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encfuncs Configuration keys for the encoder ctl interface. #define OD_SET_QUANT 4000 You must link to The functions are listed in the order they are used in a typical encode. The basic steps are: Fill in a daala_info structure with details on the format of the video you wish to encode. Allocate a daala_enc_ctx handle with daala_encode_alloc(). Perform any additional encoder configuration required with daala_encode_ctl(). Repeatedly call daala_encode_flusheader() to retrieve all the header packets. For each uncompressed frame: Submit the compressed frame via daala_encode_img_in(). Repeatedly call daala_encode_packet_out() to retrieve any video data packets that are ready. Call daala_comment_clear() to release all comments allocated. Call daala_encode_free() to release all encoder memory. daala_enc_ctx * daala_encode_create (const daala_info *info) Set the quantizer scale. The passed buffer is interpreted as containing a single Configure the encoder's computational complexity level. See also: OD_GET_COMPLEXITY Parameters: _buf Get the encoder's computational complexity level. See also: OD_SET_COMPLEXITY Parameters: _buf Whether activity masking should be used or not. Parameters: _buf Which quantization matrix to use. Parameters: _buf Whether the bilinear postprocessing filter should be used or not. Parameters: _buf Whether the motion compensation search should use the chroma planes in addition to the luma plane. Parameters: _buf Minimum motion vectors resolution for the motion compensation search. Parameters: _buf Minimum motion vectors level for the motion compensation search. If this level is greater than the maximum level, the maximum level will be used instead. Parameters: _buf Maximum motion vectors level for the motion compensation search. Parameters: _buf Whether the SATD metric should be used in motion compensation or not. Parameters: _buf Number of B frames used by encoder. Parameters: _buf Sets the current encoding bitrate. Once a bitrate is set, the encoder must use a rate-controlled mode for all future frames (this restriction may be relaxed in a future version). Due to the buffer delay, the exact bitrate of each section of the encode is not guaranteed. The encoder may have already used more bits than allowed for the frames it has encoded, expecting to make them up in future frames, or it may have used fewer, holding the excess in reserve. The exact transition between two bitrates is not well-defined by this API, but may be affected by flags set with OD_SET_RATE_FLAGS. After a number of frames equal to the buffer delay, one may expect further output to average at the target bitrate. buf OD_SUCCESS Success. Modifies the default bitrate management behavior. Use to allow or disallow frame dropping, and to enable or disable capping bit reservoir overflows and underflows. See the list of available flags. The flags are set by default to OD_RATECTL_DROP_FRAMES buf OD_SUCCESS Success. Sets the size of the bitrate management bit reservoir as a function of number of frames. The reservoir size affects how quickly bitrate management reacts to instantaneous changes in the video complexity. Larger reservoirs react more slowly, and provide better overall quality, but require more buffering by a client, adding more latency to live streams. By default, libdaala sets the reservoir to the maximum distance between keyframes, subject to a minimum and maximum limit. This call may be used to increase or decrease the reservoir, increasing or decreasing the allowed temporary variance in bitrate. An implementation may impose some limits on the size of a reservoir it can handle, in which case the actual reservoir size may not be exactly what was requested. The actual value set will be returned. buf OD_EFAULT enc or buf is Enable pass 1 of two-pass encoding mode and retrieve the first pass metrics. Pass 1 mode must be enabled before the first frame is encoded, and a target bitrate must have already been specified to the encoder. Although this does not have to be the exact rate that will be used in the second pass, closer values may produce better results. The first call returns the size of the two-pass header data, along with some placeholder content, and sets the encoder into pass 1 mode implicitly. This call sets the encoder to pass 1 mode implicitly. Then, a subsequent call must be made after each call to daala_encode_img_in() to retrieve the metrics for that frame. An additional, final call must be made to retrieve the summary data, containing such information as the total number of frames, etc. This must be stored in place of the placeholder data that was returned in the first call, before the frame metrics data. All of this data must be presented back to the encoder during pass 2 using OD_2PASS_IN. Parameters: <tt>char *buf: Returns a pointer to internal storage containing the two pass metrics data. This storage is only valid until the next call, or until the encoder context is freed, and must be copied by the