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SubjectRe: [PATCH] media: v4l2-ctrls: Add encoded frame quality controls
Hi Hans,

Thank you for the suggestion. I will update the patch accordingly.

Regards,
Maheshwar.


On 2020-05-18 23:45, Hans Verkuil wrote:
> Hi Maheshwar,
>
> On 18/05/2020 23:09, majja@codeaurora.org wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Regarding below patch -
>>
>> HEIF/HEIC image encoding uses HEVC/AVC encoders and client can set
>> image
>> quality level using
>> V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_FRAME_QUALITY control.
>>
>> Reference BITRATE_MODE_CQ at
>> https://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/MediaCodecInfo.EncoderCapabilities#BITRATE_MODE_CQ
>
> So what you are really introducing here is a new enum
> v4l2_mpeg_video_bitrate_mode
> mode: V4L2_MPEG_VIDEO_BITRATE_MODE_CQ.
>
> Why not just add that new mode, then add
> V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_CONSTANT_QUALITY
> which is only used if the bitrate mode is MODE_CQ.
>
> That builds nicely on top of the already existing
> V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_BITRATE_MODE
> control.
>
> Regards,
>
> Hans
>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Maheshwar.
>>
>>
>> On 2020-05-18 14:07, Maheshwar Ajja wrote:
>>> When frame quality control is enabled encoder will choose
>>> the appropriate quantization parameter and bitrate to
>>> produce the client requested frame quality level.
>>> When frame quality control is disabled then frame quality
>>> is decided based on appropriate controls (i.e.
>>> V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_FRAME_RC_ENABLE and/or
>>> V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_BITRATE_MODE)
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Maheshwar Ajja <majja@codeaurora.org>
>>> ---
>>> .../userspace-api/media/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst | 16
>>> ++++++++++++++++
>>> drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c | 3 +++
>>> include/uapi/linux/v4l2-controls.h | 2 ++
>>> 3 files changed, 21 insertions(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git
>>> a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst
>>> b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst
>>> index d0d506a..495b39b 100644
>>> --- a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst
>>> +++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst
>>> @@ -1081,6 +1081,22 @@ enum v4l2_mpeg_video_h264_entropy_mode -
>>> Macroblock level rate control enable. Applicable to the MPEG4
>>> and
>>> H264 encoders.
>>>
>>> +``V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_FRAME_QUALITY_ENABLE (boolean)``
>>> + Encoded frame quality control enable. If this control is enabled
>>> then
>>> + the quality level of the encoded frame is set with control
>>> + ``V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_CONSTANT_QUALITY``. If this control is
>>> disabled
>>> + then the quality level of encoded frame is adjusted with
>>> appropriate
>>> + controls (e.g. ``V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_FRAME_RC_ENABLE`` or
>>> + ``V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_BITRATE_MODE``). Applicable to encoders.
>>> +
>>> +``V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_FRAME_QUALITY (integer)``
>>> + Encoded frame quality control. If the control
>>> + ``V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_FRAME_QUALITY_ENABLE`` is enabled then the
>>> + quality of encoded frame is set with this control. Valid range
>>> is
>>> 1 to
>>> + 100 where 1 indicates lowest quality and 100 indicates highest
>>> quality.
>>> + Encoder will decide the appropriate quantization parameter and
>>> bitrate
>>> + to produce requested frame quality. Applicable to encoders.
>>> +
>>> ``V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_MPEG4_QPEL (boolean)``
>>> Quarter pixel motion estimation for MPEG4. Applicable to the
>>> MPEG4
>>> encoder.
>>> diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c
>>> b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c
>>> index 1c617b4..1477198 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c
>>> @@ -982,6 +982,8 @@ const char *v4l2_ctrl_get_name(u32 id)
>>> case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_HEVC_SLICE_PARAMS: return "HEVC Slice
>>> Parameters";
>>> case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_HEVC_DECODE_MODE: return "HEVC Decode
>>> Mode";
>>> case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_HEVC_START_CODE: return "HEVC Start
>>> Code";
>>> + case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_FRAME_QUALITY_ENABLE: return "Frame
>>> Quality
>>> Enable";
>>> + case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_FRAME_QUALITY: return "Frame Quality";
>>>
>>> /* CAMERA controls */
>>> /* Keep the order of the 'case's the same as in v4l2-controls.h! */
>>> @@ -1178,6 +1180,7 @@ void v4l2_ctrl_fill(u32 id, const char **name,
>>> enum v4l2_ctrl_type *type,
>>> case V4L2_CID_FLASH_READY:
>>> case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_DECODER_MPEG4_DEBLOCK_FILTER:
>>> case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_DECODER_SLICE_INTERFACE:
>>> + case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_FRAME_QUALITY_ENABLE:
>>> case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_FRAME_RC_ENABLE:
>>> case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_MB_RC_ENABLE:
>>> case V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_H264_8X8_TRANSFORM:
>>> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/v4l2-controls.h
>>> b/include/uapi/linux/v4l2-controls.h
>>> index 0ba1005..d97a934 100644
>>> --- a/include/uapi/linux/v4l2-controls.h
>>> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/v4l2-controls.h
>>> @@ -742,6 +742,8 @@ 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_QUALITY_ENABLE (V4L2_CID_MPEG_BASE
>>> +
>>> 645)
>>> +#define V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_FRAME_QUALITY (V4L2_CID_MPEG_BASE +
>>> 646)
>>>
>>> /* MPEG-class control IDs specific to the CX2341x driver as defined
>>> by V4L2 */
>>> #define V4L2_CID_MPEG_CX2341X_BASE (V4L2_CTRL_CLASS_MPEG |
>>> 0x1000)

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