INFO,
+            "This device does not support the %s option. Value %d ignored.\n",
+            print_option_name,
+            value);
+    } else if (status != 0) {
+        av_log(
+            avctx,
+            AV_LOG_ERROR,
+            "Error setting %s=%d: Error %d\n",
+            print_option_name,
+            value,
+            status);
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
 static int vtenc_create_encoder(AVCodecContext   *avctx,
                                 CMVideoCodecType codec_type,
                                 CFStringRef      profile_level,
@@ -1476,6 +1564,81 @@ static int vtenc_create_encoder(AVCodecContext   *avctx,
         }
     }
 
+    if ((avctx->flags & AV_CODEC_FLAG_CLOSED_GOP) != 0) {
+        set_encoder_bool_property_or_log(
+            avctx,
+            compat_keys.kVTCompressionPropertyKey_AllowOpenGOP,
+            "AllowOpenGop",
+            0);
+
+        if (status) {
+            return status;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (avctx->qmin >= 0) {
+        status = set_encoder_int_property_or_log(
+            avctx,
+            compat_keys.kVTCompressionPropertyKey_MinAllowedFrameQP,
+            "qmin",
+            avctx->qmin);
+
+        if (status != 0) {
+            return status;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (avctx->qmax >= 0) {
+        status = set_encoder_int_property_or_log(
+            avctx,
+            compat_keys.kVTCompressionPropertyKey_MaxAllowedFrameQP,
+            "qmax",
+            avctx->qmax);
+
+        if (status != 0) {
+            return status;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (vtctx->max_slice_bytes >= 0 && avctx->codec_id == AV_CODEC_ID_H264) {
+        status = set_encoder_int_property_or_log(
+            avctx,
+            kVTCompressionPropertyKey_MaxH264SliceBytes,
+            "max_slice_bytes",
+            vtctx->max_slice_bytes);
+
+        if (status != 0) {
+            return status;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (vtctx->power_efficient >= 0) {
+        status = VTSessionSetProperty(
+            vtctx->session,
+            compat_keys.kVTCompressionPropertyKey_MaximizePowerEfficiency,
+            vtctx->power_efficient ? kCFBooleanTrue : kCFBooleanFalse);
+
+        if (status) {
+            av_log(
+                avctx,
+                AV_LOG_ERROR,
+                "Error setting power_efficient property: %d\n",
+                status);
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (vtctx->max_ref_frames > 0) {
+        status = set_encoder_int_property_or_log(
+            avctx,
+            compat_keys.kVTCompressionPropertyKey_ReferenceBufferCount,
+            "max_ref_frames",
+            vtctx->max_ref_frames);
+
+        if (status != 0) {
+            return status;
+        }
+    }
+
     status = VTCompressionSessionPrepareToEncodeFrames(vtctx->session);
     if (status) {
         av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Error: cannot prepare encoder: %d\n", status);
@@ -2753,6 +2916,11 @@ static const enum AVPixelFormat prores_pix_fmts[] = {
         OFFSET(frames_after), AV_OPT_TYPE_BOOL, { .i64 = 0 }, 0, 1, VE }, \
     { "prio_speed", "prioritize encoding speed", OFFSET(prio_speed), AV_OPT_TYPE_BOOL, \
         { .i64 = -1 }, -1, 1, VE }, \
+    { "power_efficient", "Set to 1 to enable more power-efficient encoding if supported.", \
+        OFFSET(power_efficient), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, { .i64 = -1 }, -1, 1, VE }, \
+    { "max_ref_frames", \
+        "Sets the maximum number of reference frames. This only has an effect when the value is less than the maximum allowed by the profile/level.", \
+        OFFSET(max_ref_frames), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, { .i64 = 0 }, 0, INT_MAX, VE },
 
 #define OFFSET(x) offsetof(VTEncContext, x)
 static const AVOption h264_options[] = {
@@ -2783,7 +2951,14 @@ static const AVOption h264_options[] = {
     { "a53cc", "Use A53 Closed Captions (if available)", OFFSET(a53_cc), AV_OPT_TYPE_BOOL, {.i64 = 1}, 0, 1, VE },
 
     { "constant_bit_rate", "Require constant bit rate (macOS 13 or newer)", OFFSET(constant_bit_rate), AV_OPT_TYPE_BOOL, { .i64 = 0 }, 0, 1, VE },
-
+    { "max_slice_bytes",
+      "Set the maximum number of bytes in an H.264 slice.",
+      OFFSET(max_slice_bytes),
+      AV_OPT_TYPE_INT,
+      { .i64 = -1 },
+      -1,
+      INT_MAX,
+      VE },
     COMMON_OPTIONS
     { NULL },
 };
-- 
2.38.1



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