application. Return values: >=0 The number of bytes of metric data available in the returned buffer. Submits two-pass encoding metric data collected the first encoding pass to the second pass. The first call must be made before the first frame is encoded, and a target bitrate must have already been specified to the encoder. It sets the encoder to pass 2 mode implicitly; this cannot be disabled. The encoder may require reading data from some or all of the frames in advance, depending on, e.g., the reservoir size used in the second pass. You must call this function repeatedly before each frame to provide data until either a) it fails to consume all of the data presented or b) all of the pass 1 data has been consumed. In the first case, you must save the remaining data to be presented after the next frame. You can call this function with a NULL argument to get an upper bound on the number of bytes that will be required before the next frame. When pass 2 is first enabled, the default bit reservoir is set to the entire file; this gives maximum flexibility but can lead to very high peak rates. You can subsequently set it to another value with OD_SET_RATE_BUFFER (e.g., to set it to the keyframe interval for non-live streaming), however, you may then need to provide more data before the next frame. buf Return values: >0 The number of bytes of metric data required/consumed. Allocates and initializes an encoder instance. info A daala_info struct filled with the desired encoding parameters. The initialized daala_enc_ctx handle. NULL if the encoding parameters were invalid. Encoder control function. This is used to provide advanced control of the encoding process. enc A daala_enc_ctx handle. Outputs the next header packet. This should be called repeatedly after encoder initialization until it return enc A daala_enc_ctx handle. A positive value indicates that a header packet was successfully produced. Return values: 0 No packet was produced, and no more header packets remain. Submits an uncompressed frame to the encoder. enc A daala_enc_ctx handle. Return values: 0 Success. Retrieves encoded video data packets. This should be called repeatedly after each frame is submitted to flush any encoded packets, until it returns 0. The encoder will not buffer these packets as subsequent frames are compressed, so a failure to do so will result in lost video data. Current the encoder operates in a one-frame-in, one-packet-out manner. However, this may be changed in the future. enc A daala_enc_ctx handle. This ensures that a proper EOS flag is set on the last packet. A positive value indicates that a video data packet was successfully produced. Return values: 0 No packet was produced, and no more encoded video data remains. Frees an allocated encoder instance. enc A daala_enc_ctx handle. Generated automatically by Doxygen for daala from the source code.Synopsis
Modules
Encoder CTL settings. Macros
Set the quantizer scale.
#define OD_SET_COMPLEXITY 4002
Configure the encoder's computational complexity level.
#define OD_GET_COMPLEXITY 4004
Get the encoder's computational complexity level.
#define OD_SET_ACTIVITY_MASKING 4006
Whether activity masking should be used or not.
#define OD_SET_QM 4008
Which quantization matrix to use.
#define OD_SET_DERING 4010
Whether the bilinear postprocessing filter should be used or not.
#define OD_SET_MC_CHROMA 4100
Whether the motion compensation search should use the chroma planes in addition to the luma plane.
#define OD_SET_MV_RES_MIN 4102
Minimum motion vectors resolution for the motion compensation search.
#define OD_SET_MV_LEVEL_MIN 4104
Minimum motion vectors level for the motion compensation search.
#define OD_SET_MV_LEVEL_MAX 4106
Maximum motion vectors level for the motion compensation search.
#define OD_SET_MC_SATD 4108
Whether the SATD metric should be used in motion compensation or not.
#define OD_SET_B_FRAMES 4110
Number of B frames used by encoder.
#define OD_SET_BITRATE 4112
Sets the current encoding bitrate.
#define OD_SET_RATE_FLAGS 4114
Modifies the default bitrate management behavior.
#define OD_SET_RATE_BUFFER 4116
Sets the size of the bitrate management bit reservoir as a function of number of frames.
#define OD_2PASS_OUT 4118
Enable pass 1 of two-pass encoding mode and retrieve the first pass metrics.
#define OD_2PASS_IN 4120
Submits two-pass encoding metric data collected the first encoding pass to the second pass. Functions for encoding
libdaalabase and libdaalaenc if you use any of the functions in this section.
Allocates and initializes an encoder instance.
int daala_encode_ctl (daala_enc_ctx *enc, int req, void *buf, size_t buf_sz)
Encoder control function.
int daala_encode_flush_header (daala_enc_ctx *enc, daala_comment *comments, daala_packet *dp)
Outputs the next header packet.
int daala_encode_img_in (daala_enc_ctx *enc, daala_image *img, int duration)
Submits an uncompressed frame to the encoder.
int daala_encode_packet_out (daala_enc_ctx *enc, int last, daala_packet *dp)
Retrieves encoded video data packets.
void daala_encode_free (daala_enc_ctx *enc)
Frees an allocated encoder instance. Detailed Description
Macro Definition Documentation
#define OD_SET_QUANT 4000
int. The valid range is 0-511. #define OD_SET_COMPLEXITY 4002
int: The new encoder complexity level. Values must lie in the range 0...10, inclusive, with higher values requiring more CPU but generally producing better quality at a given bitrate. #define OD_GET_COMPLEXITY 4004
int: Returns a value in the range 0...10, inclusive. Higher values indicate higher CPU requirements, but generally producing better quality at a given bitrate. #define OD_SET_ACTIVITY_MASKING 4006
int: 0 to disable the use of activity masking, a non-zero value otherwise (the default). #define OD_SET_QM 4008
int: 0 => flat quantization matrix, 1 => HVS (the default). #define OD_SET_DERING 4010
int: 0 to disable the bilinear postprocessing filter, a non-zero value otherwise (the default). #define OD_SET_MC_CHROMA 4100
int: 0 to disable the use of the chroma planes, a non-zero value otherwise (the default). #define OD_SET_MV_RES_MIN 4102
int: 0 => 1/8 pel (default), 1 => 1/4 pel, 2 => 1/2 pel #define OD_SET_MV_LEVEL_MIN 4104
int: level between 0 and 4 Default: 0 #define OD_SET_MV_LEVEL_MAX 4106
int: level between 0 and 4 Default: 4 #define OD_SET_MC_SATD 4108
int: 0 to disable the use of SATD (the default), a non-zero value otherwise. #define OD_SET_B_FRAMES 4110
int: The number of B frames. Values must lie in the range 0...OD_MAX_B_FRAMES, inclusive. #define OD_SET_BITRATE 4112
long: The new target bitrate, in bits per second.
OD_EFAULT enc or buf is NULL.
OD_EINVAL The target bitrate was not positive. A future version of this library may allow passing 0 to disabled rate-controlled mode and return to a quality-based mode, in which case this function will not return an error for that value.
OD_EIMPL Not supported by this implementation. #define OD_SET_RATE_FLAGS 4114
|OD_RATECTL_CAP_OVERFLOW.int: Any combination of the available flags:
OD_EFAULT enc or buf is NULL.
OD_EINVAL buf_sz is not sizeof(int) or rate control is not enabled.
OD_EIMPL Not supported by this implementation in the current encoding mode. #define OD_SET_RATE_BUFFER 4116
int: Requested size of the reservoir measured in frames.
buf int: The actual size of the reservoir set. NULL.
OD_EINVAL buf_sz is not sizeof(int), or rate control is not enabled. The buffer has an implementation defined minimum and maximum size and the value in buf will be adjusted to match the actual value set.
OD_EIMPL Not supported by this implementation in the current encoding mode. #define OD_2PASS_OUT 4118
OD_EFAULT enc or buf is NULL.
OD_EINVAL buf_sz is not sizeof(char *), no target bitrate has been set, or the first call was made after the first frame was submitted for encoding.
OD_EIMPL Not supported by this implementation. #define OD_2PASS_IN 4120
char[]: A buffer containing the data returned by OD_2PASS_OUT in pass 1. You may pass NULL for buf to return an upper bound on the number of additional bytes needed before the next frame. The summary data returned at the end of pass 1 must be at the head of the buffer on the first call with a non-NULL buf, and the placeholder data returned at the start of pass 1 should be omitted. After each call you should advance this buffer by the number of bytes consumed.
0 No more data is required before the next frame.
OD_EFAULT enc is NULL.
OD_EINVAL No target bitrate has been set, or the first call was made after the first frame was submitted for encoding.
OD_ENOTFORMAT The data did not appear to be pass 1 from a compatible implementation of this library.
OD_EBADHEADER The data was invalid; this may be returned when attempting to read an aborted pass 1 file that still has the placeholder data in place of the summary data.
OD_EIMPL Not supported by this implementation. Function Documentation
daala_enc_ctx* daala_encode_create (const daala_info * info)
int daala_encode_ctl (daala_enc_ctx * enc, int req, void * buf, size_t buf_sz)
req The control code to process. See the list of available control codes for details.
buf The parameters for this control code.
buf_sz The size of the parameter buffer. int daala_encode_flush_header (daala_enc_ctx * enc, daala_comment * comments, daala_packet * dp)
0 to get all of the header packets, in order, before encoding actual video data.
comments The metadata to place in the comment header, when it is encoded. Users should free the returned data with daala_comment_clear().
dp A daala_packet structure to fill. All of the elements of this structure will be set, including a pointer to the header data. The memory for the header data is owned by libdaala.
OD_EFAULT enc, comments or op was NULL. int daala_encode_img_in (daala_enc_ctx * enc, daala_image * img, int duration)
img A buffer of image data to encode.
duration The duration to display the frame for, in timebase units. If a non-zero frame duration was specified in the header, then this parameter is ignored.
OD_EFAULT enc or img was NULL.
OD_EINVAL The image size does not match the frame size the encoder was initialized with, or encoding has already completed. int daala_encode_packet_out (daala_enc_ctx * enc, int last, daala_packet * dp)
dp A daala_packet structure to fill. All of the elements of this structure will be set, including a pointer to the video data. The memory for the video data is owned by libdaala.
OD_EFAULT enc or op was NULL. void daala_encode_free (daala_enc_ctx * enc)
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